Lena Horne Theatre
Opened October 3, 2021
Six Musicians
THE LADIES IN WAITING
Meghann Zervoulis Bate
*Conductor/Keyboard
Michelle Osbourne
Bass
Elena Bonomo
Drums
Kimi Hayes
Guitars
Kerianne Brennan
*Associate Conductor
Mariana Ramirez
Percussion
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Julia Schade, Elizabeth Doran
Conductor/Keyboard
Elizabeth Doran, Alex Crosby, Jessie Rosso, Valerie Maze, Alex “Goldie” Golden
Associate Conductor
Music Team
Joe Beighton and Roberta Duchak
Musical Supervisors
Meghann Zervoulis Bate
Musical Director
Kerianne Brennan
Associate Music Director
Tom Curran
Orchestrator/Music Preparation
Kristy Norter
Musical Coordinator
Musician Bios
Michelle Osbourne
Bass
British bassist Michelle Marie Osbourne has worked with recording artists including Gloria Gaynor, Jessie J, Jocelyn Brown, Emeli Sandé, and The Wanted.
Her theatre credits include the Off-Broadway productions A Sign of the Times and Black Light, and she currently performs in the Tony Award–winning Broadway show SIX: the Musical.
Elena Bonomo
Drums
Elena Bonomo is a drummer, percussionist, and music educator. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Performance. Elena currently holds the drum chair for Broadway’s Tony award-winning hit musical, SIX. Their cast album, SIX: Live on Opening Night was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Musical Theater Album.”
Actively involved in both the pop/rock and musical theater scenes, Elena strives to create fluidity across all musical genres. Elena has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers as a featured drummer with the 8G Band. She is a member of the Broadway Sinfonietta - an all female and majority women of color orchestra - with whom she regularly records and performs with. Elena has shared the stage with notable artists such as Katrina Lenk, Dylan Mulvaney, Abby Mueller, Keri René Fuller, Jordin Sparks, Brandy, Lea Michele, Norm Lewis, LaChanze, Nikki Renee Daniels and Patina Miller, among others.
In addition to her US appearances, Elena has performed in the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe while working as a bandleader for Holland America Cruise Lines.
In the theater realm, Elena held the drum chair for the 1st National Tour of the musical, Waitress (music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles). She originated the drum book for two Off-Broadway shows including The Hello Girls and A Strange Loop, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. An active sub in the NYC Theater scene, her credits include: Waitress, Be More Chill, Cagney, For Colored Girls and A Taste of Things to Come.
Elena is a proud endorser of Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks, Remo drumheads, and Low Boy Beaters.
Kimi Hayes
Guitars
Chicago native Kimi Hayes has enjoyed a performance, recording and teaching career that spans over 30 years. She has released 5 original albums and has played with countless groups throughout the midwest. Primarily a pop rock musician, Kimi's theater career began with Broadway in Chicago's A Taste of Things To Come in 2018. She is the original North American guitarist for Six which began at The Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2019, then onto Boston and St. Paul before landing in NYC. She is the guitarist on the Grammy nominated album Six: Live On Opening Night.
Mariana Ramirez
Percussion