Claybourne Elder is a Grammy, Screen Actors Guild Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominee. He currently plays John Adams on HBO’s hit series The Gilded Age and was most recently seen on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of Company starring Patti Lupone. He is known for his performances on Broadway in Bonnie and Clyde, Sunday in the Park with George, Torch Song and Sondheim on Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl. He began his career originating the role of Hollis in Sondheim’s Road Show, he also originated the role of Ollie in Tennessee William’s One Arm. Other credits include: Do I Hear A Waltz at City Center, Allegro at Classic Stage, Two by Two (Starring Jason Alexander , Venice at the Public Theatre, Georgio in Passion, Tony in West Side Story, Joe in Angels in America, Curly in Oklahoma, Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He also played Pete O’Malley in the CW’s The Carrie Diaries and can be seen in the Hallmark Original, Deck the Walls.

His solo show has played to sold-out crowds across the country and in London. He has been a soloist at Carnegie Hall, LA Philharmonic, American Pops Orchestra and Utah Symphony. Recently he launched an initiative called City of Strangers to provide free tickets to Broadway shows for people who might not have the means.

They have given away over 3,000 tickets and have gained unexpected attention nationally being featured on This American Life, CBS This Morning and The Kelly Clarkson Show. 

Rodney Bush is a composer, songwriter, and music director. He has worked for HBO as a composer and music editor and is the keyboardist, co-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the glam rock band Tony & The Kiki. Select composition credits include Stoker, Leaves: Songs of Ourselves, Around the World in 80 Days (world premiere, Theatre Raleigh), perhaps you forgot, Project Adjective Vol 1 & 2, Wholly Chill, LeFay, Involuntary Memory, and Any Exit. Select songwriting collaborations include valleygirl, Zeniba Now, Jay Adana, Brad Gibson, and anatu.

He has been a music director and conductor on over 50 productions nationally and internationally of musicals and operas both canonical and in development. He has served as the music director for many Broadway talents including Eden Espinosa, Adam Kantor, Zeniba Now, Carmen Cusack, Eva Noblezada, and Nick Adams.

The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern.

For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you.

The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.