Original cast members of the Broadway and Off Broadway hit Avenue Q will reunite tonight for a Stars In The House sing-through of the musical to benefit victims, both human and non-human, of the devastating Maui wildfires.
The event, airing live on StarsInTheHouse.com at 8 p.m./Et and 5 p.m./Pt, will feature such Avenue Q alum as Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Ben Durocher, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Jordan Gelber, Rick Lyon and Honolulu born-and-raised Ann Harada, who proposed the idea to Stars in the House co-creators and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
The sing-through can also be viewed on the Stars in the House YouTube page.
Donations raised will benefit the Maui Humane Society and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, which provides quickly deployed financial resources to aid in response and recovery. As of this week, Maui Strong has raised $61,451,062.
Rudetsky and Wesley started...
The event, airing live on StarsInTheHouse.com at 8 p.m./Et and 5 p.m./Pt, will feature such Avenue Q alum as Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Ben Durocher, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Jordan Gelber, Rick Lyon and Honolulu born-and-raised Ann Harada, who proposed the idea to Stars in the House co-creators and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
The sing-through can also be viewed on the Stars in the House YouTube page.
Donations raised will benefit the Maui Humane Society and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, which provides quickly deployed financial resources to aid in response and recovery. As of this week, Maui Strong has raised $61,451,062.
Rudetsky and Wesley started...
- 8/24/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
At the start of the pandemic, actor, musician and Sirius Xm host Seth Rudetsky and his producer husband James Wesley founded the charity initiative Stars in the House, a daily live-streamed series featuring guest conversations and performances for fundraising efforts.
Since its inception, the web series has raised over $1.1 million for the Actors Fund’s Covid Relief program, as well as funds for other nonprofits including the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Waterkeeper Alliance.
In mid-March, the two announced a 10-hour Ukraine telethon to aid humanitarian efforts through The International Rescue Committee. Featuring a star-studded guest list of both Hollywood and Ukrainian notables, the full-day event will include performances, interviews, and more. Here’s how to watch the telethon online.
When Is the Ukraine Telethon?
The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from noon to 10 p.m. Et.
Where Is the Ukraine Telethon Streaming?
Viewers have...
Since its inception, the web series has raised over $1.1 million for the Actors Fund’s Covid Relief program, as well as funds for other nonprofits including the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Waterkeeper Alliance.
In mid-March, the two announced a 10-hour Ukraine telethon to aid humanitarian efforts through The International Rescue Committee. Featuring a star-studded guest list of both Hollywood and Ukrainian notables, the full-day event will include performances, interviews, and more. Here’s how to watch the telethon online.
When Is the Ukraine Telethon?
The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from noon to 10 p.m. Et.
Where Is the Ukraine Telethon Streaming?
Viewers have...
- 3/26/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
A star-studded telethon to benefit victims of the war in Ukraine was announced today by Stars in the House founders Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
Among the big names taking part are Steve Martin, original Sctv (Second City Television) stars Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin, “Pose” star Billy Porter, Josh Groban, and theater luminaries including Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley, and Robin de Jesús.
The telethon will benefit International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine. The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from 12:00 p.m. Et – 10:00 p.m. Et, and can be streamed at starsinthehouse.com, Stars In The House YouTube channel, and SiriusXM Stars109.
We're proud to announce Stars In The House For Ukraine, a 10-hour telethon benefiting the International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for refugees from Ukraine.
Saturday,...
Among the big names taking part are Steve Martin, original Sctv (Second City Television) stars Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin, “Pose” star Billy Porter, Josh Groban, and theater luminaries including Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley, and Robin de Jesús.
The telethon will benefit International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine. The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from 12:00 p.m. Et – 10:00 p.m. Et, and can be streamed at starsinthehouse.com, Stars In The House YouTube channel, and SiriusXM Stars109.
We're proud to announce Stars In The House For Ukraine, a 10-hour telethon benefiting the International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for refugees from Ukraine.
Saturday,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
A celebrity-packed 10-hour Stars in the House telethon raising money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with a line-up to include such Hollywood and Broadway stars as Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Laurie Metcalf, Patrick Wilson, Judith Light and a new Sctv reunion of Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
The telethon was announced today by Stars in the House hosts and co-founders Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley. Donations raised from the event will benefit the International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine.
The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from 12 pm to 10pm Et, and will be viewable on starsinthehouse.com and the Stars In The House YouTube channel. Listeners can tune in to SiriusXM Stars109.
The planned line-up so far: Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin,...
The telethon was announced today by Stars in the House hosts and co-founders Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley. Donations raised from the event will benefit the International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine.
The show will air live on Saturday, March 26 from 12 pm to 10pm Et, and will be viewable on starsinthehouse.com and the Stars In The House YouTube channel. Listeners can tune in to SiriusXM Stars109.
The planned line-up so far: Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway Sessions bidfarewell to Avenue Q recently. Current cast members as well as Q alumni joined together to celebrate the Tony winning musicals 16 year run in NYC. And yes, there was plenty of puppet action Enjoy these highlights featuring Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart, Ben Durocher, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Maggie Lakis, Erin Quill, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Sharon Wheatley, Joshua Holden, Imari Hardon, Jed Resnick as well as our Rising Star Cassandra Giovinne.
- 6/18/2019
- by Ben Cameron
- BroadwayWorld.com
Three of the puppet stars of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q - Kate Monster, Nicky and Rod - have been chosen to be part of the permanent Popular Entertainment collection at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, it has been announced by Rick Lyon, who conceived and designed the long-running show's furry cast of characters.
- 5/1/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Avenue Q, the Tony-winning adult-friendly puppet show that played Broadway for six years before moving to its current Off Broadway home nine years ago, will close April 28, 2019.
The departure will leave New York without Kate Monster, Lucy The Slut and the Bad Idea Bears for the first time in 15 years.
“We are incredibly proud of the fact that Avenue Q transformed the careers of so many people in our company throughout its run,” said producers Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre and The New Group. “The show gave audiences the opportunity to laugh, escape from the outside world for two hours and have tons of fun. Avenue Q proved to be timeless and we learned that sometimes it takes a puppet to make us realize how remarkable, complicated and messy it is to be human.”
When it closes next spring, the triple-Tony winning musical will have played 6,537 performances...
The departure will leave New York without Kate Monster, Lucy The Slut and the Bad Idea Bears for the first time in 15 years.
“We are incredibly proud of the fact that Avenue Q transformed the careers of so many people in our company throughout its run,” said producers Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre and The New Group. “The show gave audiences the opportunity to laugh, escape from the outside world for two hours and have tons of fun. Avenue Q proved to be timeless and we learned that sometimes it takes a puppet to make us realize how remarkable, complicated and messy it is to be human.”
When it closes next spring, the triple-Tony winning musical will have played 6,537 performances...
- 12/11/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
New York — Theater producer Robyn Goodman walked into the popular Broadway restaurant Angus McIndoe in mid-2003 and bumped into Nathan Lane, sipping wine.
He told her that he'd just seen her raunchy new downtown musical.
"You're not moving that to Broadway, are you?" he asked her in disbelief.
"Actually we are, Nathan," she told him.
Fast forward to the Tony Awards.
"Who hands me my Tony for the show?" asks Goodman, with a smile. "Nathan Lane."
The musical was "Avenue Q," the groundbreaking show that combined Muppet-style creatures with human actors to create something funny and dangerous, paving the way for "The Book of Mormon."
With its puppet-on-puppet sex, off-kilter songs like "It Sucks to Be Me" and general naughtiness, "Avenue Q" was a blast of tequila at a time when Broadway was safely drinking vino.
"Everyone in the business thought we were crazy," says Goodman, who would go on...
He told her that he'd just seen her raunchy new downtown musical.
"You're not moving that to Broadway, are you?" he asked her in disbelief.
"Actually we are, Nathan," she told him.
Fast forward to the Tony Awards.
"Who hands me my Tony for the show?" asks Goodman, with a smile. "Nathan Lane."
The musical was "Avenue Q," the groundbreaking show that combined Muppet-style creatures with human actors to create something funny and dangerous, paving the way for "The Book of Mormon."
With its puppet-on-puppet sex, off-kilter songs like "It Sucks to Be Me" and general naughtiness, "Avenue Q" was a blast of tequila at a time when Broadway was safely drinking vino.
"Everyone in the business thought we were crazy," says Goodman, who would go on...
- 7/29/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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