MEDIA

Enjoy these Highlights from recent
BROADWAY BACKWARDS
​benefit concerts conducted by Laura!
Highlights from the 2018 Event including "WILD WILD PARTY," "THIS IS ME," and "WHO WILL LOVE ME AS I AM"
Laura conducts the incomparable Jan Maxwell on "How to Handle a Woman" at the 2013 BROADWAY BACKWARDS. 
Cynthia Erivo sings MAKE THEM HEAR YOU (RAGTIME) - 2017
​Telly Leung and Taylor Trensch sing "WHO WILL LOVE ME AS I AM" (Side Show) at the 2018 Broadway Backwards.
Laura leads Stephanie J. Block, backed by an incredible ensemble of Broadway Artists, on Sondheim's OUR TIME. 
​Highlights from SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

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​Highlights from Broadway's ALLEGIANCE

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The Allegiance Audio Trailer - Laura conducting an amazing NYC orchestra
The Allegiance Mini-Album available on Amazon.

REVIEWS
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FOR SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: 
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"Laura Bergquist, the superb music director and pianist who leads an orchestra of 10 from a balcony above the stage, reveals the full allure of Gordon’s score. It is not often that a new musical arrives in such pristine form."
-Chicago Sun Times

"Lovely too are Larry Hochman and Bruce Coughlin's orchestrations, impeccably played by the 10-piece orchestra under conductor/pianist Laura Bergquist." 
-Chicago Daily Herald

"...[L]ush, swelling refrains are played with a richness of feeling by music director/conductor/pianist Laura Bergquist’s 10-piece orchestra (tucked behind the set), and Gordon has a real gift for matching song to character."
- San Diego Union-Tribune

"Music director Laura Bergquist elicits passionate singing of a score consisting mostly of solos and duets, and Ray Nardelli's sound design keeps balances mostly in check among the singers and a ten-piece orchestra stationed behind the main playing area."
- Talkin' Broadway, San Diego

"The production is further enhanced by a nine piece orchestra under the baton of music director and conductor Laura Berquist. There is really no substitute for a live orchestra when presenting a musical; the audience likes it and the singer/actors respond to it. It’s a luxury worth every penny is costs to have live music. Musical theatre doesn’t get much better than this when it comes to entertainment."
- DesertLocalNews.Com
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photo courtesy of Liz Lauren
FOR ALLEGIANCE:

"Music director Laura Bergquist and a cast of talented singers have achieved some chilling choral harmonies—particularly in the second act’s ensemble number about Hiroshima."
​-Backstage LA

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FOR DADDY LONG LEGS:

"Sung and spoken, the words display sentiment without dipping into sentimentality. No treacle washes over things. Conductor Laura Bergquist keeps the musical pacing lyrical but crisp."
- CityBeat

Highlights from Jane Austen's EMMA

Highlights from DADDY LONG LEGS