{"ID":32,"biography":"<p><span class=\"caps\">SIGNATURE<\/span>: <em>Dreamgirls<\/em> (Associate Music Director). <span class=\"caps\">OFF<\/span>-<span class=\"caps\">BROADWAY<\/span>: New Victory Theater: <em>Three Little Birds<\/em>. DC <span class=\"caps\">AREA<\/span>: Olney Theatre Center: <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>, <em>Once on this Island<\/em>; Studio Theatre: <em>Choir Boy<\/em>, <em>Carrie: the Musical<\/em>; Adventure Theater-<span class=\"caps\">MTC<\/span>: <em>Petit Rouge<\/em>; American University: <em>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown<\/em>. <span class=\"caps\">CABARETS<\/span>: Signature Theatre: <em>Songs in the Key of Chocolate<\/em> (Composer\/Lyricist); Various venues: Nova Y. Payton; Strathmore: Natascia Diaz; MetroStage: <em>Ware&#8217;s the Disconnect?<\/em> (featuring Ashley Ware Jenkins). <span class=\"caps\">ORIGINAL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WORKS<\/span>: <em>Marcus Nate is Alive and Great in Detroit<\/em> (workshop reading); <em>Tea and Cakes<\/em> (upcoming New York workshop); Adventure Theatre: <em>The Snowy Day<\/em> (book by David Toney, 2013 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding <span class=\"caps\">TYA<\/span> Production); Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage: <em>U.G.L.Y.<\/em>, a new musical. <span class=\"caps\">UPCOMING<\/span>: Olney Theatre Center: <em>The Producers<\/em>; Skylight Music Theater: <em>Crowns<\/em>. www.dariussmithmusic.com<\/p>","mainImage":""}