Tennessee State University (BA) New York University - Tisch (MFA)
Occupation(s)
Performer, Librettist, Composer and producer
Known for
Off-Broadway musical From My Hometown
Lee Summers (born 1958) is an American theatre, television and film actor, singer, librettist, composer, director and theatre producer best known for creating and producing Off-Broadway's From My Hometown.[1]
As a director, Summers is a two-time winner of both the 2022 and 2018 Audelco Awards for 'Best Director of a Musical' for "Ella, First Lady of Song" and for "On Kentucky Avenue," respectively. As an actor, Summers made his Broadway debut in the original production of Dreamgirls.[2] His one-person show Winds of Change garnered him the 2010 "Best Entertainer" Bistro Award.[3] In 2018 he was nominated for an Audelco Award for 'Best Featured Actor in a Musical,' for "On Kentucky Avenue." Summers has appeared in numerous TV/Film roles, such as Core FOI (Fruit of Islam) in Malcolm X starring Denzel Washington, a neurosurgeon on Law & Order; a turn-of-the-century cook on Boardwalk Empire, and as a Police Sergeant, opposite Tom Selleck on Blue Bloods.[4]
^Jones, Ken. "Harlem on Their Minds: New Musical, From My Hometown, Makes NYC Bow June 10". Playbill. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
^"Lee Summers". Internet Broadway Data Base.
^"Lee Summers Stars In WINDS OF CHANGE 3/9 At The Triad". Retrieved January 20, 2024.
^"'Blue Bloods' The City That Never Sleeps (TV Episode 2013)". IMDb. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
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