Lee Summers

Lee Summers won the 2018 AUDELCO Award for 'Best Director of a Musical' for On Kentucky Avenue, for which he was also nominated as 'Best Supporting Actor.' Other directing credits include the NYMF Festival's A Cappella the Musical and Harriet Tubman, for which Summers is slated to direct the 2020 world premiere. As either producer, director, writer, lyricist and/or composer, Summers' shows include: The Funkentine Rapture (NAMT alum and 2018 54 Below concert starring Tony Winners Lillias White and James Monroe Iglehart); Off-Broadway's From My Hometown (12 regional productions); Ella, First Lady of Song (4 regional productions); The Bayard Rustin Project (2018 Lincoln Center concert) and Pangaea: The Musical, (2018 Marymount College Production). Acting credits include his Broadway debut in the original Dreamgirls and reprising his role in and on the Dreamgirls 20th Anniversary Concert/ CD. Summers has appeared at Carnegie Hall and in numerous TV and film roles, which include "Blue Bloods," "Boardwalk Empire" and "Malcolm X." Formerly an Adjunct Professor for Motlow College, he is an alum of Tennessee State University; BA from SUNY ESC; MFA from NYU/Tisch. Member: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, SDC, DGA. Leesummersshows.com