Broadway’s Next Hit Could Be Taylor & Oberacker’s BANDSTAND

While New Yorkers may call Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker “unknowns,” those names are a bit more familiar to local theatre audiences.

Richard Oberacker is a Cincinnati native and a graduate of UC College-Conservatory of Music.

Back in 2006, Taylor and Oberacker had their original musical, ACE, premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. It went on to receive five Helen Hayes Nominations in D.C.

In 2009 they were back, this time at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (they still had the “of” back then) with DON’T MAKE ME PULL THIS SHOW OVER: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PARENTING. They had previewed a shorter version of the musical as an entry in the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Back to New York. A reading this week of their new musical, BANDSTAND has the NYC theater community abuzz. You can read the NY Post article here.

Wishing Robert and Richard continued success!