Original cast members of the Broadway and Off Broadway hit Avenue Q will reunite tonight for a Stars In The House sing-through of the musical to benefit victims, both human and non-human, of the devastating Maui wildfires.
The event, airing live on StarsInTheHouse.com at 8 p.m./Et and 5 p.m./Pt, will feature such Avenue Q alum as Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Ben Durocher, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Jordan Gelber, Rick Lyon and Honolulu born-and-raised Ann Harada, who proposed the idea to Stars in the House co-creators and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
The sing-through can also be viewed on the Stars in the House YouTube page.
Donations raised will benefit the Maui Humane Society and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, which provides quickly deployed financial resources to aid in response and recovery. As of this week, Maui Strong has raised $61,451,062.
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The event, airing live on StarsInTheHouse.com at 8 p.m./Et and 5 p.m./Pt, will feature such Avenue Q alum as Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Ben Durocher, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Jordan Gelber, Rick Lyon and Honolulu born-and-raised Ann Harada, who proposed the idea to Stars in the House co-creators and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
The sing-through can also be viewed on the Stars in the House YouTube page.
Donations raised will benefit the Maui Humane Society and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, which provides quickly deployed financial resources to aid in response and recovery. As of this week, Maui Strong has raised $61,451,062.
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- 8/24/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2021 Daytime Emmys were presented on Friday night, June 25 … but not all of them. Awards have already gone out to the best in soap operas, game shows, talk shows, and a few other fields. But on June 28 the national television academy revealed their second round of nominations focusing on animated, nonfiction, children’s, and daytime fiction programming. These winners will be announced on Saturday, July 17, and Sunday, July 18. Scroll down for the complete list.
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“Sesame Street” is on top with 14 nominations if you count the main HBO series (which has seven) and its specials “The Power of We,” “The Monster at the End of This Story,” and “CNN/Sesame Street Town Halls.” Perennial digital drama champ “The Bay” is next in line with 12 noms; it was up for Best Limited Drama Series at the June 25 broadcast,...
SEE2021 Daytime Emmy winners list: Who won at the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 25?
“Sesame Street” is on top with 14 nominations if you count the main HBO series (which has seven) and its specials “The Power of We,” “The Monster at the End of This Story,” and “CNN/Sesame Street Town Halls.” Perennial digital drama champ “The Bay” is next in line with 12 noms; it was up for Best Limited Drama Series at the June 25 broadcast,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Broadway Sessions bidfarewell to Avenue Q recently. Current cast members as well as Q alumni joined together to celebrate the Tony winning musicals 16 year run in NYC. And yes, there was plenty of puppet action Enjoy these highlights featuring Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart, Ben Durocher, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Maggie Lakis, Erin Quill, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Sharon Wheatley, Joshua Holden, Imari Hardon, Jed Resnick as well as our Rising Star Cassandra Giovinne.
- 6/18/2019
- by Ben Cameron
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Saturday, May 5th, celebrities and puppet VIPs showed their support for puppetry when The Jim Henson Company hosted the second “Puppets for Puppetry” on its historic Hollywood lot.
Host Chris Hardwick takes a selfie with the cast of Puppets for Puppetry
The event raised funds for the Atlanta-based Center for Puppetry Arts, and honored the esteemed puppeteer Caroll Spinney, best known to fans around the world as the performer of the iconic Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. The unique live performance was hosted by comedian Chris Hardwick and featured special guests Jack McBrayer, Bobby Moynihan, and Grammy Award-winner Jason Mraz (“I’m Yours”).
Jason Mraz and Big Bird at Center for Puppetry Arts' Puppets for Puppetry honoring Caroll Spinney
The unforgettable evening raised well over $225,000 for the Center and included tribute music and sketches from Sesame Street cast members Matt Vogel, Eric Jacobson, David Rudman,...
Host Chris Hardwick takes a selfie with the cast of Puppets for Puppetry
The event raised funds for the Atlanta-based Center for Puppetry Arts, and honored the esteemed puppeteer Caroll Spinney, best known to fans around the world as the performer of the iconic Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. The unique live performance was hosted by comedian Chris Hardwick and featured special guests Jack McBrayer, Bobby Moynihan, and Grammy Award-winner Jason Mraz (“I’m Yours”).
Jason Mraz and Big Bird at Center for Puppetry Arts' Puppets for Puppetry honoring Caroll Spinney
The unforgettable evening raised well over $225,000 for the Center and included tribute music and sketches from Sesame Street cast members Matt Vogel, Eric Jacobson, David Rudman,...
- 5/21/2018
- Look to the Stars
Tony Award nominees Kerry Butler Disaster, Xanadu, the upcoming Mean Girls, Charl Brown Motown, John Ellison Conlee The Full Monty, Murder Ballad, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q, I Love You Because will head a special reading presentation of the new musical Seeing Red, by Emmy Award winner Joey Mazzarino and award-winning composer Aron Accurso on Thursday, January 25 in New York City at 11am and 3pm. Seeing Red takes a look at immigration through a fairy tale lens. In fact, it's about all the things that divide us as humans Religion, borders, race. It's the story of Little Red Riding Hood, now a grown woman who still spends her days delivering baskets full of goodies through her company Red Ex. She wishes she could change her fate but in Everafteropolis, once your story is written, it's written. When Red meets the Man From Nantucket, her life is suddenly turned upside down.
- 1/22/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ever since it was announced last month that the state of New York would allow same sex marriages, hundreds of couple began planning to have their nuptials the moment the law came into effect.
Well, Sunday (July 24) was the big day. Amongst the throngs taking the plunge were "Avenue Q" stars Ricky and Rod. But they aren't your averaged same sex couple, they're puppets.
Over the past nine years the puppet couple has fallen in love nightly in the Tony Award-winning musical. Now they have made it official.
Also in attendance was fellow puppet, Kate Monster, who served as flower girl, along with some of the shows puppeteers, Jennifer Barnhart, Jed Resnick and Howie Michael Smith.
This was truly a historic day and we wish the happy couple all the best.
Well, Sunday (July 24) was the big day. Amongst the throngs taking the plunge were "Avenue Q" stars Ricky and Rod. But they aren't your averaged same sex couple, they're puppets.
Over the past nine years the puppet couple has fallen in love nightly in the Tony Award-winning musical. Now they have made it official.
Also in attendance was fellow puppet, Kate Monster, who served as flower girl, along with some of the shows puppeteers, Jennifer Barnhart, Jed Resnick and Howie Michael Smith.
This was truly a historic day and we wish the happy couple all the best.
- 7/25/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Broadway celebrities, including Megan Hilty, the Drama Desk Award nominated actress who stars in the stage musical "9 To 5"; Carey Anderson, Jennifer Barnhart, Christian Anderson, "Kate Monster" and "Trekkie Monster", from Broadway's long-running "Avenue Q"; young actor Henry Hodges, who was seen in three productions on Broadway last season - "Mary Poppins," "Macbeth" and "13," and radio deejay Johnny Rocks, as well as other notables, kicked off the Central Park Zoo Scavenger Hunt.
- 5/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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