Music Director | Pianist
Bryan has music directed and performed regionally, Off-Broadway, and in iconic venues such as 54 Below, the Wallis Center, Rockwell Table & Stage, the Edison Ballroom, and more. Bryan was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the Stage Raw Award for music directing The Boy from Oz, bringing that production and the Actor’s Co-op Production of 110 in the Shade to the Ovation Award for Best Musical. He is the founding music director of A Little New Music, a cabaret series dedicated to bringing the best in new musical theatre to Los Angeles. He is also the music director for the bi-coastal cabaret Daisy and Jordan’s Brunch of Shame featuring Jordan Kai Burnett (Magic Mike Live) and Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan (Good Trouble). He serves on the music team for Off-Broadway’s hit Titanique and is the Music Supervisor of The Cosmo Girls.
His piano playing and arranging can be heard on cast albums for The Max Factor Factor and with pop artists such as Matthew Darren (American Idol Season 10) and Annie Brobst.
Music Direction AWARDS
WINNER! Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award | Best Music Direction
WINNER! Stage Raw Award | Best Music Direction
NOMINATION! Ovation Award | Best Music Direction
Music Direction Reviews
"Superbly overseen" - LA Times
"Outstanding" - BroadwayWorld.com
"Stellar" "Perfection" "Precise and balanced" "High-powered" - Tin Pan LA
"All-out party on stage" - Musicals in LA
"Phenomenal" - Haines His Way
"Vegas-ready" "Whiz" - Stage Scene LA
"Bryan Blaskie’s music direction is crisp and driven by sheer adrenaline" - Stage and Cinema
"Expert musical direction" - StageRaw
"Musical Director Bryan Blaskie manages – with only four musicians – to create a soundscape worthy of a big theatre. The sound is rich and full: I don’t know how he does it, but it’s fabulous." - Los Angeles Post