Photo Coverage: Jackie Hoffman, Stephanie J. Block, and More Perform for Release of SETH'S BROADWAY DIARY VOL. 2

A special event was held earlier this week, October 28 at 5:30 PM at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street) to celebrate the release of Seth Rudetsky's new book, SETH'S BROADWAY DIARY, VOLUME 2. In addition to Seth, the event featured Stephanie J. Block, Andrea Burns,Ana Gasteyer, Mandy Gonzales and Jackie Hoffman, who performed excerpts and some of Seth's favorite songs. Below, go inside the event with BroadwayWorld!

Dress Circle Publishing celebrates the release of SETH'S BROADWAY DIARY, VOLUME 2: The Inside Scoop on (almost) Every Broadway Show & Star, the second in a series by Sirius XM radio host Seth Rudetsky. SETH'S BROADWAY DIARY, VOLUME 2 is available today, October 27. Order atwww.dresscirclepublishing.com.

The book is a compilation of Seth's hilarious Broadway-centric "Onstage and Backstage" columns for Playbill.com chronicling his unique life on and around the Great White Way. Featuring blow-by-blow accounts of amazing experiences like doing Kathy Griffin's reality show oppositeKristin Chenoweth and Cloris Leachman (what?), going to Disneyland with Audra McDonald (so fun!) and helping Sutton Foster star in two two completely different Broadway shows (on the same night)! This volume features non-stop behind-the-scenes stories straight from the mouths of stars like Lea Salonga, Megan Hilty, Gavin Creel, Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more!

"Seth's hysterically funny diary lets the reader be a fly on the wall for offstage encounters with the biggest names on Broadway," says publisher Brisa Trinchero. "It's riveting to know what these theater luminaries are like in real life and to hear the shocking, sweet, and often unexpected things going on behind the scenes at your favorite Broadway shows."

According to Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, "If Seth Rudetsky didn't exist, we'd have to invent him. He is the friend who points out everything glorious and silly about your favorite shows. He leaves you laughing helplessly and in awe of his gifts and time management skills. Read this book and see how much Seth gets done in a day. It will make you reach for more."

Seth Rudetsky is a 21st century renaissance man -- renowned radio host, actor, comedian, librettist, music director, pianist, conductor, producer and author. Nationally known as the host of "Seth Speaks" and "Seth's Big Fat Broadway" on Sirius XM radio Seth has worked as the music director, pianist or conductor for some of Broadway's biggest stars: Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley, Andrea Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Megan Mullally, Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Matthew Broderick and Christine Ebersole, Hilty to name a few. In addition he's spent years as a pianist on Broadway playing such shows as Les Miserables, The Producers, Phantom of The Opera, Grease and Ragtime. All of this experience on the Great White Way has led him to publish several books on the topic including The Q Guide to Broadway and Broadway Nights.

As an actor, he played Sheldon 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. He's even had several TV roles on "All My Children," "Law and Order: C.I.," and played himself on "Cash Cab," MTV's "Made," "Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods," the Emmy-Award-winning "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" on Bravo, NBC's "Smash" and ABC's "Bunheads." As a comic, he won the title "Funniest Gay Male in NY" at Stand-Up NY and he and co-authorJack Plotnick had a long-running show at Caroline's Comedy Club in New York City. On television, Seth spent two years as a comedy writer on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards. He also wrote for the TV Shows "Caroline in the City," The 1999 Grammy Awards, and created the opening number for the 1998 and 2000 Tony Awards.

Currently, he has his own reality show on www.SethTV.com that features talk shows and exclusive concerts withPatti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Megan Mullally and Sutton Foster. Seth and Jack Plotnick co-wrote the musical DISASTER! which played Off-Broadway in the 2013-2014 season to critical acclaim. His novel My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan and the recent sequel The Rise and Fall of a Theater Geek were both published by Random House and his audio books on Audible.com feature Josh Gad, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jonathan Groff and more! You can watch all of Seth's videos on www.SethRudetsky.com.

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