Lee Summers

**Lee Summers** (amụrụ 1958) bụ ihe nkiri America, ihe nkiri telivishọn na onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-agụ egwú, onye na-agụ akwụkwọ, onye na-agụ egwú, onye isi na onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri kacha mara amara maka ịmepụta na imepụta Off-Broadway's *From My Hometown* .  Dị ka onye nduzi, Summers bụ onye mmeri ugboro abụọ nke 2022 na 2018 Audelco Awards maka 'Best Director of a Musical' maka "Ella, First Lady of Song" na maka "On Kentucky Avenue," n'otu n'otu. Dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri, Summers mere Broadway mpụta mbụ ya na mmepụta mbụ nke *Dreamgirls* .  Ihe ngosi nke otu onye ya *bụ Ifufe mgbanwe* nwetara ya 2010 "Best Entertainer" Bistro Award .  Na 2018 a họpụtara ya maka ihe nrite Audelco maka 'Onye na-eme ihe nkiri kachasị mma na egwu,' maka "On Kentucky Avenue." Summers apụtawo n'ọtụtụ ọrụ TV / ihe nkiri, dị ka Core FOI ( Mkpụrụ nke Islam ) na Malcolm X starring Denzel Washington, a neurosurgeon on Law &amp;amp; Order ; onye na-esi nri nke narị afọ nke narị afọ na Boardwalk Empire, na dị ka onye uwe ojii Sergeant, megide Tom Selleck na *Blue Bloods* . 

## Ndụ mmalite na ọrụ
Amụrụ na Nashville, Tennessee, ọrụ ọkachamara mbụ Summers na-arụ na Showboat na Opryland USA mgbe debanyere aha na Mahadum steeti Tennessee . Ohere iji gaa na-abụ abụ ọrụ nke "Porgy" na Gershwin 's Porgy na Bess kpaliri Summers ịhapụ TSU n'oge agadi ya. Mgbe njem ahụ gasịrị, Summers kwagara New York (1980) ebe, n'abalị mbụ ya na Manhattan, ọ ga-ezute onye na-egwu egwu Michael Peters ( Dreamgirls, Beat It ), nke mere ka ọ bụrụ Broadway mpụta mbụ. Ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị, Summers kwughachiri ọrụ ọ rụrụ na Original Dreamgirls maka Dreamgirls 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert  na Lillias White, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis na Heather Headley . Mgbe e mesịrị, na òkù nke Broadway vocal arranger Chapman Roberts ( Ụmụ okorobịa ise aha ya bụ Moe ), Summers rụrụ na Carnegie Hall .

Na 1986, mgbe obere oge na-arụ ọrụ na Monte Carlo na Jenifer Lewis, Summers laghachiri Indiana iji mepụta ihe ngosi otu onye, ebe mgbe ọ na-eme njem n'otu abalị, ọ nwere ihe mberede ụgbọ ala dị nso na-egbu egbu. Na njem ya na mgbake zuru oke, olu ya dị ka onye edemede ogbo pụtara, na-eduga n'ịmepụta ya na ime ihe ga-abụ Off-Broadway kụrụ *Site na Obodo M.*

Edemede dugara Summers isonye na Dramatists Guild nke America,  na ọrụ ya ma ọ bụ incarnations ya, ka emepụtara ma gosipụta On na Off-Broadway, n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri mpaghara dị ka Milwaukee Repertory, ebe Summers jikọrọ aka na Kevin Ramsey ka ọ malite ịmalite. egwu egwu egwu egwu egwu mbụ ha, *Ọ bụrụ na akpụkpọ ụkwụ ndị a nwere ike ikwu*,  - akpọrọ ugbu a, "Echetara m Harlem," onye na-agba egwu mgbata Harold Nicholas,  nke kpara Nicholas Brothers, na arụmọrụ ogbo ya nke ọma. Maka ọrụ a, Summers na Ramsey bụ ndị mbụ natara The New Professional Theatre Award - ihe nrite emesịa nye ndị ama ama dịka Michael R. Jackson, Katori Hall na Colman Domingo .

Ebe ndị ọzọ na ebe nkiri mpaghara ebe arụpụtara ọrụ Summers gụnyere The Arkansas Repertory Theatre,  The Ensemble Theatre, Karamu Theatre,  The Phoenix Theatre,  The Meadow Brook Theatre, The Madison Theatre na Molloy College,  Theaterworks na Palo Alto, California, The Triad Theatre, New World Stages, AMAS Musical Theatre, Crossroads Theatre,  RACCA's Seaport Salon, The Kirk Theatre, Gramercy Theatre,  Radio City Music Hall's  ogbako oghere, Kennedy Center  na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ.

Ọrụ ndị ọzọ a ma ama na mmepe gụnyere Summers dị ka onye na-agụ akwụkwọ, onye na-agụ egwú na onye na-ede akwụkwọ na Timothy Graphenreed, maka *Yo 'Alice*  (Adaptation of *Alice in Wonderland* ) nke Maurice Hines chepụtara. Summers sokwa Hines on, *Ella, First Lady of Song* nke Summers na-eje ozi ugbu a dị ka onye ode akwụkwọ/onye nduzi. *Ella, First Lady of Song* premiered na New Jersey's Crossroads Theatre na 2004 starring Freda Payne ( Band of Gold ), mebere ọzọ na 2014 site MetroStage na Alexandria, Virginia, sochiri mmepụta na Delaware Theater Company na 2018. Na 2022, Madison Theater na Molloy College mepụtara egwu a na-enweta nhọpụta isii AUDELCO, merie ise, gụnyere "Egwu kachasị mma." Na 2023, Crossroads Theatre mere ememe afọ 20 nke *Ella, First Lady of Song* mmepụta na "A Musical Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald Starring Freda Payne."  Lee Summers dere ma duzie mmemme a. Onye na-emepụta ihe na Crossroads, Ricardo Khan na Board Member Emeritus, Richard Nurse kwadoro Hines na Summers ' *Ella, First Lady of Song* dị ka egwu nke na-enweta ego iji meghee ụlọ ihe nkiri Crossroads mechiri emechi, nke, mgbe ọ nwetasịrị 1999 Tony Award maka "Kachasị Mma". Regional Theatre," emechiela ọnụ ụzọ ya site na 2003.

Summers' funk musical, *The Funkentine Rapture,* ka ahọpụtara maka 2005 National Alliance for Musical Theater  Festival ( NAMT ) nke Tony Award Winner Billy Porter na-egosi na ogbako na Theatreworks ( Silicon Valley ), nke Robert Kelly duziri. E gosipụtara *owuwe Funkentine* na egwu na 54 N'okpuru na June 2017, na-egosi Tony Award Winners, James Monroe Iglehart na Lillias White .

Summers mere mmepụta mpụta mbụ ya na 2003-mmekọrịta na Amas Musical Theatre na Ben Blake maka mmepụta mmepe nke Site na Obodo M. Mmepụta ahụ bufere azụmaahịa na ụlọ ihe nkiri Gramercy na 2004 yana Summers dị ka Onye Nduzi Onye Mmepụta.

Dị ka onye nduzi, Summers, bụkwa onye mmeri nke 2022 maka BroadwayWorld's "Best Director of a Musical" maka Hawaii Performing Arts Festival's *Hair* : The Tribal Love-Rock Musical  eduzila ọrụ n'ebe ndị sitere na New York's Urban Stages,  AMAS Musical Theatre, The John Houseman Ụlọ ihe nkiri, New World Stages, The Triad Theatre, Flushing Town Hall, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Cell Theatre, Harlem Repertory Theatre, The Pearl Ụlọ ihe nkiri Company ịkpọ aha ole na ole. Summers duziri World Premiere nke *Acappella The Musical* for the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) na-enweta “Ezigbo Awards” atọ na 2015.

## Ọrụ

### Onye isi ọkwa (na nso nso a)

* 2023 *Ella, First Lady of Song* (Onye nduzi)
* *Ntutu 2022: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical* (Onye isi)
* 2022 *Ella, First Lady of Song* (Onye nduzi)
* 2018 *Na Kentucky Avenue* (Onye isi)

### Onye na-agụ akwụkwọ

* 1993 *Ọ bụrụ na akpụkpọ ụkwụ ndị a nwere ike ikwu okwu*  (Co-libretist)
* 1998 ' Site n'obodo m  (Conceiver) (Co-libretist)
* 1999 *Yo Alice*  (Librettist)
* 2004 *Ella Fitzgerald : First Lady of Song*  (Librettist)
* 2005 *The Funkentine owuwe*  (Co-libretist)
* 2013 *Sistemu* (Librettist)
* 2014 *Ella Fitzgerald : First Lady of Song*  (Librettist)
* 2018 *Pangea The Musical*  (Librettist)
* 2018 *Ella Fitzgerald : First Lady of Song*  (Librettist)
* 2022 *Ella Fitzgerald* (Librettist)

### Onye na-abụ abụ

* 1993 *Ọ bụrụ na akpụkpọ ụkwụ ndị a nwere ike ikwu okwu*  (Co-lyricist)
* 1998 *Site n'obodo M*  (Conceiver) (Onye na-agụ egwú) (Onye na-agụ egwú)
* 1999 *Yo Alice*  (onye na-abụ abụ)
* 2005 *Nwuwe Funkentine*  (Onye na-agụ egwú)
* 2010 *Ikuku nke mgbanwe* (Co-lyricist) (Onye na-agụ egwú)
* 2013 *The Sistemu* (Co-lyricist) (Onye na-agụ egwú)
* 2016 *Bayard The Musical* (Onye na-agụ egwú)
* 2018 *Pangea The Musical* (Onye na-agụ egwú)

### Onye na-ede ihe

* 1993 *Ọ bụrụ na akpụkpọ ụkwụ ndị a nwere ike ikwu okwu* (Onye na-edekọ ihe)
* 1998 Site n'obodo M (Conceiver) (Onye na-ede ihe)
* 1999 *Yo Alice* (Onye na-ede ihe)
* 2005 *The Funkentine owuwe* (onye dere ihe) 
* 2010 *Ikuku mgbanwe* (Onye na-ede ihe)
* 2013 *Sistemu* (Onye na-ede ihe)
* 2016 *Bayard The Musical* (Onye na-ede ihe)

### Onye odee egwu

* 2016 *Mpempe akwụkwọ ikpe ziri ezi* (Onye edemede) (Ebipụtara)
* 2013 *Otu Nkwekọrịta Mgbọ* (Onye ode akwụkwọ) (Ebipụtara)

## Ihe nrite na asọmpi
Ọrụ Summers enwetala otuto dị egwu yana nkwanye ugwu dị ka The New Professional Theatre's "Our Voice Award" (1996) asatọ AUDELCO Award nominations gụnyere "Best Musical" (2003), nhọrọ na ngosi na National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Egwu  (2005), TheatreWorks na Palo Alto, California (2005), ogbako mmepe na Radio City Musical Hall (1999), nkwado mmepe sitere na Shubert Organisation (2003), Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Commendation maka ọrụ ya na American Musical Theater (2003), New York's Bistro Award  (2010) na anọ Michigan 2012 Wilde Award  nhọpụta na mmeri na-adịbeghị anya maka Best Ensemble (2012).

Onye meriri nturu ugo Bistro 2010 'Enweta Pụrụ Iche, Onye Ntụrụndụ'

2018 Audelco Award Nhọpụta na onye mmeri maka 'Onye isi kachasị mma nke egwu,' maka "On Kentucky Avenue"

2018 Audelco Award Nhọpụta maka 'Onye na-eme ihe nkiri kachasị mma na egwu,' maka "N'okporo ụzọ Kentucky"

2022 Audelco Award Nhọpụta na onye mmeri maka 'Onye isi ihe kachasị mma nke egwu' maka "Ella, First Lady of Song"

2022 Broadway World Award Nhọpụta na onye mmeri maka 'Onye isi kachasị mma nke egwu,' maka "Ntutu"

## Ntụaka
California (2005), ogbako mmepe na Radio City Musical Hall (1999), nkwado mmepe sitere na Shubert Organisation (2003), Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Commendation maka ọrụ ya na American Musical Theater (2003), New York's Bistro Award  (2010) na anọ Michigan 2012 Wilde Award  nhọpụta na mmeri na-adịbeghị anya maka Best Ensemble (2012).National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Egwu  (2005), TheatreWorks na Palo Alto, California (2005),
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