Lea Michele Performs Her Final Sold Out Concert at Upright Cabaret, Tonight 8/17

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele has her closing night performance this evening at the 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 was added, which, like the two before it sold out in record time.

Joining Michele as a special guest star will be John Lloyd Young, who just played Marius alongside Michele's Eponine in the recent  critically acclaimed Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. 

Lea Michele starred on Broadway in Spring Awakening as Wendla, receiving a 2007 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She also performed in Fiddler On The Roof (Shprintze and Chava), Ragtime (Little Girl) and Les Miserables (Young Cosette). Off Broadway she appeared in Hot and Sweet (Naleen) and Spring Awakening (Wendla). Her regional credits include The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne) at Round House Theater, Ragtime (Little Girl) at Toronto's Ford Center. In workshop productions, she was seen in Samson and Delilah (Delilah), King (Anisette), Spring Awakening (Wendla) and Wuthering Heights (Lucy).  Her TV credits include "The Big Ten," "Third Watch," and "Guiding Light."

Click here to watch a BroadwayWorld TV Video Interview with Lea Michele, Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel discussing her upcoming cabaret.

Her performance at Mark's is directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (who also directed Ms. Michele in the Hollywood Bowl Les Miserables concert) with musical direction by Ben Toth. Her band is comprised of Los Angeles musicians, Daniel Pouliot-drums, Nick Perez-guitar and Chris Chandler-bass. Arrangements by Deborah Abramson.

The show is being produced by Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel.

BroadwayWorld.com was also given the inside word on what songs Lea will be singing, take a look below at the varied and exciting song list she'll be performing as she makes her LA Cabaret debut!

THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME

TOUCH ME

EASY TO BE HARD

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM

WAITING FOR LIFE

ONCE UPON A DREAM / SOMEONE LIKE YOU 

A LITTLE FALL OF RAIN with John Lloyd Young

CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU  John Lloyd Young

MULTITUDES OF AMYS  John Lloyd Young

NOT A DAY GOES BY

ANOTHER DAY

ON MY OWN

ENCORE:  NOT WHILE I'M AROUND

Photos of Lea Michele and Richard Jay-Alexander & Shane Scheel, Lea Michele and Chris Isaacson courtesy of Tye Jakobs