Gregory Toroian

Birth Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Gregory Toroian is a musical director, arranger, singer-songwriter, educator, and jazz pianist. He has been featured in Cabaret Scenes magazine and was the 2020 Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Collaboration with Sue Matsuki, with whom he also won the MAC award for Best Duo Production. In addition to working with such artists as Tony Bennett, Jon Hendricks, Cab Calloway, Donna Summer, Melissa Errico, Marilyn Maye, Karen Mason, and Jane Olivor, he has appeared in almost every jazz club and cabaret (major and minor) in New York. He has toured with principal dancers from the New York City Ballet and has made numerous radio and television appearances including the Today Show and Maury Povich. His recording work includes the recent debut CD of Suzanna Ross, which is receiving rave reviews and radio play worldwide, as well as the debut CD of award-winning cabaret artist Sue Matsuki, for which he was arranger, producer, and pianist, and seven CDs with NYC cabaret singer Nancy Stearns. Gregory’s vocal arrangements have been featured on a series of albums in the US and Japan, by the vocal group String of Pearls.

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Liz Callaway, Billy Stritch & More Nominated for 2024 MAC Awards - See the Full List!

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets has revealed the 2024 MAC Award nominees. See who was nominated!

Maria Corsaro Brings An Encore Of WHY NOT? To Chelsea Table + Stage This April

Maria Corsaro will present reimagined arrangements of jazz standards along with beloved, but rarely performed jazz songs written by some of the most influential composers and lyricists of this great American art form.

Margaret Curry Brings An Encore of THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN At Laurie Beechman Theatre!

Catch Margaret Curry's encore performances of THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN at Laurie Beechman Theatre on April 6 and May 4. Don't miss the 2024 Bistro Award-winning show.

Margaret Curry Brings THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN to the Laurie Beechman Theatre

2024 Bistro Award-winning vocalist Margaret Curry will return to Laurie Beechman Theatre in encore performances of The Space In-Between, originally performed on November 30, 2023.

Maria Corsaro Will Bring WHY NOT? to Chelsea Table + Stage

Maria Corsaro will present reimagined arrangements of jazz standards along with beloved, but rarely performed jazz songs written by some of the most influential composers and lyricists of this great American art form.

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Cabaret Awards; Voting Ends 12/31

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Elvira Tortora Stars In THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER At Don't Tell Mama

Elvira Tortora in The Bookmaker's Daughter adds two new dates in 2024, featuring songs by John Kander, Fred Ebb, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty.

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Cabaret Awards; Current Live Standings

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards Voting Update

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards December 5th Standings; Leads Favorite Local Theatre!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Photos: Margaret Curry Presents THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN at The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Margaret Curry played The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Thursday night, November 30th with her musical cabaret THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN.

Urban Stages to Present 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS Featuring 22 Shows and Over 100 Performers

Join Urban Stages for the 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS 2023, featuring 22 shows, over 11 days, and more than 100 performers. From cabaret to jazz and everything in between, this award-winning series is a must-see event for music and performance lovers. Don't miss out on this spectacular showcase!

Review: Elvira Tortora Makes Welcome Debut With THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER at Don't Tell Mama

When doing your nightclub debut, you want to be memorable. Elvira Tortora's got that covered.

MARGARET CURRY In THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN: Thursday, November 30, 7:00PM At LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE!

Award-winning actress Margaret Curry returns to the cabaret stage to examine The Space In-Between through story and song. With joy and courage, she explores, stimulates, and delights in the universe between the present and the future, the good and the bad, hope and what's-to-come. Always seeking to dive and dig deep into all things human, ever-curious about why we do what we do, she strives to remind and cajole herself and her audiences to fly higher.

Kati Neiheisel Plays Lovely Encore Of Carpenters Tribute Show YESTERDAY... ONCE MORE At Pangea

Performers who take on the task of creating tribute shows can sometimes fall into the trap of emulating or copying performances of the artists and/or tunes to which they are trying to pay homage, but Neiheisel has not fallen into that trap. 

Maria Corsaro to Present I COULD GET USED TO THIS! at Chelsea Table + Stage in November

Maria Corsaro will present her new show 'I Could Get Used to This!' at Chelsea Table + Stage, Thursday, November 9th at 7:00 PM. 

Elvira Tortora to Make Nightclub Debut with THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER at Don't Tell Mama

Elvira Tortora shares her childhood story as the daughter of a bookie in Brooklyn through the songs of Broadway in her highly anticipated nightclub debut, 'The Bookmaker's Daughter.'

Kati Neiheisel Brings YESTERDAY...ONCE MORE to Pangea

Kati Neiheisel brings her love of the Carpenters back to Pangea with an encore performance of Yesterday...Once More, a show celebrating the musical legacy of sibling duo, Karen and Richard Carpenter. With musical direction by Gregory Toroian and directed by Lina Koutrakos, the show includes songs written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, Leon Russell and more!

Patti Bottino-Bravo Brings ACT 3 to The Laurie Beechman Theatre

An encore performance of a new show about one woman's unexpected reaction to facing retirement and finally doing what she always said she wanted to do. Featuring songs spanning the 1950s through the 1990s from musical theater, pop, rock, and jazz genres, with new twists on familiar tunes and some hidden gems.

Photos: Patti Bottino-Bravo's ACT 3 Packs The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Conor Weiss offers photo essay of Patti Bottino-Bravo's ACT 3.

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