Bio

Darren R. Cohen (Musical Director/Conductor/Pianist) Broadway and National Tours spanning from A CHORUS LINE to CHICAGO, Off B'way includes: MAKE ME A SONG (New World Stages - orig cast album), ZOMBIE PROM (Variety Arts Theatre - orig cast album), The York Theatre's production of CARNIVAL (Outer Critic's Circle Award-Best Revival), ANN E. WRECKSICK (Ars Nova), SALUTE TO WOMEN SONGWRITERS (Carnegie Hall w/ Michael Feinstein & Roslyn Kind), ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (47th Street Theatre), A...MY NAME IS STILL ALICE (Second Stage), THE FANTASTICKS (Sullivan St. Playhouse), RICHARD RODGERS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (w/ Marge Champion, Donald Sadler, Christine Ebersole, Lee Roy Reams, Victoria Clark, Bob Cuccioli & Judy Kuhn), AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND (West Side Arts), KAREN ZIEMBA & FRIENDS (w/ Marin Mazzie, David Garrison & James Brennan), EVENING OF JULE STYNE (w/Victoria Clark & Phyllis Newman), DAYDREAMS (Doris Day consultant - lntar Theatre), SHOW ME WHERE THE GOOD TIMES ARE (Jewish Rep w/ Roslyn Kind), TRIBUTE TO CY COLEMAN (w/Cy Coleman, Dee Hoty & Helen Gallagher), HOMEFIRES (Actor's Playhouse), EVENING OF LERNER & LOEWE (wlTom Wopat & Marni Nixon), GEORGY (Wings Theatre), CRISTOBAL COLUMBUS (Union Square Theatre), OFF B'WAY: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN (w/Malcolm Gets, Sally Mayes, Eddie Korbich, John Tartaglia a Lucille Lortel Theatre).

Regional credits include: WALLENBERG (White Plains Performing Arts Center), DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (w/ Nancy Opal); SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE; FOOTLOOSE; HAIRSPRAY (w/ Paul Vogt); CABARET; (w/ Max Von Essen & Teri Ralston) (Sacramento Music Circus), DEAR WORLD (w/Sally Ann Howes and Georgia Engel - Goodspeed Playhouse), ZORBA (w/ Ron Holgate and Anita Gillette), SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM (Coconut Grove Playhouse), A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Repertory Theatre Company of St. Louis), JACQUES BREL, BEEHIVE, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Cincinnati Playhouse - w/Donna McKechnie), SWEENEY TODD w/ Harriet Harris/Jeff McCarthy/Ed Dixon), GUYS & DOLLS (dir. John Rando and starring Leslie Kritzer, Morgan James & Matt Rische), THE GAME (starring Rachel York), WEST SIDE STORY; FUNKED UP FAIRY TALES; ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (w/Kim Crosby & Joy Franz); Critically acclaimed production of FOLLIES; HUMAN COMEDY (w/Debby Boone); COMPANY, NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY; MACK AND MABEL (w/ Kelly Rabke & Jeff McCarthy, Jerry Herman-prod supervisor); CAROUSEL (w/ Teri Ralston & Chris Invar)), (Barrington Stage Co), THE HOT MIKADO (San Jose Civic Light Opera), SALLY BLANE - TEENAGE GIRL DETECTIVE (Bristol Riverside Theatre), DAVID (American Jewish Theatre), CABARET (Hasty Pudding Theatre - Boston's Outer Critics Circle Award-Best Musical), A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING (w/ Michelle Pawk/George Dvorsky -North Shore Music Theatre), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MUNY w/ Lara Teeter), Richard Adler/Bill C. Davis world premiere of OFF-KEY (w/ Chris Sieber - George Street Playhouse), ASSASSINS (Players Theatre of Columbus), CLOSER THAN EVER, FLORA THE RED MENACE (Westport Playhouse), BEEHIVE (Asolo Theatre), SUGAR (Downtown Cabaret Theatre),

Other tours and concerts include: HEY, MA...KAYE BALLARD, DONNA McKECHNIE INSIDE THE MUSIC, and THE GYPSY IN MY SOUL (Donna Mckecknie), KAREN MASON (Cabaret), ROSLYN KIND (Cabaret/Concerts), JAMES NAUGHTON, KATHERINE CROSBY, DEBBY BOONE, MARIN MAZZIE, WILLIAM FINN (Concerts/Benefits), BEN BAGLEY'S BROADWAY REVISITED (CD), AVERY SOMERS (The Cinegrill), SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (Tour), ENTIRELY SOPHIE TUCKER (Tour), MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY (Tour)- musical supervisor, Jule Styne), and GREASE (tour). Representative workshops include: ARTHUR - the Musical, DOROTHY PARKER (starring Michelle Pawk), GLIMMERGLASS (NAMT), THE OTHER LINCOLN & OH, BOY! (York Theatre Co.). Revised arrangements for FOOTLOOSE AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY - (Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization).

Darren's book, The COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL AUDITION (Published by Back Stage Books), can be found in most bookstores and online. Darren is a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music.