On Sunday, July 15th and Monday, July 16th - as part of "Broadway at Birdland" - Ron Abel was joined by special guests Lucie Arnaz, Valarie Pettiford and Michele Lee for a concert.
Ron Abel is a multi-award winning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and musical director. He has worked with Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Lily Tomlin, Bea Arthur, Carol Burnett, pop star Taylor Dane and many others. He recently produced and arranged albums for Deborah Gibson ("Colored Lights: The Broadway Album") and Valarie Pettiford ("Hear My Soul") and his arrangements and songs can be heard on Petula Clark, Helen Reddy, Lucie Arnaz, and Dorian Harewood's albums. Abel is the co-creator and arranger of the Broadway musical, Blame it on the Movies. His score for the musical, Twist of Fate, was awarded both the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle and L.A Weekly Theatre Awards, for "Best Musical of the Year." His latest project, undressed, a musicalization of the Dumas Fils classic Camille, was a finalist in the O'Neill Musical Theatre 2007 Conference.
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Rob Abel and Lucie Arnaz
Jim Caruso with Sally Mayes and her son Ben
Paul Kreppel
Sally Mayes and Paul Kreppel
Sally Mayes and Natalie Douglas
Carla Woods and Natalie Douglas
Giselle Wolf and Claudine Cassan
Marsha Kramer and Paul Kreppel
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz
Ron Abel and Lucie Arnaz
Joey Gian and Carla Woods
Ron Abel, Jamie deRoy and guest
Jack Noseworthy and Jim Caruso
Paul Kreppel and Lucie Arnaz
Ron Abel, Eleanor Albano (Abel's lyricist for the musical Rockwell), Lucie Arnaz and Kate Luckinbill
Natalie Douglas and Valarie Pettiford
Michele Lee
Michele Lee
Ron Abel and Valarie Pettiford
Valarie Pettiford and Ron Abel
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz and Ron Abel
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz and Ron Abel
Nancy Friday
Michele Lee and Steve Sorokoff
Jack Noseworthy and Michele Lee
Ron Abel and Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm and Lynn Sherr
Celeste Holm and Natalie Douglas
Lodi Carr and Natalie Douglas
Joey Gian and Michele Lee
Lynn Sherr and Billy Stritch
Michele Lee and Billy Stritch
Michele Lee and Celeste Holm
