REVIEWS

"Also standing out in this touring “Annie” is the lush pit orchestra, which had me fooled into thinking this was a full 30-piece ensemble until looking at the playbill and seeing the lineup of only 10 musicians! A major kudos to Dan DeLange for this production’s orchestrations; a truly impressive bit of musical tom-foolery."

-BroadwayWorld.com
"Annie" National Tour 2022-2023
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"The music, whether Broadway or rockabilly,
​ has been brilliantly orchestrated by Dan DeLange"


-New York Times
"Bye Bye Birdie" at Goodspeed Musicals, East Haddam, Connecticut
"New orchestrations by Dan DeLange electrify the score."
-Londonist.com
"Show Boat" at The New London Theatre, West End, London

Nominated for a "Best Musical Revival" Olivier Award in London, 2017
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"Goodspeed productions always stand out musically, and this “Fiddler,”... is no exception. Dan DeLange’s orchestrations draw a full-bodied sound from the scant seven-piece band"

-New York Times
"Fiddler on the Roof" at Goodspeed Musicals, East Haddam, CT

"When this reviewer read the Playbill, he was amazed
​at the fact that the orchestra, ... orchestrated by Dan DeLange, numbered just seven. They sounded like a full-sized pit orchestra"


-TheaterScene.com
"Guys and Dolls" produced by Goodspeed Musicals
"But the real stars of this "42nd Street"… turn out to be the honking, bluesy orchestrations of Dan DeLange."

-New York Times
"42nd Street" at Goodspeed Musicals
"[The musicians] make Richard Rodger's glorious musical score, brilliantly orchestrated here by Dan DeLange, reason enough to see and hear this magnificent production. The sounds made by these few musicians are as big as any great Broadway pit orchestra."

-Critics On The Aisle: TheExaminor.com
"Carousel" at Goodspeed Musicals


"And the sound? Impressive. 
You'd never know the orchestra was only eight  musicians. 
Dan DeLange's orchestrations play a huge part in making the music so gorgeous."

-Frank Rizzo
​Variety Magazine theater critic
"Camelot" at Goodspeed Musicals
“I think you did a beautiful job on SHOW BOAT, 
maybe the best set of orchestrations I have heard for 
this show since the originals. And the amazing thing 
is that you got all the power and the glory of the score 
with only eight players. 

Your orchestrations have to be a part of the ongoing 
legacy of SHOW BOAT.”

-Bruce Pomahac, 
Director of Music for the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
"Show Boat" at Goodspeed Musicals, New London Theatre

2016 West End production nominated for "Best Musical Revival" Olivier Award in London
"Dan DeLange's orchestrations … are splendid!"
                                                   "...His small pit band works wonders."

-Variety Magazine



"…I also thought about how big the music is and how well served it was. That's something important for the future, I feel. To be able to do justice to those kinds of melodies within the Goodspeed world is a tough challenge, and this production rose to it."
-Ted Chapin
President and Executive Director of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
and Chairman of the Board for the American Theater Wing
"Camelot" at Goodspeed Musicals
"Superb orchestrations that made a handful of musicians sound 
more like a Broadway pit orchestra as provided by Dan DeLange"

-Connecticut Critics Circle
"Mame" at Goodspeed Musicals
“And, oh the music! … Dan DeLange’s orchestrations … make it sound as though a full orchestra was in the pit.
The score is in winning hands.”

-TheaterScene.com
"Guys and Dolls" at Goodspeed Musicals
"The small orchestra... delivers a sound far fuller than its size would suggest and 
provides an exemplary performance of Sondheim’s catchy, upbeat, and jaunty score. 
Kudos to the talented musicians of the wonderful orchestra."

-DC Metro Theater Arts
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" at Shakespeare Theater Company, Washington D.C.

"The eight musicians in the pit were 
breathtaking... The orchestrations by 
Dan DeLange were astoundingly full and rich,  
and the instrumental elements of the 
production were at least as responsible for its 
success as any other element. "

-Berkshirefinearts.com
"Camelot" at Goodspeed  Musicals


"A shining star of this show is the 
  lush sound coming from the orchestra -
  what a surprise it was to count only seven 
  in the group. They are truly amazing.






-TalkinBroadway.com     
 "H.M.S. Pinafore" at Pittsburgh Public Theater

"Unlike "The Most Happy Fella's " last visit to
the Goodspeed stage in 1991 when it was
performed with a specially-written, well-revived
two piano score, this version employs a seven-
person chamber ensemble that in Dan DeLange's
remarkable orchestrations captures the exquisite
scope and essence of the original Broadway 
production's much larger orchestra. Here you 
come away with an appreciation for Loesser's
majestic vision too."
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-Examiner.com
"The Most Happy Fella" at Goodspeed Musicals


"Once again orchestrator Dan DeLange, 
    musical director Michael O’Flaherty, … 
    and sound designer Jay Hilton team to
    combine their expertise and make the 
    music soar. There is probably not an 
    orchestra today on Broadway that has as 
    good a sound as is heard on the 
    Goodspeed stage.


   -Examiner
     "Hello Dolly" at Goodspeed Musicals


"Brilliantly orchestrated by Dan DeLange,
the musicians never overwhelm the singers, 
nor do they take second-place."

-Examiner.com
"Holiday Inn" at Goodspeed Musicals

​"Finally, the whole point of this trip was to hear a musical with real music. The eight musicians in the pit were breathtaking... The orchestrations by Dan DeLange were astoundingly full and rich, and the instrumental elements of the production were at least as responsible for its success as any other element."
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-BerkshireFineArts.com
"Camelot" produced at Goodspeed Musicals