Be Our Guest with James Rich (James Rich Salutes Nat King Cole)

James Rich got a BFA in musical theater from Syracuse University. His performing credits include touring with Harry Belafonte (Backup Singer), the First National Tour of Rent (Benny), Saturday Night Fever on Broadway (Booth Singer), Off-Broadway, Regional Theater, Tokyo Disney Resort (Lead Singer/Vocal Captain), lead singer for numerous bands/orchestras in New York and Los Angeles, featured roles in national commercials as well as guest star roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and As the World Turns, as well as his one-man concert, When I Think About Love. Prior to Syracuse, he studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology (NYC), and got to put that training to use as an Assistant Costume Designer on the Emmy Award winning Season 2 of Dancing with the Stars, and Artistic Director for Randall Designs as well as the Costume Designer for That's Dancin' (Crystal Cruises) as well as numerous regional theater productions.