Krystal Joy Brown is a multi-talented Broadway favorite. Krystal is currently starring on Broadway as Eliza Hamilton in the Pulitzer-prize and 12 TONY winning Broadway mega-hit musical, Hamilton.With five Broadway shows under her belt, RENT (Mimi), HAIR(Dionne/Abe Lincoln), Leap Of Faith (Ornella), Big Fish (Josephine) and MOTOWN (Diana Ross), her extensive theatrical background has lead her to be a two-time Fred Astaire Award Nominee and work closely with some of the worlds top Oscar and TONY award-winning playwrights, directors, producers, and creative teams. She was recently seen on stage in Huntington Theatre’s MAN IN THE RING, directed by Michael Greif and written by Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Michael Cristofer. Her goal is to always create new characters and be hands on in the development of new inspiring works. Krystal also voices the character of Netossa the DreamWorks/Netflix animated series, She-Ra Princesses of Power, which is now in it’s fifth season. She will soon be seen in the Disney live-action feature film MAGIC CAMP (Disney+) with Adam DeVine and Gillian Jacobs. She has guest starred in NBC’s Law & Order: SUV, Hulu’s Deadbeat, ABC’s Castle and most recently, Disney’s Sydney to the Max. She has performed in several films and also starred in the Nickelodeon TV Pilot Storyforia.
Aside from her many theatrical pursuits, she is an avid stage and screenwriter, columnist, novelist and song-writer, her original music has been featured on ABC's The Neighbors & ABC’s Mistresses. She made her directorial debut this year with the short film, Reddy Records. She has been commissioned to write and develop diverse new stories for stage and screen, sparking a new passion for the ambitious multi-hyphenate. An avid activist in mental health, wellness and social justice, Krystal also co-host’s the podcast, HOW WE DO THIS.
Laurence O’Keefe is a composer, lyricist, book writer for Broadway, film and television. Larry may be best known for co-writing the book, lyrics and music for HEATHERS THE MUSICAL. Co-written with Kevin Murphy, HEATHERS premiered Off-Broadway at New World Stages, spawning an iTunes Top Ten cast album and a passionate worldwide following. HEATHERS received its West End premiere at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in 2018, and will soon receive a UK and European tour. In 2019 the CW television series RIVERDALE devoted an episode to a production of HEATHERS performed at Riverdale High, generating its own soundtrack album.
Larry also cowrote Legally Blonde The Musical, which ran on Broadway and was nominated for 7 Tony Awards including Best Score, won the Olivier Award for Best Musical on London’s West End, was filmed live for an MTV special and spawned an MTV reality show, and has received hundreds of productions worldwide. Larry also wrote music and lyrics for Bat Boy The Musical, which won Lucille Lortel and New York Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical.
Other New York and regional shows include The Explorers’ Club (Manhattan Theatre Club); Cam Jansen And The Curse Of The Emerald Elephant (Lamb’s Theater, TheatreWorks USA tours); Sarah, Plain And Tall (Lortel Theatre; Dallas Theatre Center); Huzzah! (Williamstown Theatre); and Life Of The Party (LaGuardia School of the Performing Arts; Provincetown Playhouse).
Larry’s film and TV work includes: “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” (ITV), “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris” (NBC), “The Daily Show (Comedy Central)”, “Julie’s Green Room” (Netflix), “Defiance” (SyFy), “Johnny And The Sprites” (Disney Channel), “Make ‘Em Laugh” (PBS),“CBS Sunday Morning” and “MObituaries Podcast with Mo Rocca”.
Larry’s compositions and arrangements have been performed at The Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra. He has won the Ed Kleban Award, the American Academy of Arts & Letters’ Richard Rodgers Award, the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, and the Jonathon Larson Foundation Award for his music and lyrics. Larry teaches master classes in music, writing and performance at Harvard, Yale, CalArts, NYU and many other schools.