Stars in the HouseStars in the House Welcomes Chicken & Biscuits' Cleo King, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, and More October 18Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
By
Andrew Gans
October 18, 2021
Stars in the House—the daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley—celebrates Douglas Lyons’ family comedy Chicken & Biscuits with a game night October 18. The new play officially opened October 10 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre.
Stars in the House launched March 16 last year and has raised more than $1 million to support The Actors Fund and its services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It has also raised funds for the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund in support of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
New shows—streaming Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 PM ET—feature performances by stars of stage and screen, in conversation and song with Rudetsky and Wesley. Peter Flynn serves as streaming director.
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
