He's
recorded the piano part for two Hallmark Hall
of Fame movies (The Boys Next Store and Breathing
Lessons...John Kander, composer), and the underscoring
for Broadway's Angels in America. As a comic,
he won Stand-Up NY's 'Funniest Gay Male' contest,
The Duplex' Stars of Tomorrow Grand Price and
had a long running show (The Seth Rudetsky Show)
at Rose's Turn. With his comedy partner Jack Plotnick,
he performed An Evening with Joyce Dewitt and
Mortification Theatre at Caroline's and The HBO
Workspace in L.A. Last year, he joined Varla Jean
Merman and Kristine Zbornik in Holiday Hams. He's
produced / hosted / music directed three benefits
for The Gay/Lesbian Synagogue featuring Lillias
White, Audra MacDonald, Andrea McArdle and MANY
other sass-tresses.
He was an Emmy-nominated comedy writer on "The
Rosie O'Donnell Show" for 2 years, wrote
for the 1999 and 2000 Grammy Awards and composed
David Hyde Pierce's Cats audition song on "Caroline
In The City." He's performed in concert with
Betty Buckley, Priscilla Lopez and Kristin Chenoweth.
He conducted a Benefit for the Actors Fund/Christopher
Reeve foundation (First You Dream). He's also
written the opening number for six Broadway Easter
Bonnet Competitions as well as the 2000 and 1998
Tony Awards (with Patti LuPone, Jennifer Holliday,
and Betty Buckley). For nine years he's volunteered
with Lifebeat's Hearts and Voices (bringing sassy
singing to People with AIDS), and every Thursday
he hosts Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, a Broadway
interview show at Don't Tell Mama to benefit Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
For The Actors Fund, Seth produced, music directed
and conducted the 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert
of Dreamgirls, which is available on CD, as well
as all star concerts of Funny Girl and Chess.
His one man show, Rhapsody in Seth, had an off-Broadway
run. SETH RUDETSKY graduated from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music in 1988 with a degree in
Piano Performance. Off-Broadway, he played piano
for The Fantasticks, Forever Plaid, and Pageant.
On Broadway, he's played in the pit of My Favorite
Year, Les Miserables, Kiss of the Spiderwoman,
An Inspector Calls, How To Succeed..., Patti LuPone
Live, Ragtime, Saturday Night Fever, Grease (also
asst. conductor) Victor/Victoria (also asst. conductor),
and The Producers. He's recorded the piano part
for two Hallmark Hall of Fame movies (The Boys
Next Store and Breathing Lessons...John Kander,
composer), and the underscoring for Broadway's
Angels in America. As a comic, he won Stand-Up
NY's 'Funniest Gay Male' contest, The Duplex'
Stars of Tomorrow Grand Price and had a long running
show (The Seth Rudetsky Show) at Rose's Turn.
With his comedy partner Jack Plotnick, he performed
An Evening with Joyce Dewitt and Mortification
Theatre at Caroline's and The HBO Workspace in
L.A. Last year, he joined Varla Jean Merman and
Kristine Zbornik in Holiday Hams.
He's produced / hosted / music directed three
benefits for The Gay/Lesbian Synagogue featuring
Lillias White, Audra MacDonald, Andrea McArdle
and MANY other sass-tresses. He was an Emmy-nominated
comedy writer on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"
for 2 years, wrote for the 1999 and 2000 Grammy
Awards and composed David Hyde Pierce's Cats audition
song on "Caroline In The City." He's
performed in concert with Betty Buckley, Priscilla
Lopez and Kristin Chenoweth. He conducted a Benefit
for the Actors Fund/Christopher Reeve foundation
(First You Dream). He's also written the opening
number for six Broadway Easter Bonnet Competitions
as well as the 2000 and 1998 Tony Awards (with
Patti LuPone, Jennifer Holliday, and Betty Buckley).
For nine years he's volunteered with Lifebeat's
Hearts and Voices (bringing sassy singing to People
with AIDS), and every Thursday he hosts Seth's
Broadway Chatterbox, a Broadway interview show
at Don't Tell Mama to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS. For The Actors Fund, Seth produced,
music directed and conducted the 10th Anniversary
Benefit Concert of Dreamgirls, which is available
on CD, as well as all star concerts of Funny Girl
and Chess. His one man show, Rhapsody in Seth,
had an off-Broadway run.
Recently, Seth appeared on LAW AND ORDER: C.I.
as Eddie Dayton and as Rudy, Erica Kane's Las
Vegas choreographer, on ALL MY CHILDREN. He is
a very busy DeeJay on Sirius Satellite Radio and
can be heard every weekday afternoon on "The
Beat 66" and every night on "Broadway's
Best 77"
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