Tragic Broadway, Smooth Trombone

Dan Reitz is a musician, composer, educator, comedy professional, and media producer rooted in Buffalo, New York and New York City.

As a composer he has produced music for Netflix Animation, international ad campaigns, and the podcasts Serial, Crimetown, and This American Life.

In Buffalo he is the founder of Buffalo Improv House and is a trombonist and pianist with several local groups including Silver Arrow Band.

Like many musicians from his generation, he owes a lot to his K-12 schooling, especially his participation in the music program at Williamsville East High School. As a high school musician he was a performer in the Grammy All-American High School Jazz Ensemble, was the winner of Outstanding Trombone Solo at the Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival and was the recipient of several national composition awards.

He is musical director and pianist for Your Love, Our Musical, Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton, VERN, and many other musical comedy shows. He has performed internationally including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at Improv Iceland, and throughout North America as both a comedy music director and as a jazz trombone player. He has taught at Princeton University, Sarah Lawrence College, and was a K-12 teacher for the better part of eight years.

Movies & Streaming

Leo (Netflix / Happy Madison)
Dude Turned Dad (Fatherly)
Earth’s Mightiest Show (Marvel)

Podcasts & Radio

Serial
Off Book (Earwolf)
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (Starburns)
This American Life (PRX)
Crimetown (Gimlet)
Audible (Various projects)

Live Performances

Buffalo Improv House (Founder)
Baby Wants Candy (NYC, UK, Touring)
Your Love, Our Musical (NYC, Touring)
Blank! The Musical (NYC)
Vern (NYC)
Shamilton (NYC, Touring)
Broadway at the W (NYC)
North Coast (NYC)
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (NYC)
Thrones! The Musical Parody (UK)
50 Shades! The Musical Parody (Touring, NYC, UK)
Musical Megawatt @ the Magnet Theater (NYC)
Peoples Improv Theater (Musical Director, Various Shows) (NYC)
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (various shows) (NYC)
Joe’s Pub (various shows) (NYC)
The Blue Note (NYC)
Small’s Jazz Club (NYC)

Teaching

Sarah Lawrence College
Collegiate School
Princeton University
Bank Street School for Children
American High School Musical Theatre Festival
Buffalo Public Schools

Education

Syracuse University: BM, Music Composition (Cum Laude)
SUNY University at Buffalo: EdM, Music Education

Dan Reitz

Tragic Broadway, Smooth Trombone

Upcoming Shows

Aug 21, 2021: Saranaide @ Pausa Art House, Buffalo NY 7:00pm

Aug 27, 2021: Lewiston Jazz Festival fundraiser @ Gather. By Gallo, Lewiston NY 6:00pm

Sep 3, 2021: Shitzprobe @ Asylum NYC 9:30pm

Sep 4, 2021: Anybody @ Asylum NYC 9:30pm

Sep, 17, 2021: Your Love, Our Musical @ Caveat, NYC. Online and in person! Shows @ 7pm and 10pm