Daniel Weidlein

Music director & arranger

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A pop bandleader with a concert musician’s ear and a deep investment in storytelling.

Daniel Weidlein straddling a wooden chair, arms folded across its back, looking straight at the camera
  1. 01

    New musicals

    Daniel has helped develop and shape new musicals, from musical dramaturgy to arranging and orchestrating to bandleading in the pit.

  2. 02

    The Shadow

    Production, orchestrations, and original animation scores for Mixed eMotion Theatrix’s dance fantasia, directed by Janet Roston. La Mirada Theatre, 2026.

  3. 03

    Transcendence Theatre

    Daniel served as a principal music supervisor, arranger, and music director for 13 productions from 2016 through 2020. He developed new shows in concert, conducted large pit ensembles, and reimagined and assistant-directed A Chorus Line, which earned him the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Music Direction in 2019.

  4. 04

    Broadway@the

    Music director for Broadway@the’s large cabaret productions in Los Angeles, working with Broadway stars including Olivia Donalson (Six), Pamela Winslow (original cast, Into the Woods), Brittany Campbell (Hamilton), John Krause (original cast, Hadestown), Kay Sibal (Six), James Snyder (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Eric Petersen (Shrek, School of Rock), Rivkah Reyes (School of Rock), and TikTok star Deanna Giulietti.

  5. 05

    Strings & orchestra

    Orchestrations for the Indigo Girls’ film musical Glitter & Doom; arrangements and orchestrations for Julie Craig’s symphonic vocal album, From Here, for the Budapest Recording Orchestra; and string quartet arrangements for artists like Kenton Chen, Ryan Amador, and Blake McGrath.

  6. 06

    On the bandstand

    Music director and keyboardist for artists including Monét X Change, Peppermint, Jujubee, Morgxn, Nightgames, Stan Taylor, Ryan Amador, Divya Maus, Sarah Lessire, and many more.

Directors and choreographers

Kent Nicholson· Richard Israel· Marc Kimelman· Jim Cooney· Tony Gonzalez· Gwendolyn Gussman· Jennifer Rias