On August 28th contemporary composing team Douglas Lyons & Ethan D. Pakchar sold out Rockwood Music Hall's Stage 2 in concert. Check out photos from the concert below!
Produced by Kimberly Marable, the concert cast featured Mykal Kilgore (Hair), Alysha Deslorieux (Hamilton) Katie Thompson (Giant), Julius Thomas III (The Scottsboro Boys), Anthony Alfaro (The View Upstairs), Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture), Anastacia McCleskey (Waitress), Angela Birchett (The Color Purple), Kyle Taylor Parker (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), T. Oliver Reid (Once on This Island) Gabe Violett (Spring Awakening), Anita Welch (Bubble Boy), Bonnie Milligan (Gigantic), Ben Roseberry (Lion King Tour), Nicole Loewenstein (Polkadots), Jordon Bolden (SAGA), Tamika Sonja Lawerence (Come From Away), Alison Lea Bender (TL;DR) and Jackson Perrin. With musical direction by Darius Smith.
Lyons and Pakchar's debut album #Love(Live) was nominated "Best-Live Album of 2013" by BroadwayWorld. Their sound fuses R&B, pop and musical theatre music together.
Since 2013 their music has played Lincoln Center, Goodspeed Musicals (Johnny Mercer Writing Colony), Prospect Theater Company (The Funeral), The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Queens Theatre, NAMT, Musical Theater Factory and more. In 2018, their new musical FIVE POINTS will get its world premiere at Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis. The duo is also currently under commission with Seattle's 5th Ave Theatre.
Photo credit: Shani Hadjian Photography
Tamika Sonja Lawerence
Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons
Julius Thomas III
T. Oliver Reid, Jordon Bolden, Anastacia McCleskey
Kyle Taylor Parker
Bonnie Milligan and Alison Lea Bender
Ben Roseberry
Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons
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