Jon Berger - Get Your 'People Chops' Together!
Jon Berger has played on 23 Broadway shows including Saturday Night Fever, My Fair Lady, The Donna Summer Musical, Hello Dolly, Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables and many others!
A musical linguist.
Jon Berger has performed with Aretha Franklin, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Crystals, Shields and Yarnell, Jerry Vale, The Ocean City Pops, Garden State Philharmonic, Harrisburg Symphony, The Washington Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Company, The NY Tenors, Lee Marvin, Dan Willis, Bob Rodreguez, Arthur Lipner, Todd Urban, The Mandala Jazz Octet with John Medeski, Folk Rock with Michelle Shocked, The Washington Squares, World Music Fusion with The Peter Lewis Band featuring Hiram Bullock and Mathew Garrison, just to name a few!
On Broadway, he’s worked on Addams Family, Next to Normal, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Tale of 2 Cities, Les Mis, Pirate Queen, The Color Purple, The Grinch, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Imaginary Friends, Chefs Theater, Flower Drum Song Starring Lea Salonga, Suessical Starring Rossie O'Donnell, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, Hello Dolly Starring Bette Midler, My Fair Lady, Summer (The Donna Summer Musical).
Off-Broadway - Jersey Boys, Zanna Don't, Feeling Electric Starring Anthony Rapp, Promenade, Nunsense, Broadway Rox, Neil Berg's 100 years of Broadway and 50 Years of Rock.
Jon endorses Paiste Cymbals, Drum Workshop, Vater, Drum Tacs, and Etymotic Research In-Ear Monitors.
https://www.jonbergerdrums.com
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