A new show on the horizon is a clever entertainment starring one of television's favorite "on-air" pairings from the groundbreaking television series L.A. LAW - JILL EIKENBERRY & MICHAEL TUCKER - who also happen to be married in real life.

And that is the basis of their very special evening. A real-life "I DO! I DO!"...they speak honestly about their years together, with the highs and the lows...and how they still remain as in love today as when they first met.

Along the way, in addition to the stories, they take to the stage in a cabaret format, with plenty of songs to help their tale along. Both, revered actors, who met in 1970, they struggled plenty before their "overnight" television success.

This is their story...a story you just couldn't make up. An evening sure to make you laugh and move you to tears. This is a "first" for the two of them (affectionately referring to themselves as THE TUCKERBERRIES)...and an evening you won't want to miss!

Richard Jay-Alexander

Richard Jay-Alexander began his theatrical career in 1977 in the original cast of the Broadway play, ZOOT SUIT, appearing thereafter in the original Broadway cast of AMADEUS, which led to his being engaged as Associate Director of the National Touring Companies of that Tony Award-winning Play. He also staged AMADEUS in Santiago, Chile, in Spanish, in which he is fluent. However, he is probably best known for his association with Producer Cameron Mackintosh, having served as Executive Director of Mr. Mackintosh's American company for ten years, running its day-to-day operations in North America. Richard first came to Mr. Mackintosh's attention as stage manager/dance captain of his Broadway revival of OLIVER! and stage manager/assistant director of his Broadway production of SONG & DANCE. Shortly thereafter, he became both Associate Director and Executive Producer of the original Broadway, touring and Canadian companies of LES MISERABLES, staging more than a dozen productions of that Musical. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA followed, and then MISS SAIGON, for which Richard was Executive Producer for the original Broadway, touring and Canadian companies. He also served as Executive Producer and Associate Director for Broadway's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE and was Executive Producer of its Grammy-nominated original cast recording.

Richard subsequently produced recordings for Bernadette Peters (LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, both Grammy-nominated), Johnny Mathis (ON BROADWAY) and Mary Cleere Haran (PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, THE MEMORY OF ALL THAT) and co-wrote the liner notes for Barbra Streisand's recent THE MOVIE ALBUM and her DVD boxed set, as well as lyrics for several Walt Disney Records projects, including LILO AND STITCH Island Favorites. He has recently been appointed Executive Producer of the newly established Playbill Records and in such capacity, helped to launch the label's debut recording, Brian Stokes Mitchell's first solo offering.

For film, Richard created the musical staging for Sony Classics' BOSSA NOVA, after having appeared in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, ALL THAT JAZZ, and a slew of commercials and soap operas.

Most recently, Richard directed the off-Broadway play, A SAFE HARBOR FOR ELIZABETH BISHOP, starring Amy Irving, at the Primary Stages Theatre, as well as concert productions for some of the world's greatest entertainers, including Bette Midler (KISS MY BRASS Tour), Barbra Streisand (most recent two tours, the latter of which he also co-wrote), Ricky Martin, Polly Bergen, Lea Salonga, Sam Harris, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson and Bernadette Peters, the latter two having also been telecast on PBS. He also directed the multi-media extravaganza, STORM, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas and the workshop production of the Broadway-bound musical based on GREAT EXPECTATIONS (starring Cloris Leachman, as well as commercials for 2(x)ist Underwear and Alizé Cognac.

A native of Syracuse, NY, Richard holds a B.A. in Theatre and Music from SUNY at Oswego and is the recipient of that University's first Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. He is also a proud Board member of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in New York and has been an active supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Florida.

Richard currently shares his residences in New York, Los Angeles and Miami with his perfect dog, JoJo, who isn't the least bit impressed with any of it.

BENJAMIN TOTH

As a musical director and pianist, Ben has performed with Andrea McArdle, Jane Monheit, Adam Pascal, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Porter, Anthony Rapp, Lea Salonga, Tommy Tune and Karen Ziemba. He was the musical director for the first workshop of Duncan Sheik's The Nightengale, presented at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.

As a composer, Ben recently completed composing a movie musical for Ripfest8 and was the composer-in-residence at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. Upcoming: "The Ben Toth Project" at Symphony Space in New York, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and a performance for the opening concert of the MacDowell Colony's centennial celebration, featuring lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/lyricist Paul Muldoon.

Ben studied composition, piano, and voice at the Eastman School of Music and received a BA in American History and Modern Architecture at Brown University.

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