He is currently the music director for MARY POPPINS on Broadway
Learn more about Brad's current and upcoming performances and events, as well as projects in the works.
Brad has been the music director and conductor for MARY POPPINS on Broadway since it opened in 2005.
Prior Broadway credits include music direction and incidental music arrangements for Elton John's LESTAT and piano/keyboards for THE FULL MONTY and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Brad was the assistant conductor for the 1st National Tour of Disney's THE LION KING.
Brad is the music supervisor and orchestrator for composer Paul Gordon (Broadway's JANE EYRE); recent collaborations include JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA (Old Globe, San Diego and upcoming at the Arizona Theatre Company, director: Jeff Calhoun) DADDY LONG LEGS (currently touring regionally, director: John Caird) and a revamped JANE EYRE (premiered in Tokyo, Japan in 2007, director: John Caird.) Upcoming with Gordon and Caird is LITTLE MISS SCROOGE, to be premiered at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, Christmas of 2012.
Brad was the music director for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's recent critically acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES and will return there this fall to music direct SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (director: Gary Griffin). Other regional credits include numerous productions at The Goodman Theatre, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Fords Theatre, The Muny in St. Louis, and Theatre Works in Palo Alto and have garnered him 3 nominations for Joseph Jefferson Awards for music direction. Internationally, Brad was the music director for HONK! in Singapore and Manila, The Philippines.
Recent concert engagements in New York include Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser (performers included Audra McDonald and Sir Paul McCartney) and orchestrations for Children and Art: a 75th Birthday Sondheim Celebration. Brad has also collaborated with singer Ashley Brown on numerous concert engagements both in New York (Feinstein's at Loews Regency) and around the country. A graduate of Northwestern University, Brad is a native of Chicago, Illinois.

Brad is the music director and conductor for Disney's MARY POPPINS, now in its 6th year on Broadway!
Drop him a line if you plan to come see it! Or have already seen it! Or are seeing it again!
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Currently touring the U.S. and starring Megan McGinnis and Robert Adelman Hancock, DADDY LONG LEGS (based on Jean Webster's classic novel) is winning the hearts of audiences across the country! John Caird (LES MISERABLES) directs and provides the book, composer Paul Gordon (JANE EYRE) provides the sumptuous score.
Musical Supervision and Orchestrations are by Brad Haak.
"Whereas 2003's Wicked may have been the most successful musical of the first decade of the 21st century, I'd be willing to bet that, in this century's second decade, DADDY LONG LEGS will become much more deeply adored and cherished by women of all ages." - George Heymont, Huffington Post (January 8, 2011)
http://www.daddylonglegsmusical.com/daddylonglegsmusical/Home.html
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, September 26 to November 4, 2012
Following their acclaimed 2011 production of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, "Follies", Chicago Shakespeare Theatre will present his SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE this coming fall - and Brad is thrilled to be returning to his home turf and reuniting with director Gary Griffin to music direct.