Lynne Shankel

Lynne Shankel is a composer, lyricist, orchestrator, arranger and music supervisor. Lynne (along with lyricist Sara Cooper) won the 2022 Richard Rodgers Award for Perpetual Sunshine & The Ghost Girls. Other shows include HoT (music) Postcard American Town (music and lyrics) and bare: The Musical (music for additional songs). Lynne was music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Allegiance starring Lea Salonga and George Takei and was the first woman to solely orchestrate a new musical on Broadway. Bway: Allegiance, (music supervision/arrangements/orchestrations) Crybaby (music direction/arrangements); Company (resident music supervisor). Select credits as orchestrator/arranger include White Girl In Danger, Altar Boyz, (Drama Desk nomination); The Extraordinary Ordinary (Drama Desk Nomination); Annie Live (NBC); Life After (Toronto, The Old Globe, Goodman); Breathe (2020 album and film); Allegiance (The Old Globe, Craig Noel Award for Orchestrations); Chita Rivera (Carnegie Hall, PBS); Boston Pops, New York Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.