Broadway's Burkhardt and Weiner 'Swing' onto New Web Series: 'Then We Got HELP!'

This week on "Then We Got HELP!" (www.thenwegothelp.com), Brandi Burkhardt (Tale of Two Cities, Mama Mia!) and Michael Weiner(Mr. Saturday Night) Guest Star as an invited "troubled" couple harboring a secret. Then we got Help!

Four struggling couples need therapy. They get each other instead. Group therapy without the Therapist. A relationship comedy in the style of "Modern Family" and "The Office". Nominated for Best Indie Web Series (Comedy) (Indy Soap Awards) and now members of the WGA East, "Then We Got HELP!" features Broadway and Screen Thesps in a unique series created exclusively for the internet.

Actress/Writer/Director Julie Ann Emery (Hitch, ER, Dexter) brings together Screen Thesps Nicholas Rodriguez (Sex and the City 2, One Life to Live) and Kristen Shaw (Commander-in-Chief, The Last Castle) with Broadway vets Alan Campbell (Tony Nominee-Sunset Blvd, Contact), Sean Mahon (39 Steps, The Seafarer), Blake Hammond (Hairspray, Billy Elliott), and Kevin Earley (Tale of Two Cities, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as well as, Jessica Rush (Gypsy) and Susan Ferrara (Peasant).

What Critics Are Saying

Jamey Giddens (Daytime Confidential) "from brilliant writer/actress Julie Ann Emery" "Smartly written and deftly acted web dramedy...""Then We Got Help! consistently provides hilariously-real story lines." Greg Hernandez (Greg In Hollywood) -"Julie Ann Emery's terrific web series" "I'm getting hooked on all of the characters!" "I was laughing out loud." After Elton: "another great outing!"Web Series Review: "funny and hilarious....entertaining..."Brandi Burkhardt (Ashley), after a Nation Concert Tour of Jekyll & Hyde, joined NBCs hit Daytime Drama "Passions" as the mysterious siren.

She then went on to star on Broadway as Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities and Sophie Sheridan in Mama Mia. She and Kevin Earley (Kenny/Producer) appeared together the recent PBS Special of A Tale of Two Cities.Michael Weiner (Ned), currently composing songs for a Broadway adaptation of the Film Secondhand Lions (Book by Rupert Holmes), has film credits including Mr. Saturday Night, Man of the Century and TVs "Fresh Prince of Bel-air", "Felicity" and "The Wonder Years".

For years, Weiner has been composing with writing partner Alan Zachary for Disney, Disney Cruise Lines, VH1 and Dreamworks.

Photo credit: Peter James Zielinski