An Update from Brian Stokes Mitchell

From all of us at The Actors Fund, we hope this finds you healthy and safe. We’d like to share this update from our Chairman, Brian Stokes Mitchell, about how The Actors Fund is helping our performing arts community, and how you can lend your support as well.

The Rosie O’Donnell Show
Sunday, March 22, 7 pm ET

Benefit Concert, Broadway.com

12-time Emmy Award® winner and Tony Award® recipient Rosie O’Donnell and actor/Producer Erich Bergen are proud to announce the one-night-only return of the legendary, 25-time Emmy Award winning The Rosie O’Donnell Show. This special event will be a LIVE streaming fundraiser for The Actors Fund, in order to help in this time of crisis. Presented in partnership with Revelations Entertainment and Broadway.com, The Rosie O’Donnell Show will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 22 at 7:00 pm ET on Broadway.com and their Broadway.com YouTube channel.

The special program will feature performances and appearances by some of the biggest names in all of entertainment, all participating live from their comfort of their own home. Special guests include Sebastian Arcelus, Skylar Astin, Beth Behrs, Erich Bergen, Nate Berkus, Stephanie J. Block, Matthew Broderick, Tituss Burgess, Norbert Leo Butz, Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Darren Criss, Gloria Estefan, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Harvey Fierstein, David Foster, Morgan Freeman, Neil Patrick Harris, Megan Hilty, Judith Light, Barry Manilow, Rob McClure, Audra McDonald, Katharine McPhee, Alan Menken, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O’Hara, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lauren Patten, Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Randy Rainbow, Andrew Rannells, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Lea Salonga, Miranda Sings, Jordin Sparks, Ben Vereen, Adrienne Warren, James Wesley and more!

Grammy Award® and two-time Emmy Award® winner John McDaniel, the original Music Director/Composer/Producer of The Rosie O’Donnell Show, will also return.

Stars In The House
Every Day, 2 pm ET and 8 pm ET

Benefit Concerts, The Actors Fund YouTube Channel

Virtually join SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, as they host Stars In The House, daily online mini-shows, featuring stars of stage and screen singing and performing live (from their homes!) to promote support for The Fund’s services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Upcoming stars include Iain Armitage, Sara Bareilles, Shoshana Bean, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Wayne Brady, Betty Buckley, Andréa Burns, Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, Norbert Leo Butz, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Carolee Carmello, Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Melissa Errico, Raul Esparza, Christopher Fitzgerald, Kathryn Gallagher, Ana Gasteyer, Mandy Gonzalez, Justin Guarini, Debbie Gravitte, James Monroe Iglehart, Rachel Bay Jones, Jeremy Jordan, Marc Kudish, Linda Lavin, Beth Leavel, Telly Leung, Beth Malone, Lesli Margherita, Idina Menzel, Varla Jean Merman, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Julia Murney, Rosie O’Donnell, Christine Pedi, Alice Ripley, Adam Pascal, Faith Prince, Keala Settle, Kate Shindle, Jennifer Simard, Elizabeth Stanley, Patrick Wilson, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Scott Wittman, and many more to be announced!

You can watch past concerts on our YouTube Channel too, including: Kelli O'Hara; Judy Kuhn; Lindsay Mendez and Ruthie Ann Miles; Marc Shaiman; Melissa Manchester and Terrence Mann; Anika Larsen, Tom Kitt, Jessie Mueller and John Tartaglia; and Keala Settle and Marc Shaiman.