Kelly Thomas

Biography

Hey there Maestras and friends! I'm Kelly Thomas (she/her) - I am a pianist and music director based in New York City.

Broadway:
Sunset Blvd (key 3/assistant musical director)
& Juliet (key 2 sub/rehearsal pianist)
Hell’s Kitchen (conductor sub/key 3 sub/rehearsal pianist)
Lempicka (key 2 sub)
Days of Wine and Roses (synth sub)
How to Dance in Ohio (key 2 sub)
Bob Fosse's Dancin' (key 2 sub)
Tina (key 1 sub)

Some of my other favorite credits include the world premieres of Schmigadoon! (The Kennedy Center, AMD) and The Karate Kid (STAGES St. Louis, AMD), as well as The Big Gay Jamboree (AMD) off-Broadway at the Orpheum.

National & International Tours:
The Band's Visit (1st national, associate conductor)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1st national, key 1/assistant conductor)
Legally Blonde (key 2/associate MD)
Fame (key 1/conductor)
Saturday Night Fever (key 2/associate MD)

Regional: music directed Saturday Night Fever at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.

I am also an audition accompanist at many casting agencies in NYC, a staff accompanist at Broadway Artists Alliance, and I have music directed concerts at 54 Below, Joe's Pub, the Laurie Beechman, and others. I'm a native Texan (go Cowboys), and I have a degree in Music Business from Belmont University in Nashville, TN.

Always looking to connect with other women and non-binary people - let's get coffee!