Ben Jones is a singer, comedian, storyteller and actor who has appeared in front of audiences worldwide, from the Edinburgh International Festival to the Shanghai Concert Hall. He's shared the spotlight with the likes of Rita Moreno, Michael Tilson Thomas, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, Helmuth Rilling, Michael Morgan, Val Diamond and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
His versatile voice has been featured on recordings on the Albany, Naxos and Delos labels, on A Prairie Home Companion, on the soundtracks for the best-selling video game franchises Halo and Civilization, and on commercials for Coors Light and Meow Mix.
Jones made his Carnegie hall debut in the 2021 Voices of Hope Festival. He was most recently seen as Sid Sorokin in The Pajama Game in San Francisco, for which he received the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Performance in a Musical.
His last two one-man shows–I Think I'm in Love and I Think We Should See Other People–played to sold-out houses across the US before being featured in BroadwayWorld's "Best of 2022."
Ron Abel won both the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards for his score for Twist of Fate. His other well-received stage musicals include Is This Your Life?, Rockwell: Life on a Palette and To Sir, With Love. Ron is the co-creator of the Off-Broadway musical Blame It On The Movies. His musicalization of the Dumas classic Camille premiered in Los Angeles.
Film and television credits include composing, arranging and/or orchestrating for Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Lily Tomlin, Bea Arthur and Carol Burnett. He wrote the television theme songs for Animal Court and Nitecap. Ron was also the on-camera musical director for ABC's Nitecap as well as Name That Tune. As an actor, he appeared on the hit series Cheers in a featured role. He scored and supervised film music for Awakening Pictures.
Ron was music director and arranger for the long-awaited albums from Petula Clark and Helen Reddy. He helmed the debut album of actress Linda Purl as well as producing a first album for television favorite Stephanie Kramer (Hunter). He co-produced the album George and Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration. As an arranger and conductor, Ron has appeared live on-stage with Bette Midler, Johnny Mathis, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Jones, Lucie Arnaz, Sam Harris, Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Jason Alexander, Joely Fisher, David Hyde Pierce and opera diva Julia Migenes.
