Awards
Cabaret
Moonbox Productions
Awards & Nominations
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Winner
Best of Boston Theater of 2020 - Director of a Musical of the Decade
The Boston Globe
“Bertone, whose production of In the Heights at Wheelock Family Theatre was one of the high points of last year, frames the familiar material of “Cabaret’’ in ways that emphasize the escalating atmosphere of dread.”
- Don Aucoin
Dig Boston - Best of Boston Theater of 2018
“Rachel Bertone’s perfect production was like a punch to the stomach, and it’s the only production this year that I saw more than once. Bertone and her glorious cast dug deep—and thought big—to bring out shades and nuances to this Kander and Ebb classic that I have never seen before.”
- Christopher Ehlers
In the Heights
Wheelock Family Theatre
Awards & Nominations
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
Elliot Norton Awards - Outstanding Ensemble Winner
Elliot Norton Awards - Outstanding Direction Nomination
Elliot Norton Awards - Outstanding Musical Nomination
Best of Boston Theater of 2020 - Best Ensemble of the Decade
“…A full-throttle production at Wheelock Family Theatre, superbly directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone.”
- Don Aucoin
The Wild Party
Moonbox Productions
Awards & Nominations
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
Boston Theatre Wings
“Now Rachel Bertone, a director-choreographer who especially demonstrated her gifts with all kinds of musical material in Moonbox Productions’ recent The Musical of Musicals, has powerfully tapped into the show’s jazzy ambience in the company’s beautifully unrestrained revival of The Wild Party at the Calderwood Pavilion.”
- Jules Becker
Carousel
Reagle Music Theatre
Awards & Nominations
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
ArtsImpluse
“Bertone is a natural choice for helming this difficult production of one of the best musicals of the twentieth century. For the past few years, Bertone has built herself a following of devoted and dedicated performers and audience members, admiring her persistence, her support, and her attention to detail, especially considering the effect of movement and space in telling stories. “Carousel” becomes one of her crowning achievements to date.”
- Brian Balduzzi
Additional Awards & Nominations
Musical of Musicals - Moonbox Productions
BroadwayWorld Awards - Best Choreography Winner
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
Elliot Norton Awards - Outstanding Musical Nomination
Show Boat - Reagle Music Theatre
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
Westside Story - Turtle Lane Playhouse
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
Barnum - Moonbox Productions
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
Big River - Lyric Stage Company
BroadwayWorld Awards - Best Choreography Winner
Guys and Dolls - Reagle Music Theatre
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
Gypsy - Lyric Stage Company
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
Elliot Norton Awards - Outstanding Direction Nomination
A Little Night Music - Metro Stage Company
BroadwayWorld Awards - Best Choreography Winner