Seth Rudetsky and Mandy Gonzalez will appear together at The Bell Theater in Holmdel, Aug. 10.
Pianist and SiriusXM satellite radio host Seth Rudetsky will kick off his “Big Fat Broadway LIVE!” series, featuring music and conversation, at The Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. Mandy Gonzalez — whose Broadway credits include “Wicked,” “Hamilton,” “In the Heights” and “Aida” — will be his guest.
Future guests will include Sierra Boggess (“The Little Mermaid,” “The Phantom of the Opera”), Sept. 7; Adam Pascal (“Rent,” “Aida”), Oct. 12; J. Harrison Ghee (the 2023 Tony winner for Best Actor in a Musical for “Some Like It Hot”), Nov. 9; and Krysta Rodriguez (“The Addams Family,” “Spring Awakening”), Dec. 7.
“Even if you’ve seen these stars in concert, my series will be like nothing you’ve seen them do!” said Rudetsky in a press release. “Yes, they sing all their hit songs, but they also recreate the roles they’ve done in high school, the jobs they wish they’d have gotten and the roles they’ll NEVER get a chance to do! It’s all unscripted and never the same!”
Rudetsky has played piano for Broadway shows including “Ragtime,” “Les Misérables” and “Phantom of the Opera,” and co-wrote the book and co-starred in “Disaster!,” the jukebox musical (spoofing 1970s disaster movies) that ran on Broadway in 2016. In addition to hosting shows on SiriusXM’s “On Broadway” channel (channel 69), he has a weekly column on Playbill.com.
For information about the Holmdel shows, visit belltheater.org.
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