As the reality of the Broadway shutdown set in, Seth Rudetsky figured he d go online holding his phone up to the camera as Tony Award winner Kelli O Hara sang a few songs and they would attract some donations for The Actors Fund.
Luckily, with some intervention from his husband, James Wesley, and a team of friends behind the scenes, the technology angle worked out a little better. But the spirit of using their talents to give back lives on.
At a one-year anniversary this week, with hundreds of episodes of Stars in the House behind them, some donations has turned into more than $715,000 for the entertainment industry assistance organization. Plus they ve raised more than $200,000 for other charities, including ones connected to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Asbury Park Press
As the reality of the Broadway shutdown set in, Seth Rudetsky figured he d go online holding his phone up to the camera as Tony Award winner Kelli O Hara sang a few songs and they would attract some donations for The Actors Fund.
Luckily with some intervention from his husband James Wesley and a team of friends behind the scenes, the technology angle worked out a little better, but the spirit of using their talents to give back lives on.
Hundreds of episodes of Stars in the House later, some donations has turned into more than $715,000 for the entertainment industry assistance organization, as well as more than $200,000 for other charities. The pair, career creators, producers, performers and advocates, offered the live-streamed show twice-daily for months before settling into their current schedule of 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
In midst of COVID, Stars in the House recomposed Broadway history app.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from app.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Jersey s own Samantha Sharpe is headed to Hollywood.
Sharpe, 25, of Basking Ridge, wowed the American Idol judges with a rendition of Titanium by David Guetta, featuring Sia, on Sunday night.
Judge Lionel Ritchie said she had masterful control of her voice as the judges gave her full approval to move on in the singing competition.
Sharpe, a South Brunswick High School graduate, sang for the judges as she stood alongside her parents and three brothers.
The Sharpe Family Singers, as they re known, have amassed 5.5 million followers on TikTok, as well as countless thousands on Instagram and elsewhere, through their viral videos that run the gamut from full-out song and dance routines of the latest pop hits to singing around the dinner table to songs from Broadway s classics.
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