Darren R. Cohen: Musical Director - Vocal Coach - Author
As a professional musical director and vocal coach in NYC for over 20 years, my experiences span across Broadway, Summer Stock, Cabarets, Off-Broadway, National Tours, soundtracks and publications. Located on Manhattan's Upper West Side, I have one of the largest musical theatre sheet music collections in the country, including the most current shows running in New York as well as the most obscure.
Current clients represented in the following presently running or recently closed Broadway shows: Jagged Little Pill, Chicago, Lion King, American in Paris, Once on This Island, Pretty Woman, Company, The Prom, The Color Purple, Les Miserables, The King and I, The Book of Mormon, Sunday in the Park, Fiddler on the Roof, Aladdin, On the Town, Night With Janis Joplin, Porgy and Bess, A Chorus Line, Beautiful, On Your Feet, Wicked, Amazing Grace, Fun Home, It Shoulda Been You and Memphis.
My clientele also includes college students, and post college students just beginning their journeys.
Random Memories
The best orchestra at Sacramento Music Circus!!!
THE GAME - cast
Peggy Pharr Wilson, Me, Debra Jo Rupp
Just because I love her....Tamara Tunie2016
Me and Phillip Boykin (Pirates of Penzance)2016
Me, Kim Hale and cast of the Olympic Gala in D.C. performing ALL THAT JAZZ for NBC Sports2015
R&H w/Alan Green, Nick Rodriguez, Alysha Umphress, Alexandra Silber2020
Debby Boone and Me (Human Comedy)
Me and Nancy Opel (opening of On The Town)2013
Christine, Me, Jeff
Me, Lindsay O'Neil, Jacqueline Petroccia (Pirates)2016
Me, Julie Boyd, Jeff McCarthy, Tom Robbins, Felicia Boswell
after WAMC radio show
after WAMC radio show
Cast of Les Miz at Temple Square after being invited to hear the choir.2013
Gershwini Revue
In deep thought
Me and Tovah Feldshuh (opening night of MMAS)2007
Where should we go for lunch? (Wallenberg Workshop)2016
Amazing Musical Theatre Class (TPAC)
Taipei, TaiwanOctober 2016
Taipei, TaiwanOctober 2016
Dana Moore, Roslyn Kind, Me, Marianne McCord
Opening night of CHICAGO in Los Angeles1998
Opening night of CHICAGO in Los Angeles1998
Cast of On The TownJuly 2013
Make Me a Song Cast (New World Stages)2007
Leslie Kritzer and Me (Guys and Dolls)
Men of La Mancha
Christianne Tisdale, Me, Josh Davis , Michael Jablonski
(Les Miz at Pioneer Theatre)2013
(Les Miz at Pioneer Theatre)2013
DB Bonds, Me, Sally Wilfert, Joan Rivers and Sandy Binion (Backstage after MAKE ME A SONG)Nov. 2007
One of my fabulous classes in Tel Aviv!!!!2014
Jesse, Andre, Me
Deanna Doyle, Elizabeth Stanley, Me, Tony Yazbeck, Chloe Campbell2013
Me and Kaye Ballard - Monterey, CA
Make Me a Song Company (New World Stages) - Bill Finn2007
Pat McCorkle, Jeff Dreisbach, Scarlett Strallen, Me (Pirates)August 2016
Richard Adler and Me (Off-Key - George Street)1996 (?)
Backstage at NBC Studios (Howie Mandel Show)
with the women of CHICAGO
with the women of CHICAGO
Me in some pit, somewhere
Just Me
Gala
Nancy Bannon, Me, David Muse, Tommar Wilson, Anastacia McClesky, Christine, Dwyer, Cole Burden
Murder Ballad at Studio Theatre
Murder Ballad at Studio Theatre
Dr. Ruth telling me I have no sex problems!!! (Fiddler)
International Olympic Gala in D.C2015
Every cast needs an elevator pic
Me practicing (Beehive - Asolo Theatre)
Jerry Herman and I (Mack and Mabel rehearsals)
Opening night of MMAS. Me and Bill FinnOctober 2007
Kyle Dean Massey and Me (Pirates Closing Night)Aug 2016
Sweeney Todd Cast 2010
Stephen Sondheim with cast of SweeneyJuly 2010
Joe Cassidy and MeWallenberg - 2016
Me, Tony Roberts, Sally Wilfert2007
Me and Joan Fontaine in Carmel, CA
Brad Oscar, Joanna Glushak, Julie Boyd, Me (Fiddler Opening)
Christine Dwyer, Cole Burden, Me, Tommar Wilson, Anastasia McClesky (Murder Ballad - first day of rehearsal)
Studio Theatre -Washington
Studio Theatre -Washington
Cast and Creative Team of Pirates of Penzance (Barrington Stage Co)July 2017
John Rando, Elis Stanley, Me, Alysha Umphress, Tony Yazbeck, Sarah
Clyde Alves,& Jay Armstrong Johnson
Clyde Alves,& Jay Armstrong Johnson
Outside the Ahmanson Theatre (after performance of Chicago)1998
Me and Brad Oscar (Closing night of Fiddler)
Me and Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd) 2010
Me and Marilyn McCoo and Billy David Jr (aka The 5th Dimension)1998
Ben Michael, Elise Vennerson, Jane Pole, Michael Mastro, and Me (Daddy Long Legs)12/17
Me, Alexis Fishman, Matt Scharfglass, Jeff Roberts
Claire Saunders, Me, Tommy Bracco, Alanna Saunders, Darius Barnes, Benjamin Rivera
Pirates Tech RehearsalJuly 2016
Pirates Tech RehearsalJuly 2016
Pirates Orchestra2016
Eliz Stanley, Anne Nathan, Harriet Harris!!!!
Me and 蔡柏璋 Pao-Chang Tsai (TPAC)
Taipei, TaiwanOctober 2016
Taipei, TaiwanOctober 2016
Kiss Me, Kate (Elizabeth Stanley, Paul Anthony Stewart, Me, Julie Boyd)2014
Me and Roslyn Kind rehearsing
Richard Adler and Me1995
Me & Harriet Harris (Sweeney Todd) July 2010
Me & Tommy BraccoJuly 2016
Me and Georgia Engel (Dear World at Goodspeed)
Opening Night of Daddy Long Legs (George Street Playhouse)12/17
Michael Rupert and I outside our lovely house in Pittsfield
(during rehearsals for On The Town)July 2013
(during rehearsals for On The Town)July 2013
Kyle Dean Massey, David Garrison, Will Swenson, Scarlett Stratton, Me, Julie Boyd8/17
Cast of Follies w/ Mr S right in the middleJuly 2005
John Rando, Josh Bergasse, Julie Boyd, Me
Another amazing musical theatre class in Tel Aviv2014
Me and Debby Boone (Human Comedy)
James Naughton, Jan Miner (Madge - the Palmolive Lady), Me 1994?
Opening night of La Mancha
Musical Theatre Class in Taipei, Taiwan (TPAC) 2016
Me, Michael Scirrotto, Tony Yasbeck, Elizabeth Stanley
Me, Justin Scott Brown, Matt Rodin
Dick Decareau, Me, Joanna Glushak, Paul Vogt (California State Fair)
Hairspray at Sacramento Music CircusAugust 2008
Hairspray at Sacramento Music CircusAugust 2008
Bristol Orchestra
Alan Thicke and Family (and Me) after
a taping of the Howie Mandel Show at NBC Studios in LA.1998
a taping of the Howie Mandel Show at NBC Studios in LA.1998
Me and Rachel York (The Game)
Dr Ruth and I rehearsing
Cast of Zorba (Ron Holgate, Anita Gillette, Glory Crampton, Natalie Toro...)October 2001
Mark Dold, Elizabeth Stanley, Tristen Wilson, Peggy Pharr Wilson, Me, Debra Jo Rupp
Pirates Full Company Aug 2016
David Garrison and Me (Pirates of Penzance)Aug 2016
Barbara Walsh, Paige, Becca Ayers, Eliz Stanley, Joe Calarco, Alan Green
Julie Boyd, Me, Ed Dixon, Harriet Harris, Tim Shew2010
Leslie Denniston, Marni Nixon, Julie Boyd, Me, Donna McKechnie, Kim Crosby
David Schweizer, Me, Dan Knechtges (Next to Normal)
Jerry Herman and I
Follies2005
Me and Jane Carr(David Garrison's barbecue)7/17
Cast of Off-Key (George Street) Me, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Bill C Davis, Richard Adler1994?
Opening night of Next to Normal at Baltimore Center Stage
Mark Evans, Felicia Needleman, Me, Martin Charnin, Laurence Holzman
(Wallenberg Workshop)September 2016
(Wallenberg Workshop)September 2016
Not too happy being photographed while conductingMay 2017
Tommy Bracco, Jo Sullivan Loesser, and Me (Guys and Dolls)