SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley will produce a daily live streamed concert series, Stars in the House, featuring starts or stage and screen performing live (from home!) to promote support for The Actors Fund and its services. Shows will air daily at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time on The Actor’s Fund’s YouTube channel.
Each show will feature a live performance by a performer or couple and conversations with Rudetsky between each tune.
Rudetsky will encourage live viewers to donate, and Wesley will give updates from The Fund as well as shout-outs to people donating in real time.
“Our main concern is raising spirits and helping The Fund help those who are suffering,” Rudetsky said. “We’re hoping that everyone watching will not only enjoy the amazing singing and the inside Broadway stories, but also donate to the Actors Fund. And, because social distancing is so important right now, every star will be singing from his or her own home!”
In addition to O’Hara, the following stars have already confirmed appearances as part of the initiative:
- Iain Armitage
- Shoshana Bean
- Laura Benanti
- Sierra Boggess
- Wayne Brady
- Betty Buckley
- Laura Bell Bundy
- Andréa Burns
- Kerry Butler
- Norbert Leo Butz
- Ann Hampton Callaway
- Liz Callaway
- Carolee Carmello
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Gavin Creel
- Melissa Errico
- Raul Esparza
- Christophe
- Fitzgerald
- Ana Gasteyer
- Mandy Gonzalez
- Justin Guarini
- Debbie Gravitte
- James Monroe Iglehart
- Jeremy Jordan
- Marc Kudish
- Judy Kuhn
- Anika Larsen
- Linda Lavin
- Beth Leavel
- Telly Leung
- Beth Malone
- Melissa Manchester
- \Lindsay Mendez
- Idina Menzel
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Jessie Mueller
- Rosie O’Donnell
- Alice Ripley
- Adam Pascal
- Faith Prince
- Keala Settle
- Marc Shaiman
- Kate Shindle
- Jennifer Simard
- Elizabeth Stanley
- Patrick Wilson
- Marissa Jaret Winokur
- Many more!
Plus, as is the case for husband-and-husband duo Rudetsky and Wesley, many stars live together. Stars in the House has confirmed celebrity couples:
- Sebastian Arcelus and Stephanie J. Block
- Will Chase and Ingrid Michaelson
- Jen Cody and Hunter Foster
- Jenn Colella and Chilina Kennedy
- Colin Donnell and Patti Murrin
- Santino and Jessica Fontana
- Andy Karl and Orfeh
- Liz Larsen and Sal Viviano
- Audra McDonald and Will Swenson
- Steven Pasquale and Phillipa Soo
Stars in the House will stream daily until Broadway re-opens.
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