UPRIGHT Cabaret, on March 9, was up to their unique musical celebration of up and coming performers along with the Broadway and Hollywood stars who frequent the monthly event at La Boheme restaurant in West Hollywood.
Billed as
Springtime for UPRIGHT!, producers
Chris Isaacson and
Shane Scheel, along with music director
Trapper Felides, were in full bloom as they continued their tradition of providing a playground for various talent to let loose on stage singing songs ranging from show tunes to original numbers.
This month marked an earlier start time as the list of performers vying to get up in front of the consistently crowded house grew slightly from previous shows. And the overwhelming turnout and support for UPRIGHT has allowed its producers to expand the show to a second night, with the two year anniversary celebration scheduled for April 13 and 14, both starting at 10 p.m.
Michael Urie, of "Ugly Betty" fame, started the evening off singing the house rules, having to dart to a late-night taping of his ABC series. Throughout the evening stage talents including
Chad Kimball (
Lennon),
Sean McDermott (
Miss Saigon) and
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) sang alongside some up and comers like the wickedly talented Audra Mae,
Bree Bruns,
Dawn Scheel and
Talia Thiesfield. Throw into that mix a few television thesps such as
Autumn Reeser ("The O.C."), Busy Philipps ("ER") and Samantha Shelton, and the evening had no chance of being anything but fantastic.
UPRIGHT's dinner and drink specials begin at 8 p.m. with show time set for 10 p.m. La Boheme is located at 8400 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. For table reservations, call 323-848-2360 and for more information on UPRIGHT Cabaret, visit
www.uprightcabaret.com or
www.myspace.com/uprightcabaret.
Photos by Greg Burmann
Audra Mae
Abigail Spencer
Bree Bruns
Bree Bruns, Dawn Scheel and Talia Thiesfield
Busy Philipps
Carole Bufford and Trapper Felides
Carole Bufford
Cassie Simone
Chad Kimball
Shane Scheel and Chris Isaacson
Shane Scheel, Nikki James, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Trapper Felides, Julie Garnye
(Back) Chris Isaacson, Julie Reiber, Chad Kimball, Trapper Felides, Carole Bufford, Jill Marie Burke (Front) Julie Garnye, Shane Scheel and Busy Philipps
Chris Isaacson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Shane Scheel and Trapper Felides
Michael Arden, Chris Isaacson, Michael Urie, Shane Scheel
(Clockwise) Seana Harris, Shane Scheel, Audra Mae and Chris Isaacson
Lindsay, Chris Isaacson, Ahna O'Reilly, James Franco, Trapper Felides and Shane Scheel
Jared Zeus
Jennifer Hall
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jill Marie Burke
Julie Garnye
Julie Reiber
Kristin Reitter
Michael Arden
Michael Urie
Ahna O'Reilly and Autumn Reeser
Samantha Shelton
Samantha Shelton
Sean McDermott
Seana Harris
Steven Fales
Trapper Felides
