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Broadway's Best Shows has just announced a new premiere date for 'Show of Titles,' a musical extravaganza with dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. 'Show of Titles' will premiere on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 7pm ET and be available for four days only. All proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund.

After over a year of programming, producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's “Stars In The House” is nearing $1 Million raised to support The Actors Fund, whose COVID relief efforts have helped over 16,300 people in need in the performing arts community. 

Just last night, Roundabout Theatre Company alumna and friend Jane Krakowski (Tony Award nominee, She Loves Me; Tony Award winner, Nine) took the stage at the 2021 Gala celebrating the long-awaited return to live theatre. This year's special hybrid event 'Curtain Up, Light the Lights!' took place in Central Park.

This week (June 7-13) in live streaming: Matthew Morrison visits Backstage Live, the Next on Stage Season 3 finale, Show of Titles premieres, and so much more!

Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps, better known as the stars of Peacock’s new series, “Girls5eva,” will join Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley on June 2 for a fabulous good time on “Stars In The House!” 

Two major reunion shows will take place this week on “Stars In The House,” all to benefit The Actors Fund. On Friday, June 4, they will bring together the cast of the beloved Emmy Award-winning series “Kate & Allie”. On Saturday, June 5, Seth and James will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Seth’s “Dreamgirls” benefit concert.

Broadway’s Best Shows has just announced a new premiere date for “Show of Titles,” a musical extravaganza with dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. “Show of Titles” will premiere on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 7pm ET and be available for four days only. All proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund.

The cast of the “The Joy Luck Club” will reunite on “Stars In The House” this Friday, May 28 at 8pm ET, in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. Kieu Chinh, France Nuyen, Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao, and writer/author Amy Tan will come together to reminisce about their time working on this groundbreaking project. 

Just last night, the Drama Company NYC celebrated the opening of the Off-Broadway premiere of Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama written by Michel Marc Bouchard with English translation by Linda Gaboriau, and direction by Andrew Benvenuti. Lilies - fully staged for the first time in New York City - is presented at The Theater Center (50th & Broadway) with an all-male cast of 11 actors. 

Broadway’s Best Shows has just announced a musical extravaganza with dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. “Show of Titles” will be available on June 8, 2021 for a limited time only. All proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund.

In this episode, Ben and Daniel discuss the new Peacock comedy Girls5eva starring Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell, and Renée Elise Goldsberry. They also talk about Tina Fey, Andrew Rannells, Gavin Creel, Jennifer Simard, Bowen Yang, Vanessa Williams, Jean Smart, Dolly Parton, and Ann Dowd.

Roundabout will welcome virtual appearances by Rachel Brosnahan (The Big Knife), Whoopi Goldberg (Damn Yankees!), Emma Stone (Cabaret), Blair Underwood (A Soldier’s Play), Vanessa Williams (Sondheim on Sondheim) and surprise special guests.

Hollywood and Broadway stars are teaming up on Monday, May 17th to celebrate the resilience of the young people experiencing homelessness at Covenant House, the international charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness.

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that they will reunite the casts of some of theater-goers favorite Broadway shows, including “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella,” and “Anastasia,” all in support of The Actors Fund. 

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced the return of its monologue showcase series - 50in50 – with a special fifth anniversary edition of the show - 50in50: Shattering the Glass Ceiling. For this year’s show, 50 original monologues were selected from women of African descent from across the globe and will be read by 50 women actors.

On this day in 2013, the heartfelt play The Trip to Bountiful opened on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. 

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the cast of “ER” will reunite on “Stars In The House” for a special Earth Day episode benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance.

The cast will commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the show's Broadway premiere with an evening of backstage stories, reminiscing, and of course, plenty of music! 

The Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts introduced its acting and musical theater Class of 2021 today, April 12, 2021, via a new website:  www.SyracuseShowcase.com.

“The Kids Are All Right” cast will reunite on “Stars In The House” on Saturday, April 10 at 8pm ET in support of The Actors Fund.  Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson will come together to talk about their time working on Lisa Cholodenko’s beautiful movie about what really makes a family a family.