Sneak Peek - Seth Rudetsky & Christine Ebersole Perform on AMERICAN SONGBOOK AT NJPAC, 5/15

On this week's edition of the Emmy-nominated series American Songbook at NJPAC - premiering on Sunday, May 15 at 1 p.m. on THIRTEEN (and later in the day at 3:30 p.m. on WLIW21) - we feature Sirius XM Broadway host/pianist Seth Rudetsky & two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole.

The Sirius/XM Radio host and Broadway icon team up for an entertaining evening of banter and songs relating to Ms. Ebersole's career and their mutual love of the Great White Way. Songs include Al Dubin and Harry Warren's "Lullaby of Broadway"; Lerner and Loewe's "Simple Joys of Maidenhood" and Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns."

Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon host on SiriusXM radio's On Broadway as well as the host of
Seth Speaks on Sirius/SM Stars. As a pianist, Seth has played for more than a dozen Broadway shows, including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Grease and Ragtime. He was the Artistic Producer/Music Director for five Actors Fund Concerts including Dreamgirls with Audra MacDonald and Hair with Jennifer Hudson. As an actor, he was in The Ritz on Broadway with Rosie Perez and starred opposite Sutton Foster in a one-night concert of They're Playing Our Song for the Actors Fund. Most recently he co-wrote and starred Off-Broadway in Disaster!, a 1970's disaster movie musical that is scheduled to open on Broadway March 2016.

Christine Ebersole received virtually every Off-Broadway award and her second Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for Grey Gardens. Other memorable performances include her Tony Award-winning performance in the revival of 42nd Street, Steel Magnolias, On the Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Camelot, Dinner at Eight, The Best Man, and Blithe Spirit. Film credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Wedding, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Black Sheep,

Richie Rich, Tootsie and Amadeus. Ms. Ebersole was a regular cast member on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ('81-'82).