Ben Toth News

Carrie Koffman, Hartt saxophone faculty member, presents 'Carrie Koffman and Friends: A WELFund Celebration Concert' on Sunday, September 13, at 3 PM in Berkman Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Up and coming singer/actors (and identical twins) Will Nunziata and Anthony Nunziata, have joined creative forces with popular director Richard Jay-Alexander on a new concert/cabaret act to debut at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency in New York City. The Feinstein's dates are set for Monday September 21st and Monday October 5th, 2009, as part of the prestigious monday night series and, in this particular instance, with a personal invitation from the club's John Iachetti - who put the boys together with their director.

After three sold out SRO engagements at Upright Cabaret in Los Angeles, Eden Espinosa brings her hit solo debut to Joe's Pub in NYC

Theatre World Award-winner Mary Birdsong ('Reno 911!'), 'American Idol' and Broadway star Diana DeGarmo, West End musical actor and 'American idol' contestant Tom Lowe, and musical and film actress Tressa Thomas have been cast in 'Back to Bacharach and David,' the Off-Broadway hit having a 23-performance limited engagement, April 15 to May 17 (press opening April 19) at The Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood.

After three sold out SRO engagements at Upright Cabaret in Los Angeles, Eden Espinosa brings her hit solo debut to Joe's Pub in NYC

Upright Cabaret transformed into a winter wonderland of song last week as producers/hosts Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel presented their 4th Annual HOLIDAY BLOWOUT 2008. This highly anticipated yearly event featured over 40 of Los Angeles' most talented performers, three Music Directors including Upright's Chris Bratten and guests Ben Toth and Gerald Sternbach, and welcomed over 700 patrons who came to be entertained on these four incredible evenings of cuisine, style and song.

Upright Cabaret producers/hosts Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel proudly present Broadway star and Los Angeles native Eden Espinosa in her first solo effort entitled EDEN ESPINOSA - ME to be directed by Broadway & recording star Billy Porter with Ben Toth taking over Music Direction. During the last month of Wicked's run at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, where she is currently starring as Elphaba, Espinosa will take off the green to perform four solo concerts which will feature a different special guest each night. Special guests T.B.A.

Alan Cumming and Alice Ripley lead a star-studded cast for Lance Horne's L.A. Debut on Fri & Sat, Sept 19-20, 2008. Upright Cabaret presented OPEN ALL NIGHT: The Songs of Lance Horne starring Alice Ripley, Jennifer Leigh Warren and Tracie Thoms with Tom Lowe and Julie Garnye and special guest Alan Cumming featuring the composer at the piano.

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele made her West Coast Debut this past weekend at L.A.'s renowned Upright Cabaret at Mark's Restaurant in West Hollywood with three sold-out SRO evenings under the direction of Richard Jay-Alexander with Music Director Ben Toth and the Upright Cabaret house band.

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele closes out her sold run of concerts, tonight, 8/17 at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd. All three, Fri, Sat and Sun night shows were complete sell outs!

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele will be performing at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd) on August 15-17, 2008. With the Friday night and Saturday night shows sold out, an additional Sunday night 9pm show has just been added and is already selling fast.

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele will be performing at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd) on August 15-17, 2008. With the Friday night and Saturday night shows sold out, an additional Sunday night show has just been added and is already selling fast.

Spring Awakening and Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele will be performing at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd) on August 15-16, 2008.

With first week rehearsals freshly behind them, the cast and creative members of the highly anticipated Les Miserables in Concert now head into the final stages of bringing this classic tale to the Hollywood Bowl stage...

Spring Awakening star Lea Michele will making her Hollywood debut at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd) on August 15th, 2008. Michele will be staying in Hollywood after the concert to perform in the Les Miserables concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert will be directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (who also will be directing the Les Mis concert) with musical direction by Ben Toth. Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=25950.

Les Miserables at the The Hollywood Bowl has completed casting, and BroadwayWorld.com has the scoop!

J. Mark McVey, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Michele, Melora Hardin, Aaron Lazar, Rosie O'Donnell cast in Richard Jay-Alexander directed summer concert. We talked to the director and more!

Melora Hardin of NBC's 'The Office' performed at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA on January 5, 2008.

BroadwayWorld's own James Sims sat in on NBC's 'The Office' Star Melora Hardin's rehearsal before catching up with the actress to talk about her singing background, working with Alexander and how she juggles film and television roles with motherhood and song-writing...

It was announced today that Melora Hardin will be moonlighting from her day job on the highly successful comedy 'The Office' to entertaining at the Catalina Jazz Club with her show 'At the Water Cooler.'