Awards and Recognition
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
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
In the Heights
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
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
Carousel
Reagle Music Theatre
Awards & Nominations
Elliot Norton Award – Nomination for Best Choreography
The Sleepless Critic
”An American in Paris is an eloquent and classic tale, but its true emotional core in Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s adaptation lies in Gershwin’s rich lyrics and Rachel Bertone’s sweeping choreography”.
An American in Paris
Reagle Music Theatre
Awards & Nominations
Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Choreography (in memory of Chita Rivera)
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
Theatre Mirror
“Bertone’s blend of terrific technique in multiple dance genres (jazz, modern, ballet, and more), expertise in mounting big song and dance musicals with big casts, love of musicals classic to contemporary (including, Showboat, Carousel, West Side Story, Pippin – all at Reagle), and strong commitment to storytelling are her trademark. Her choreography entertains and has emotional impact”.
Oklahoma!
Additional Awards, Recognition, & Nominations
Kiss of the Spider Woman - Lyric Stage
IRNE Awards – Nomination for Best Musical
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
Oklahoma! - Reagle Music Theatre
Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Choreography (in memory of Chita Rivera)
IRNE Awards - Best 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
A Little Night Music - Metro Stage Company
BroadwayWorld Awards - Best Choreography Winner
An American in Paris - Reagle Music Theatre
Elliot Norton Award – Nomination for Best Choreography
Barnum - Moonbox Productions
IRNE Awards - Best Direction Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Choreography Nomination
IRNE Awards - Best Musical Nomination
The Boston Globe (Don Aucoin) - 10 Picks for Family Theatre of 2017
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