Larry Lelli is one of the top-call freelance drummers in NYC and a veteran Broadway drummer & conductor of over 40 Broadway shows, currently performing in the Tony Award-winning hit, Come From Away.
His extensive Broadway credits include The Producers(12 Tony Awards); Assassins (5 Tony Awards); How To Succeed In Business…(with Daniel Radcliffe); and as drummer & actor onstage in the smash-hit Tony Award-winning rockabilly show, Million Dollar Quartet. Often called a "musical chameleon," his eclectic resume includes recordings & performances with Grammy-winner Melissa Etheridge, Josh Groban, Anne Hathaway, Nick Jonas, Vanessa Williams, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA), Heather Headley, Laura Osnes, The Mamas & The Papas, Anika Noni Rose, Lee Rocker (Stray Cats), Audra McDonald, Neil Patrick Harris, Megan Hilty, Alan Cumming, Patti LuPone, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bernadette Peters, Sebastian Bach, Anika Noni Rose, Constantine Maroulis, Doug Stone, Lesley Gore, Larry Gatlin, Darlene Love, Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel), Pinkard & Bowden, virtuoso jazz pianist Geoff Keezer, indie rockers SuffraJett, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the nationally acclaimed Cedar Avenue Big Band.
Lelli is a contributing author for Modern Drummer Magazine, holds a degree in Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and is a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians & Actors Equity Association. Larry is also a clinician for Yamaha Drums and Sabian Cymbals, is an active educator, and enjoys giving private lessons, clinics, and masterclasses worldwide.
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Clayton Craddock, the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain't Too Proud. He hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and has played drums in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including "Tick, tick…BOOM! Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, and Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill. Also, Clayton has worked on: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Spongebob Squarepants, The Musical, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.
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