DAN LIPTON conducted The Band’s Visit and Sting’s musical The Last Ship on Broadway. He’s arranged music and led bands for Kelli O'Hara, Brian d’Arcy James, Judy Kuhn, John Lithgow and Audra McDonald, performing at The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and on Live with Kelly Ripa, PBS Great Performances, Today and Late Show with David Letterman.
Music supervision and/or orchestrations: An Officer and a Gentleman (2021-22 US tour), The Other Josh Cohen (off-Broadway), The Drama Desk Awards. Onstage musician: The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard (Broadway), The Bridge Project (BAM, Old Vic) directed by Sam Mendes, Herringbone with BD Wong directed by Roger Rees (La Jolla Playhouse).
He scored the feature film All These Small Moments (Orion Classics 2019) starring Molly Ringwald and Jemima Kirke and recently provided music for two podcasts: Arts Educators Save the World (Story Pirates) and The Key of Love (Emerald Audio Network).
Pianist on three Grammy-nominated albums, he can be heard on piano in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video) and Rebecca Hall’s award-winning film Passing (Netflix 2021). His latest collection of jazz-pop covers with singer Colby Beserra, Jukebox Saloon Vol. 2, is streaming everywhere.
