Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Liam Neeson & More Will Take Part in Bid for Roundabout Fundraiser

A collection of Roundabout Theatre Company's treasured alumni and artist friends will offer one- of-a-kind conversations and encounters for "Bid for Roundabout," a fundraiser to support the theater in the face of an unprecedented financial deficit due to the COVID shutdown. The auction, powered by Charitybuzz, will begin on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Theatre lovers and fans can bid for private virtual conversations and experiences with stars: Kristen Bell, Rachel Brosnahan & Michael Zegen, Alan Cumming, Sutton Foster, Victor Garber & Jennifer Garner, Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal & Peter Sarsgaard, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, John Lithgow, Rob McClure, Debra Messing, Sienna Miller, Liam Neeson, Phylicia Rashad, Chita Rivera & Scott Ellis, Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams.

Tony Award winners Idina Menzel, Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth will offer 30-minute private voice lessons. Ms. Menzel's auction will be made available as a sweepstakes with a $10 entry fee, powered by Prizeo.

All auction proceeds help create and distribute virtual programs for students, teachers, and community members, keep vital staff and artists employed through the continued shutdown, and ensure opportunities for hundreds of artists and technicians when the theater's doors open again.

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Roundabout Theatre Company celebrates the power of theatre by spotlighting classics from the past, cultivating new works of the present, and educating minds for the future. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills that mission by producing familiar and lesser-known plays and musicals; discovering and supporting talented playwrights; reducing the barriers that can inhibit theatergoing; collaborating with a diverse team of artists; building educational experiences; and archiving over five decades of production history.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays, musicals and new works on its five stages: Broadway's American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 and Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and Off-Broadway's Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre.

American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.