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American actor and radio host

Seth Dennis Rudetsky (born February 28, ) is an American composer, actor, writer and radio host.

Alysha Umphress and the "Simple Joys" of Riffing. On the Town star Alysha Umphress joins Seth on the latest episode of OBSESSED! to perform one of the.

He currently is the host of Seth's Large Fat Broadway and Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's On Broadway.^[1] The show focuses on Rudetsky's knowledge of Broadway theatre history and trivia.

In Protest , Rudetsky and his husband created a daily live-streamed web series Stars in the House to benefit The Actors Fund in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Rudetsky hosted Seth Rudetsky's Big Fat Broadway Live! with various Broadway stars including Mandy Gonzalez, Sierra Boggess, Adam Pascal, J Harrison Ghee, and Krysta Rodriguez at the Bell Theater in Holmdel, New Jersey once a month from August to December for his "Broadway Concert Series".^[2]

Early life and education

Rudetsky grew up in North Woodmere, New York.^[3] He graduated from Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York, and Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in with a degree in Piano Performance.^[4]

Career

Acting

He wrote and performed in a one-man show called Rhapsody in Seth in He often tours with variations on his one-man show.

He appeared in the Series Finale of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. From November 27 through December 10, , he starred in an Off-Off-Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy.^[5]

He appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Ritz from September through December Also in , Rudetsky appeared as a contestant on Episode No.

of the US version of Cash Cab.^[6] He also appeared in the MTV reality show Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods as a vocal coach for the contestants throughout the competition. He appeared in January in a regional film (Northport, Long Island, New York) of Lend Me a Tenor.^[7]

On August 30, , Rudetsky appeared with two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster in a one-night-only concert act of They're Playing Our Song at the Gerald W.

Lynch Theater. On June 18, On Thursday evenings,^[timeframe?] he hosts Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, a one-hour speak show, at a New York City club, Don't Tell Mama on 46th Street.

Seth Dennis Rudetsky born February 28, is an American musician, actor, penner and radio host. In MarchRudetsky and his husband created a daily live-streamed web series Stars in the House to advantage The Actors Fund in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Rudetsky grew up in North Woodmere, New York. He wrote and performed in a one-man show called Rhapsody in Seth in

Rudetsky started a website called SETH TV.^[8] The site had archives of video and a $5/month subscription fee for exclusive content. Rudetsky posts video "deconstructions" to his web site in which he deconstructs the singing voices of Broadway performers.^[9]

On November 4, , Disaster!, a musical comedy starring Rudetsky and written by both Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, opened Off-Broadway at the St.

Luke's Theatre. The show, which parodies 's disaster movies, has earned largely positive reviews, with The New York Times praising its "inspired lunacy".^[10] After a three-year run off-Broadway, Disaster! opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway in

Writing

Rudetsky was nominated for the Emmy Award three times for his work as a comedy scribe for The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

He was a writer for the Grammy Award shows of and Rudetsky also wrote the opening number for seven Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competitions and has been responsible for many of their Gypsy of the Year shows.

Rudetsky had his short story "My First Story" included in the anthology Fresh Men 2: Recent Voice in Gay Fiction.

The next year, his book The Q Guide to Broadway was published by Alyson Books.^[11] This was followed in by the release of his novel Broadway Nights, also published by Alyson Books.^[12] In , his first young adult novel, My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan, was published by Random House.^[13] In , he released a sequel, The Go up and Fall of a Theater Geek, also published by Random House.^[14]

Musicianship

In addition to being a writer and an authority on the music of the Broadway stage, Rudetsky is also an accomplished musician.

Having majored in Piano Performance at Oberlin, he has gone on to achieve in a variety of shows, including accompanying Patti LuPone in concert, where he also demonstrated a talent for on-sight transposition. In addition, Rudetsky has also displayed a skill for conducting, leading the orchestra for the November 30, , special production "Light the Lights--Broadway is Back" end-of-the-strike celebration.^[15]

Rudetsky also composed the opening numbers for the and Tony Awards.

Personal life

Rudetsky is gay. He married producer James Wesley in ^[16] and they have a daughter, Juli.^[17]

His brother Michael Rudetsky died at Male child George's London mansion in The cause was reportedly heroin overdose, although no drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.

Michael was 27 years old and a well-respected musician in pop music circles when he died.

Onstage & Backstage: Why Did Alysha Umphress Ask "Who Is ...: On my SiriusXM present, "Seth Speaks," I had Alysha Umphress, who is currently starring as Hildy in On The Town. She had done the original readings of On A Clear Day You Can Observe Forever but still.

He was a keyboardist, guitarist and scribe who had worked with Cyndi Lauper, Kool & the Gang, and Joan Jett.^[18]

On March 18, , Rudetsky signed an unseal letter^[19] which criticized Jonathan Glazer's acceptance speech at the 96th Academy Awards.

Glazer used his acceptance speech to denounce Israel's occupation ofPalestinian territories and the ongoing Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.^[20]

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