Stars in the HouseStars in the House Celebrates Encores! Into the Woods May 26 With Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel, Ta'Nika Gibson, More
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley host the live-streamed series.
By
Andrew Gans
May 26, 2022
Stars in the House—the live-streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley—spotlights the recent (and Broadway-bound) City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine'sInto the Woods May 26.
Stars in the House launched March 16, 2020, 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 feature performances by stars of stage and screen, in conversation and song with Rudetsky and Wesley. Peter Flynn serves as streaming director.
Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.