Outer Critics Circle Nominations
Douglas' play Table 17 received 2 Outer Critics Circle nominations including Outstanding New Off-Broadway play.
Pure Glitter
Douglas' new play Pure Glitter will get regional premieres in 2025-26 at Uptown Players and 2nd Generation Theatre.
Beau Cast
Full Casting announced for the world premiere of Beau at Out of the Box Theatrics this summer.
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Rise and Shine
Douglas co-wrote the theme song for Nickelodeon's Rise and Shine now available on Audible.
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Don't Touch My Hair
Check out photos for the sold-out workshop production of Don't Touch My Hair at IAMA Theatre Company.
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Beau Off-Broadway
Douglas' new musical Beau will make its NYC Off-Broadway premiere this summer at Out of The Box Theatrics.
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Audelco Awards
The world premiere of Douglas' play Table 17 was nominated for 7 Audelco Awards and won 2. Including Best Playwright and Outstanding Ensemble!
Don't Touch My Hair
Douglas' new play Don't Touch My Hair will get a workshop production in Los Angeles in Feb 2025 at IAMA Theatre!
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Deep Breath Trilogy
Douglas has announced the Deep Breath Trilogy: New plays for Black women.
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Table 17
Douglas' new play Table 17 will get its world premiere this summer at MCC, starring 3X Tony nominee Kara Young.
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Goodnight Bedtime Stories
With writing partner Ethan Pakchar, Douglas co-wrote the theme song to Nickelodeon's new podcast Goodnight Bedtime Stories.
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Pure Glitter
Douglas' new play Pure Glitter was selected for the 2024 Ephrata PAC Queer Voices Series.
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Connecticut Voice Arts & Entertainment Award
Douglas is the 2024 recipient of the Connecticut Voice Arts & Entertainment Award!
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Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical
Constellation Stage and Screen will premiere a puppetry version of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical in Spring 2025!
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Big River
Douglas has been tapped to pen the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical "Big River."
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Grammys 2024
The Broadway Revival Cast album of Parade received a 2024 Grammy nomination. You can hear Douglas' voice featured on the track Rumblin' and Rollin'.
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Table 17
Two Time Tony Nominee Kara Young will star in the industry readings of Douglas' new play Table 17.
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Invisible
Douglas' latest play Invisible received a workshop as a part of Forestburgh Playhouse's Into The Works Festival!
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Band Geeks
The Band Geeks Studio Album Released September 8, Featuring Lindsay Mendez, Ruthie Ann Miles, Douglas Lyons, More
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Table 17
Douglas' new play, Table 17, a commission with New Works Provincetown receives its first workshop in PTown.
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Invisible
Casting has been announced for Invisible, Douglas' new play, which was selected for Forestburgh Playhouse's In The Works Festival this September.
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Douglas penned the book for "The Moon and The Sea", a new musical running through June 25th at Constellation Stage and Screen
Big Apple Film Festival
Lyons and Pakchar's musical film Beau to screen at the Big Apple Film Festival!
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Parade
Douglas and Courtnee Carter from PARADE Perform at the Future of Everything Festival.
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Parade
Douglas is currently playing Riley in the Broadway revival of Parade opening March 16th, 2023.
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Beau: The Musical
Lyons and Pakchar's Beau: The Musical film won the Industry Choice Award for Best Film at Dances With Films. Best of Show, Best LGBTQIA+ and Best Ensemble awards for IndieFest Film Awards and is a 2022 nominee for Montreal independent Film Awards.
Beau: The Musical
A film version of Lyons and Pakchar's Beau: The Musical will make its world premiere in NYC, Dec 1st, 2022 as the opener for Dances With Films at Regal Cinemas Union Square.
Parade
Douglas has opened Parade at NY City Center!
"Sung with liveliness by Courtnee Carter and Douglas Lyons..." - The NY Times
Parade
Douglas will play Riley in New York City Center's Gala production of Parade, November 1-6th, 2022.
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Five Points
Five Points, now in development with Papermill Playhouse, was selected for a Discovering Broadway workshop residency.
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American Theatre
Douglas’ Chicken & Biscuits is the 2nd most produced play around the country in the 2022-23 Season - making him one of the top 20 produced playwrights of next season!
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GLAAD
Douglas is a 2022 GLAAD nominee for Chicken and Biscuits, nominated Outstanding Broadway Production.
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Chicken and Biscuits
Douglas' Broadway play Chicken and Biscuits is now available for licensing
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Storytelling School
Listen to Douglas talk about bringing Black stories to Broadway and beyond.
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Douglas served as a writer and composer on Fraggle Rock, which premieres Jan 21, 2022 on Apple TV.
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New York Times
Douglas speaks to the New York Times about Chicken & Biscuits and Broadway's re-opening.
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Broadway Direct
Douglas, Michael Urie, and Norm Lewis sat down with Broadway Direct to discuss Chicken & Biscuits.
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Douglas' play Chicken & Biscuits, will Open this October at Braodway's Circle in the Square.
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Breathe Premiere
'Breathe' will premiere this weekend during a special Saturday matinee on iHeartRadio Broadway.
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Charity Angél Dawson, Carly Hughes, Joey Contreras, More Set for Virtual Broadway's Future Concert
Lyons and Pakchar’s “Together We Can” will premiere as part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope Festival in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on April 26th.
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Breathe
The new musical Breathe, featuring songs by Lyons & Pakchar, will premiere virtually on Overture+ on May 14th. A cast album will be released simultaneously through Broadway Records. The show will also be licensed by MTI.
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