Douglas Lyons is an actor, writer, director, composer-lyricist and playwright. He served as a writer & composer on Apple TV’s 2022 series Fraggle Rock. Douglas received a GLAAD nomination for his Broadway playwriting debut, Chicken and Biscuits. His music and lyrics have been featured on BET Plus, CBS's Sunday Morning Show, Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope Festival and Lincoln Center’s Broadway Songbook Series. As an actor he's appeared on Broadway in The Book of Mormon and Beautiful (Original Cast), as well as the tours of Rent and Dreamgirls. Other theater writing credits include: Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company). Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Five Points currently in development with Hamilton's Andy Blankenbuehler. With musical writing partner Ethan D. Pakchar, Douglas is a 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist.
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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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