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Elena Bonomo is a drummer, percussionist, band leader and music educator based in the NYC area. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, she holds a Bachelors Degree in Performance.


Actively involved in both the pop/rock and musical theater scenes, Elena strives to create fluidity across all musical genres. She has performed at venues across NYC including Feinstein’s/54 Below, Birdland, The Blue Note, Symphony Space, The Green Room 42, Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, The Bitter End, and many others. She is currently in the house band for FEMME Jam, and all-female led jam session that takes place once a month at Brooklyn’s C’Mon Everybody (led by Camille Trust, Melissa McMillan, Alita Moses and Miranda Joan).


In the theater realm, Elena has toured across the United States as the drummer for the 1st National Tour of the hit Broadway musical, Waitress (music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles). She originated the drum chairs for two Off-Broadway shows including The Hello Girls and A Strange Loop, and appeared as the drummer on both of their Original Cast Recordings. An active sub in the NYC Theater scene, her Broadway and Off-Broadway sub credits include Waitress, Be More Chill, Cagney, For Colored Girls, and A Taste of Things to Come.


Elena has shared the stage with Jordin Sparks, Brandy, Hillary Scott (of Lady A), Tony-award winning actress Patina Miller (Pippin, Sister Act), Annie Golden (Orange is The New Black), Nikki Renee Daniels, Constantine Maroulis, Desi Oakley, Christine Dwyer, Solea Pfeiffer, Natalie Walker, Heath Saunders, and jazz vocalist Jacqui Naylor. In addition to her US appearances, Elena has performed throughout the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe while working as band leader for Holland America Cruise Lines. She has toured nationally with Boston based Americana/Folk group, The Novel Ideas, with whom she also recorded an album.

After two successful runs at the American Repartory Theater in Cambridge, MA and at The Ordway in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elena currently holds the drum chair for Broadway's newest hit musical, SIX (by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss).


Elena is a proud endorser of Yamaha drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drum heads, and Vic Firth drum sticks.

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Abby Mueller to Make NYC Solo Concert Debut at 54 Below This Month


54 BELOW will present Abby Mueller on April 26-27, 2024 at 7pm. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Ben Davis, Savy Jackson & More Complete the Cast for THE HELLO GIRLS Concerts


Prospect Theater Company has revealed the complete cast for the special concert presentations of their hit musical The Hello Girls. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Sarah Anne Fernandez Brings Down the House at Chelsea Table and Stage


This reviewer was mesmerized and thunderstruck by the amazing vocal range and intensity of this powerhouse performer.

Sarah Anne Fernandez To Present DON'T FORGET ME At Chelsea Table And Stage In March


CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present Sarah Anne Fernandez in Don't Forget Me: Musical Memoirs of the Women Who Shaped History. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

DON'T FORGET ME Comes to Chelsea Table + Stage in March


CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE presents Sarah Anne Fernandez in Don’t Forget Me: Musical Memoirs of the Women Who Shaped History on March 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM.

Amber Gray, Carolina Rial, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week


Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Original Broadway Cast Recording Physical CD Now Available


The physical CD of the Grammy Award®-nominated SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT, the first Original Broadway Cast Recording ever recorded live on opening night, is now available! 

See HANDS ON A HARDBODY Reunion Concert, Jenn Colella, Shaun Cassidy & More at 54 Below in June


This month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Album Will Be Released on CD Next Month


The physical CD of the Grammy Award-nominated SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT, the first Original Broadway Cast Recording ever recorded live on opening night, will be released next month.

ALL I WANTED A Night Of Commercial Music Comes To The Green Room 42, April 30


Enjoy a night of musical theater performers singing their favorite commercial tunes! You'll never know this was all you wanted - that is - until you experience it. Come for the music, stay for...the music. Rock out at The Green Room 42 on Sunday, April 30th, at 9:30pm!

Bre Jackson, Gizel Jimenez, Abby Mueller, Blake Stadnik, Alysha Umphress, And More To Celebrate Maestra Music, March 27


Maestra Music, the Obie Award winning not-for-profit organization founded by Georgia Stitt and supporting the women and nonbinary musicians in the musical theater industry, announces Amplify 2023, its third annual concert and community event on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 pm.

Kate Baldwin, Abby Mueller, Gizel Jimenez & More to Join Maestra Music's AMPLIFY 2023


Maestra Music will present Amplify 2023, its third annual concert and community event on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 pm. See which Broadway stars are taking part, and how to purchase tickets!

Broadway's SIX Drummer Elena Bonomo to Return to LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS Band This Week


Drummer Elena Bonomo, who performs nightly in the band, The Ladies in Waiting, in Broadway’s Tony Award-winning hit musical SIX, is making a return appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” throughout the week of October 11 as a guest drummer with the 8G Band.

A JUBILEE WITH Z Comes to 54 Below in October


54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Z Infante in A Jubilee with Z on October 12th at 9:30.

See Melissa Errico With Billy Stritch & More Next Week at 54 Below


Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

See Jason Robert Brown & Shoshana Bean, the Four Alternate Queens of SIX and More at 54 Below in August


Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See Jason Robert Brown & Shoshana Bean, John Lloyd Young and more.

Watch: The Broadway Sinfonietta & Solea Pfeiffer Perform 'You're Gonna Hear From Me'


The Broadway Sinfonietta and Sony Masterworks Broadway have released a new single, “You’re Gonna Hear From Me,” performed by Solea Pfeiffer, available now on all digital service providers. Watch them perform perform it in the recording studio here!

SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Original Broadway Cast Recording Will Be Released on May 6


SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT, the first Original Broadway Cast Recording ever recorded live on opening night is now available in streaming and digital formats, including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and more.We've got the scoop!

Musical Theater Writers to be Celebrated In Berklee's CURTAIN UP! Concert


​​​​​​​Curtain Up!, an annual Berklee College of Music event showcasing new musical theater songs written, orchestrated, and performed by students, will take place at the Berklee Performance Center on Tuesday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m.

Photos: Kate Baldwin, Bonnie Milligan, Jessica Vosk, and More at Maestra Music's AMPLIFY 2022


Maestra Music, the not-for-profit organization supporting the women and nonbinary musicians in the musical theater industry, held its second annual concert and community event on March 28.

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