VIDEO: Seth Rudetsky & James Wesley Explain How They Pulled Off Broadway for Orlando Project

By: Jun. 23, 2016
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On last night's CBS News, producer James Wesley, and his husband, Broadway's Seth Rudetsky, spoke to Dr. Jon LaPook about how they put together the Broadway for Orlando project to benefit Orlando's LGBT community. In just two days, the duo managed to organize sixty of Broadway's brightest stars for a recording of the classic tune, "What the World Needs Now is Love." Watch the interview below!

Watch Broadway artists perform the
song on Maya & Marty HERE

The recording of the iconic 1965 song is priced at $1.99 and is currently available for purchase on BroadwayRecords.com and for download at iTunes with all proceeds going to the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida.

Participating artists on the project include: Sara Bareilles, Kristen Bell, Wayne Brady, Matthew Broderick
Andréa Burns, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Paul Castree, Michael Cerveris, Joshua Colley, Lilla Crawford, Carmen Cusack, Darius de Haas, Fran Drescher,Gloria Estefan, Kimiko Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Joel Grey, Sean Hayes, Nina Hennessy, James Monroe Iglehart, Julie James, Carole King, Judy Kuhn, Nathan Lane, Anika Larsen, Zachary Levi, Jose Llana, Rebecca Luker,Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Janet Metz,Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Donna Murphy, Rosie O'Donnell, Kelli O'Hara, Rory O'Malley, Orfeh, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christine Pedi, Rosie Perez,Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Keala Settle, Kate Shindle, Jennifer Simard, Will Swenson, Rachel Tucker, Tommy Tune, Jonah Verdon, James Wesley, Juli Wesley, LiLlias White, Edith Windsor, Marissa Jaret Winokur, BD Wong and Tony Yazbeck.


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