Stars in the HouseWatch J. Smith-Cameron, Patrick Breen, Marylouise Burke, More Read David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers on Plays in the House Live StreamPlays in the House is a spinoff of Stars in the House, the daily benefit series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to benefit The Actors Fund.
By
Andrew Gans
April 11, 2020
Stars in the House, the new daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley, presents a reading of David Lindsay-Abaire's 1999 Off-Broadway hit Fuddy Meers, with original stars J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Stanton, Keith Nobbs, Patrick Breen, Marylouise Burke, Mark McKinney, and Lisa Gorlitsky, April 11 at 2 PM. David Petrarca directs.
The reading is the fourth presentation of the Plays in the House spinoff series, which continues every Saturday and Wednesday at 2 PM until Broadway reopens. Director-writer Peter Flynn serves as the online reading coordinator for Plays in the House.
The Stars in the House series—which launched March 16 with Tony winner Kelli O'Hara—promotes support for The Actors Fund and its services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
James Wesley and Seth Rudetsky
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Recent guests have included Andy Karl, Orfeh, Charles Busch, Faith Prince, Andrea Martin, Richard Kind, Gavin Creel, Laura Bell Bundy, Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Caissie Levy, Mike Doyle, Scott Evans, Colin Donnell, Marlee Matlin, Ann Hampton Callaway, Henry Winkler, D'Arcy Carden, Stephen Root, Anthony Carrigan, Mark Setlock, Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Annie Potts, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Lance Barber, Tovah Feldshuh, Christine Pedi, Judy Gold, Andy Nyman, Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr., Lilli Cooper, Gideon Glick, Sutton Foster, Debby Ryan, Peyton List, Skai Jackson, Karan Brar, Kevin Chamberlin, and Actors Fund Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell.
New shows air daily at 2 PM ET and 8 PM ET, featuring performances by stars of stage and screen and conversations with Rudetsky between each tune. Rudetsky willencourage live viewers to donate, and Wesley will give updates from The Fund as well as shout-outs to people donating in real time. Dr. Jonathan LaPook, chief medical correspondent for CBS News, will also make frequent appearances to answer questions and offer best practices.
Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Bryant are the April 11 at 8 PM guests. Watch previous Stars in the House/Plays in the House presentations here.
SiriusXM is the exclusive audio broadcasting partner delivering Stars in the House to listeners daily. Subscribers can catch Stars in the House weekday mornings at 9 AM ET on Volume channel 106, with favorite program excerpts airing throughout the day on SiriusXM’s On Broadway channel 72.
As the situation surrounding the coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve, The Actors Fund will provide services online and via phone. These services include Artists Health Insurance Resource Center, The Career Center, Housing Resources, Addiction & Recovery, HIV/AIDS and Senior Services, Counseling and Emergency Financial Assistance, as well as The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
