Michael Cerveris Attends Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, Dec. 8
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.Cerveris, who won accolades for his performance as Sweeney in the current high-concept revival, is a 2004 Tony Award-winner for his performance as John Wilkes Booth in the Roundabout Theatre production of Assassins. Other Broadway credits include Titanic and The Who's Tommy, while he has appeared off-Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Wintertime. Cerveris was featured in the Ravinia productions of Anyone Can Whistle, Sunday in the Park with George and Passion (repeating the role of Giorgio at Lincoln Center, which he also played in the acclaimed Kennedy Center production in 2002). Cerveris is also known as a rocker; he heads a band titled after his surname. Dog-Eared is his band's debut album.
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. Rudetsky filmed five episodes of All My Children last year as Rudy the choreographer opposite Susan
Lucci and entertained wildly enthusiastic audiences in his long running
Off-Broadway, GLAAD-nominated hit Rhapsody in Seth, which he originally developed at Ars
Nova. 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. The host of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, he can be heard everyday as a deejay on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
In addition to the $10 donation, a two-drink minimum is required.
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