Lilli Komurek is an EMC musical theater actor, singer, and dancer based in central New York.
Lilli has performed with Syracuse Stage, The REV, Hangar Theatre, Cortland Repertory Theater, Redhouse Arts Center, and Feinstein’s/54 Below. She originated the role of Joss in the Original Cast Recording of Love is Love is Love: The Musical and has been named Best Supporting Actress in a Professional Theatre Production (BroadwayWorld), Best Actress in a Musical (Syracuse Area Live Theater Award), and “Central New York theatrical MVP” (Post-Standard). Favorite performances include Sandra Bloom in Big Fish, the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Trina in Falsettos, Mother Superior in Sister Act, Helen Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express, Jean Ann Ryan in Bandstand, Betty/Eleanor/Irene in Footloose, Angela in The Honky Tonk Angels, Lily in The Secret Garden, and Woman 1 in Songs for a New World.
Lilli is also an award-winning director and choreographer. She lives with her husband and two children in their 200-year-old farmhouse where her garden is overtaken by bindweed whenever she’s working on her latest project.
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“LILLI KOMUREK…LENT HER CRYSTALLINE VOICE TO REDHOUSE’S EXUBERANT “SISTER ACT” AS THE HARRIED MOTHER SUPERIOR.”
- Len Fonte, Syracuse.com
Lilli Komurek as Betty/Irene/Eleanor in Footloose at The Rev
“Central New York theatrical MVP Lilli Komurek deserves a shoutout for her several comic roles and strong vocal presence”
- Len Fonte, The Post-Standard
Lilli Komurek as Angela in The Honky Tonk Angels at Cortland Repertory Theatre
”[KomUrek] strikes comic gold in ‘Harper Valley PTA.’”
- Len Fonte, Syracuse.com
Lilli Komurek as Trina in Falsettos at Rarely Done Productions
“Lilli Komurek as the wronged wife stole the show with “I’m Breaking DowN”
- James MacKillop, New Times
“Komurek is hilarious and heartbreaking as Trina.”
- Len Fonte, The Post-Standard
Lilli Komurek as Madame Peepee in Grand Hotel at Finger Lakes/MGR
(Ron Heerkens Jr. / Goat Factory Media Entertainment)
“LILLI KOMUREK PLAYS MADAME PEEPEE AND HER VOCALS AND STAGE PRESENCE ARE ALSO A HIGHLIGHT.”
- Natasha Ashley, Broadway World
Lilli Komurek as Sandra in Big Fish at Redhouse Arts Center
(Genevieve Fridley Photography)
“MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF BIG FISH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO WARNER AND KOMUREK’S CHEMISTRY AND STRONG VOCAL WORK… WITH THE MOVING “I DON’T NEED A ROOF,” THE RADIANT KOMUREK MOVINGLY EXPRESSES LOVE FOR HER DYING HUSBAND.”
- Len Fonte, Syracuse.com
Lilli Komurek in Make Me a Song at Redhouse Arts Center
“Lilli reaches Finn’s finest moment late in the show with “All Fall Down,” the most lyrical and wrenching expression of loss.”
- James MacKillop, New Times
“Silver-voiced Lilli Komurek is properly imperious as a teacher near the end of her life who is satisfied if she has reached “Only One,” and glows as an expectant mother who looks at her life and proclaims “That’s Enough for Me.”
- Len Fonte, Syracuse.com
Lilli Komurek in Almost, Maine at Redhouse Arts Center
(Genevieve Fridley Photography)
“Lilli Komurek’s wide-eyed expressions and moving line delivery charm the audience as she portrays women dealing with heartbreak and loneliness in a relatable way.”
- Natasha Ashley, Broadway World
Lilli (Melnikow) Komurek in Guys and Dolls at Wits End Productions
(Gloria Wright/Post-Standard)
“when Lilli Melnikow arrived on the scene, she stole the show as the squeaking, squealing, sniffling Adelaide, who issues a now-or-never order to wed Detroit.”
- Joan E. Vadeboncoeur, Post-Standard
“A sparkly eyes upstate reincarnation of the late Madeline Kahn, Melnikow squeezes the potential humor out of every syllable she’s given.”
- James MacKillop, New Times
“Lilli Melnikow is a dazzling Miss Adelaide, queen of the Hot Box dancers. Melnikow keeps building the role of longtime fiancee, drawing on deft comic skills that few actors have, so that you wind up both laughing and weeping at her plight.”
- Neil Novelli, Post-Standard
Lilli (Melnikow) Komurek in She Loves Me at Wits End Productions
(Li-Hua Lan/Post-Standard)
“Wit’s End fields a superior cast, beginning with Lilli Melnikow, one of the most natural actresses in Central New York. In addition she boasts a bell-like soprano”
- Joan E. Vadeboncoeur, Post-Standard
“Amalia’s search for love is given depth by Melnikow’s sweet and plaintive voice on songs such as “I Don’t Know His Name,” “Will He Like Me” and “Vanilla Ice Cream.”
- Tony Curulla, The Post-Standard
“Lilli Melnikow gets to shine more often and more brightly as Amalia Balash… she also possesses a gorgeous lyric soprano, very agile in the upper ranges, with precise and elegant phrasing throughout.
In She Loves Me Melnikow scintillates with every number, perhaps most touchingly in the first-act curtain song “Dear Friend,” the code name for her anonymous pen pal, a phrase replete with longing. Neither does she neglect the comedy, evoking the late Madeleine Kahn in her mocking sales pitch for “No More Candy” and the novelty song “Where’s My Shoe?,” done hopping on one heel.”
- James, MacKillop, New Times