News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
David Gotwald Headshot

David Gotwald

Get David Gotwald Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

BIO

Over the last three decades, David was the sound supervisor and mixer for numerous Broadway productions directed by such notables as Harold Prince, Michael Bennett, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Susan Stroman. These productions include: A Chorus Line (1981), Dreamgirls (1983), Sweet Charity (1986), Cabaret (1988), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), Crazy For You (1991), Passion (1994), Fosse (1998), The Producers (2000), Gypsy (2007), The Addams Family (2009) and the 2014 Best Musical: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. In 2006, David designed the sound for the Tony Award winning Jay Johnson - The Two and Only and the Off-Broadway hit The Musical of Musicals at the York Theatre Company. He has worked as a concert sound engineer for Tommy Tune, Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone and for special events at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and NY City Center Encores series. Currently, David is a faculty adviser at Carnegie Mellon University; Sound Design adviser to Baldwin Wallace University and as a member of the design collective District 5 Sound, has designed immersive events including: D.O.D.O. and Welcome To Here at the Bricolage Production Company and Chatterton for Quantum Theatre. His sound designs are represented annually at the Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland OH; The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise, ID; and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Sand Harbor State Park, NV.

Productions

 
[Broadway, 2006]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Off-Broadway, 1982]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Off-Broadway, 1980]
Lighting Designer

News


Review: INTO THE WOODS at Great Lakes Theater

What did our critic think of INTO THE WOODS at Great Lakes Theater?
Photos: Great Lakes Theater's INTO THE WOODS

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) is kicking off its 63rd season by presenting Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods (directed by Victoria Bussert) from September 27 – November 10, 2024. Check out photos here!
Great Lakes Theater Launches its 63rd Season With INTO THE WOODS and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Great Lakes Theater will kickoff its 63rd season by returning to the rotating repertory format, presenting two captivating productions that transport audiences into a world of magic and wonder. Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) concludes its 62nd season with a musical celebration of country legend Patsy Cline in Always…Patsy Cline, performing in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, through May 19, 2024. Check out production photos here!
THE FOREST OF EVERYWHERE: Bricolage Reimagines Their Enchanted Sensory-Friendly Children's Immersive

In stark contrast to their secretive 2017 production DODO, Bricolage's latest immersive endeavor, The Forest of Everywhere, is a whimsical sensory-friendly children's experience based on their 2016 production, Welcome to Here. Originally commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the EQT Children's Theater Festival, Welcome to Here was designed to welcome children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Building on the success of its predecessor, The Forest of Everywhere will enjoy a much longer, three-week run and will feature an expanded open-world forest environment along with new characters and experiences. Bricolage is proud to premiere this production in conjunction with the 2018 EQT Children's Theater Festival as a recommended show.
THE FOREST OF EVERYWHERE: Bricolage Reimagines Their Enchanted Sensory-Friendly Children's Immersive

In stark contrast to their secretive 2017 production DODO, Bricolage's latest immersive endeavor, The Forest of Everywhere, is a whimsical sensory-friendly children's experience based on their 2016 production, Welcome to Here. Originally commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the EQT Children's Theater Festival, Welcome to Here was designed to welcome children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Building on the success of its predecessor, The Forest of Everywhere will enjoy a much longer, three-week run and will feature an expanded open-world forest environment along with new characters and experiences. Bricolage is proud to premiere this production in conjunction with the 2018 EQT Children's Theater Festival as a recommended show.
THE FOREST OF EVERYWHERE: Bricolage Reimagines Their Enchanted Sensory-Friendly Children's Immersive

In stark contrast to their secretive 2017 production DODO, Bricolage's latest immersive endeavor, The Forest of Everywhere, is a whimsical sensory-friendly children's experience based on their 2016 production, Welcome to Here. Originally commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the EQT Children's Theater Festival, Welcome to Here was designed to welcome children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Building on the success of its predecessor, The Forest of Everywhere will enjoy a much longer, three-week run and will feature an expanded open-world forest environment along with new characters and experiences. Bricolage is proud to premiere this production in conjunction with the 2018 EQT Children's Theater Festival as a recommended show.
Review Roundup: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTREDAME at Great Lakes Theatre

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME plays at Great Lakes Theatre through November 4, and the critics are weighing in!
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program

WEST SIDE STORY, the Jerome Robbins (concept development), Leonard Bernstein (Music), Arthur Laurents (book), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), had an interesting road from idea to Broadway production to revivals. The script is now in production by the Baldwin Wallace Department of Theatre and Dance and the Conservatory of Music's Musical Theatre Program.
Jenn Colella to Lead KIKI BABY at NYMF, 10/5-16

The New York Musical Theatre Festival in association with Jeffery & Elizabeth Passero are pleased to announce the production of KIKI BABY, directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart. KIKI BABY will play six performances at the Theatre at St. Clements (423 West 46th Street, between 9TH & 10TH Avenues). Performances begin Wednesday, October 5th and continue through Sunday, October 16th.
The Big Voice Plays Off-Broadway; Changes Schedule

Murphy Cross, Paul Kreppel and Edmund Gaynes present The Big Voice: God or Merman?, a new musical written and performed by Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin
Musical 'The Big Voice' Finds Off-Broadway Home, Nov. 25

The Big Voice: God or Merman?, a new musical written and performed by Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin, is set for an Off-Broadway run
Jay Johnson to Host 'Bway on Bway' Pre-Show Festivities

Jay Johnson, soon to appear on Broadway in Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, will help usher in the new season as he hosts the pre-show festivities for 'Broadway on Broadway,' this Sunday, September 10th
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! Opens on Broadway Sep. 28

JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY! will open on Broadway Thursday, September 28, 2006, at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street), it was announced by the show's producers.
JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY! to Play Brentwood Theatre in LA Pre-Broadway

JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY! will have a limited engagement at the Brentwood Theatre January 20 to February 19, 2006, prior to transferring to the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway.
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only Ventiloquist Show Comes to Broadway March 2006

JAY JOHNSON: THE TWO AND ONLY! will make its Broadway bow at the Helen Hayes Theatre this spring with its previews set for Tuesday, March 7, and its opening on Sunday, March 19 2006.

Get David Gotwald Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos