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Lauren Kennedy Appears at Chatterbox, March 30
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 29, 2006
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The weekly chat show, a Broadway institution for some years, features Broadway stars confiding stories to Rudetsky at Don't Tell Mama on Thursdays at 6 PM. The $10 donation benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization.
Kennedy, who originated the role of Zelda Fitzgerald in Frank Wildhorn's Waiting for the Moon at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center last year, has appeared on Broadway in Side Show, Sunset Boulevard and Les Miserables. Other credits include The Ten Commandments (in LA), Trevor Nunn's South Pacific (in London) and I Sing! (off-Broadway).
A man of many talents, Rudetsky has teamed up with The Actor's Fund as Artistic Producer,
conductor and musical director on star-studded productions of Hair, Chess,
Funny Girl and the Dreamgirls 20th Anniversary Concert, and most recently, On the Twentieth Century. His hit show Rhapsody in Seth, was nominated for a GLAAD Award. As a pit pianist and conductor, Rudetsky has leant his talents to over 15
Broadway shows, including 42nd Street, The Full Monty, Phantom
of the Opera, Mamma Mia! and The Producers. Rudetsky was part of the
three-time Emmy-nominated comedy writing team for The Rosie O'Donnell Show
and wrote the lyrics and opening numbers of the 1998 and 2000 Tony Awards
shows. He can be heard everyday as a deejay on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
Seth's Broadway Chatterbox is now in it's sixth year and has raised over $25,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS through the admission price and sales of the show's DVDs. Visit www.sethsbroadwaychatterbox.com to see the list available. There is also a special DVD for sale which features more than 30 live performances including Idina Menzel singing "Life of the Party", and Betty Buckley singing "Memory".
In addition to the $10 donation, a two-drink minimum is required. Don't Tell Mama is located in New York City on West 46th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. For reservations, call (212) 757-0788.Videos