Berman has performed with
Aretha Franklin,
Blood Sweat & Tears,
Carole King,
Gladys Knight,
Hugh Jackman,
Illinois Jacquet,
Ben E King,
Jackie McLean,
Cornelius Bumpus,
Buster Poindexter,
Clark Terry,
Lesley Gore,
Richie Havens,
Helen Reddy,
Jennifer Holliday,
Phil Ramone,
Chita Rivera,
Phoebe Snow, and
Eartha Kitt. On Broadway, he conducted
Rent, ''
Smokey Joe's Cafe, and Blood Brothers and played lead piano in the orchestras of The Boy From Oz, Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Brooklyn The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, 42nd Street, The Life, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'', and others including the
Public Theater of New York's production of
Hair in
Central Park in 2008 and its Broadway revival in 2009. He has also written additional music, a classical pas-de-deux, for
Fame the Musical. He was the assistant music director and pianist for the Broadway production of
Bullets Over Broadway. He is represented off-Broadway by his original music compositions for the acclaimed revival of Sidney Howard's comedy/drama
The Late Christopher Bean, directed by Jenn Thompson for TACT at the Beckett. He also music directed, conducted and played piano for the New York Musical Theatre Festival production of
Seeing Stars, a new musical set in the world of boxing, written by Don and Jeff Breithaupt with a book by Shelley McPherson, also directed by Jenn Thompson. His piano and keyboard playing can be heard on the theme of the
HBO series
Sex and the City. Berman has written additional music for the program and can be seen on an episode. He has also written music for Bravo, the
Food Network,
Nurse Jackie, the
Showtime series and a variety of network daytime series. Among Berman's television appearances are
The Today Show,
Good Morning America,
The Rosie O'Donnell Show,
PBS, and a variety of soap operas. He has performed in jazz clubs around the world including The
Blue Note,
Rainbow Room,
Birdland, The Cutting Room,
B.B. King's, the
Supper Club and
Top of the Rock at
Rockefeller Center. Berman has appeared at Weil Hall at
Carnegie Hall, at Merkin Hall at
Lincoln Center, and can be heard on numerous recordings. Berman has also written and produced commercial jingles for the
Campbell Soup Company,
Armour hot dogs and
Sara Lee. In 2006, Berman was music director of
Jam & Spice, a "jazzy"
Kurt Weill revue at the
Westport Country Playhouse, in
Westport, Connecticut. He received strong praise for his playing and conducting from
Variety, the
Hartford Courant and other publications. He returned to the Westport Country Playhouse in the summer of 2007 to be music director of
Being Alive, a musical based on the work of
Stephen Sondheim but with arrangements in
soul,
blues,
jazz,
R & B,
gospel and
hip hop styles. Once again, he received critical acclaim for both his playing and music direction. Berman was music director, arranger, and orchestrator of
Marcy in the Galaxy, a world premier musical presented by The Transport Group at the Connelly Theater in New York City. Berman returned to the Westport Country Playhouse in 2008 to be the music director, lead pianist and the arranger of additional music for ''Hot n' Cole: A
Cole Porter Celebration
, directed by Tony Award-winning actor James Naughton. His piano playing was cited as "dazzling" by Variety''. Of his arrangement and musical direction of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" Theatermania wrote, "the entire ensemble is flawless, with the Hi-Lo's-like harmonies a treat Porter himself would have praised." Berman has written the theme and additional music for
Kidnapped by the Kids, which premiered on
OWN, the
Oprah Winfrey television network, on April 4, 2011. He also played piano on an episode of
Royal Pains during season 3 on the
USA Network in 2011. ==The Genesis Project==