Industry NewsSeth Rudetsky, Rosie O’Donnell, Javier Muñoz, More Take Part in Protest August 6Cast members from Wicked, Hamilton, Beautiful, Phantom, and more have also traveled to D.C.
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Playbill Staff
August 06, 2018
Seth Rudetsky
Monica Simoes
Rosie O'Donnell, Seth Rudetsky, and Hamilton star Javier Muñoz have traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the #KremlinAnnex nightly protest August 6.
The three are also joined by current and former Broadway cast members from Wicked, Beautiful, Hamilton, The Phantom of the Opera, The King and I, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grease, Les Misérables, Cinderella, Xanadu, Disaster!, The Producers, and Head Over Heels, among others.
Broadway protesters will sing “Do You Hear The People Sing,” “What The World Needs Now Is Love,” “Brand New Day,” and “Climb Every Mountain” outside of the White House in protest of the current administration.
The group is led by actor, musician, and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky and his husband James Wesley, who co-produced the all-star recording of “What The World Needs Now Is Love” to raise money for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
The #KremlinAnnex performance and protest, which begins at 7 PM at Lafayette Park in front of the White House, will be live streamed on the MoveOn Facebook page.
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Broadway Stars Raise Their Voices for Orlando
Broadway Stars Raise Their Voices for Orlando
A chorus of Broadway celebrities raised their voices in song in response to the June 12 Orlando shooting massacre, the worst in U.S. history. Actors, singers and songwriters—including Matthew Broderick, Sara Bareilles, Sean Hayes, Carole King, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Orfeh, Andréa Burns, Sarah Jessica Parker and dozens more—gathered June 15 at Avatar Studios to sing a benefit single of “What the World Needs Now is Love,” produced by Seth Rudestky, James Westley and Broadway Records in conjunction with a music video filmed and produced by Playbill. The single and video will be available June 20. The digital download will be available for purchase at BroadwayRecords.com with 100% of proceeds benefiting the LGBT Center of Central Florida.
