MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Lucas Colón (he/they) is a NYC-based music director, pianist, actor/improviser and pit advocate.

Selected pit credits include Cats, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Falsettos, Beauty and the Beast, Heathers, Sunset Boulevard, and the Western New York premieres of both TITUS XX (a punk rock adaptation of Titus Andronicus) and WICKET: The Untold Story of the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village. He was a founding pianist for Buffalo Cast Party (Buffalo’s Theatre Open Mic). He is currently serving as the Associate Music Director for Flat Rock Playhouse’s 2025 season in Western North Carolina.

Lucas is also an actor who has performed with many of Buffalo’s major stages and companies, including Shea’s 710, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Theatre of Youth and Drunk Theatre Buffalo. He is an ensemble member of ComedySportz NYC where he can be seen both onstage and accompanying on keyboard.

Lucas makes it a priority to advocate for musicians of non-traditional backgrounds, hiring primarily BIPOC, femme, LGBT and under-30 musicians in his bands. He has won multiple awards and accolades for his advocacy work. In 2022, he was a recipient of Creatives Rebuild New York’s $18,000 GIA grant for his support of young pit musicians in WNY. In 2023, he was selected as a member of the inaugural cohort of BMEP (Broadway Musicians Equity Partnership), spurring his move to NYC. In 2024, he received the BroadwayWorld Buffalo award for Best Music Direction and Orchestra Performance. He is a proud member of AEA, AFM Local 92, Local 802, and the RISE Theatre Directory.