This week on Hear Us Out, we’re joined by Tony Award winner Nevin Steinberg, one of Broadway’s most influential sound designers. Nevin has shaped the sonic world of some of the most iconic productions of the last decade; from the record-breaking Hamilton and emotionally charged Dear Evan Hansen to the Tony-winning Hadestown and the acclaimed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He’s also worked on Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star, and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (earning multiple nominations along the way).

In this conversation, Nevin takes us behind the curtain of his creative process — how sound design enhances storytelling, what it takes to collab ...