Doug Katsaros

Doug Katsaros has a lengthy theatre résumé that includes writing the opening theme and special material for the Tony Awards. For Broadway, he conducted Footloose, vocal and dance arranged The Life, orchestrated The Rocky Horror Show, starred as Berger in Hair, and served as composer/lyricist for Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only. For Off-Broadway, he received a Drama Desk Nomination for orchestrating the hit Altar Boyz, composed and directed Abie's Island Rose, composed Just So, co-composed and orchestrated A...My Name is Alice and co-composed Hal Prince's Diamonds.

He has written the original symphonic and rock scores for the Macy's NBC July 4th Fireworks Extravaganza since 2003, wrote a season of music for the Ringling Brothers Circus and was composer/lyricist/co-star in the Broadway Project for PBS. He co-hosted and musical directed VH-1's Stand-up Spotlight and was the subject of a documentary on TV Nation.

His band Balance had 2 Billboard hits, and he has played keyboards, sung and orchestrated on CDs for Judy Collins, Donny Osmond, Cher, Diane Schuur, Kiss, Live, Peter Frampton, Bon Jovi, Gloria Estefan, Sinéad O'Connor, Richie Havens, Peter, Paul and Mary, Raul DiBlasio, Frank Sinatra, B. B. King and Todd Rundgren, among others, and arranged several tunes for Rod Stewart's American Songbook.