Douglas Lyons is a multi-hyphenate artist. As a writer, he earned a GLAAD nomination for his Broadway playwriting debut, Chicken and Biscuits, which was the 2nd most produced play in America in 2022-23. In Summer 2024, his world premiere play, Table 17, which premiered at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater, was deemed a NY Times Critic Pick. Douglas served as a writer on both seasons of Apple TV's Emmy award winning series Fraggle Rock. His Broadway acting credits include the Book of Mormon, plus the Original Casts of Beautiful and the Tony award winning Broadway revival of Parade. Tour credits include Rent,Dreamgirls and Book ofMormon. As a composer-lyricist, his music and lyrics have been featured on Nickelodeon, BET Plus, Apple TV, CBS's Sunday Morning Show, and more. His musicals include Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival), the world premiere of Five Points (Theater Latté Da) and more. He is currently developing television with Gabrielle Union's I'll Have Another, Sky Dance and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort.
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Douglas' new play Don't Touch My Hair will get a workshop production in Los Angeles in Feb 2025 at IAMA Theatre!
Learn moreDouglas has announced the Deep Breath Trilogy: New plays for Black women.
Learn moreDouglas' new play Table 17 will get its world premiere this summer at MCC, starring 3X Tony nominee Kara Young.
Learn moreWith writing partner Ethan Pakchar, Douglas co-wrote the theme song to Nickelodeon's new podcast Goodnight Bedtime Stories.
Learn moreDouglas' new play Pure Glitter was selected for the 2024 Ephrata PAC Queer Voices Series.
Learn moreDouglas is the 2024 recipient of the Connecticut Voice Arts & Entertainment Award!
Learn moreConstellation Stage and Screen will premiere a puppetry version of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical in Spring 2025!
Learn moreDouglas has been tapped to pen the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical "Big River."
Learn moreThe Broadway Revival Cast album of Parade received a 2024 Grammy nomination. You can hear Douglas' voice featured on the track Rumblin' and Rollin'.
Learn moreTwo Time Tony Nominee Kara Young will star in the industry readings of Douglas' new play Table 17.
Learn moreDouglas' latest play Invisible received a workshop as a part of Forestburgh Playhouse's Into The Works Festival!
Learn moreThe Band Geeks Studio Album Released September 8, Featuring Lindsay Mendez, Ruthie Ann Miles, Douglas Lyons, More
Learn moreDouglas' new play, Table 17, a commission with New Works Provincetown receives its first workshop in PTown.
Learn moreCasting has been announced for Invisible, Douglas' new play, which was selected for Forestburgh Playhouse's In The Works Festival this September.
Learn moreDouglas penned the book for "The Moon and The Sea", a new musical running through June 25th at Constellation Stage and Screen
Lyons and Pakchar's musical film Beau to screen at the Big Apple Film Festival!
Learn moreDouglas and Courtnee Carter from PARADE Perform at the Future of Everything Festival.
Learn moreDouglas is currently playing Riley in the Broadway revival of Parade opening March 16th, 2023.
Learn moreLyons 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.
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.
Douglas has opened Parade at NY City Center!
"Sung with liveliness by Courtnee Carter and Douglas Lyons..." - The NY Times
Douglas will play Riley in New York City Center's Gala production of Parade, November 1-6th, 2022.
Learn moreFive Points, now in development with Papermill Playhouse, was selected for a Discovering Broadway workshop residency.
Learn moreDouglas’ 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!
Learn moreDouglas is a 2022 GLAAD nominee for Chicken and Biscuits, nominated Outstanding Broadway Production.
Learn moreDouglas' Broadway play Chicken and Biscuits is now available for licensing
LEarn MoreListen to Douglas talk about bringing Black stories to Broadway and beyond.
Listen NowDouglas served as a writer and composer on Fraggle Rock, which premieres Jan 21, 2022 on Apple TV.
See MoreDouglas speaks to the New York Times about Chicken & Biscuits and Broadway's re-opening.
See MoreDouglas, Michael Urie, and Norm Lewis sat down with Broadway Direct to discuss Chicken & Biscuits.
See MoreDouglas' play Chicken & Biscuits, will Open this October at Braodway's Circle in the Square.
See More'Breathe' will premiere this weekend during a special Saturday matinee on iHeartRadio Broadway.
See MoreLyons 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.
See MoreThe 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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