Bring It, Broadway

Broadway’s own Tony Award nominee Jenn Colella and SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky will present an afternoon of song and laughter, “Bring It, Broadway,” on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 4 p.m. at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton.

Seth will host the concert and accompany Jenn on the piano. Like concerts Seth has given in New York City, London, Provincetown, Los Angeles and San Francisco, “Bring It, Broadway” will feature lots of show-stopping music and, instead of scripted patter, spontaneous interviews between songs, which makes every concert completely unique.

A Tony Award-nominated actress, singer and comedian, Jenn Colella is currently appearing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical “Suffs” that tells the story of the suffragists who fought for women’s right to vote. In her role as Carrie Chapman Catt, “Jenn Colella is phenomenal!” wrote the New York Stage Review. Jenn is also known for starring on Broadway in the musicals “Urban Cowboy”, “If/Then”, “High Fidelity” and for originating the role of pilot Captain Bass in the Tony Award-winning hit musical, “Come From Away,” for which she won the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Seth Rudetsky began his career as a musician for more than a dozen Broadway shows, including “Ragtime,” “Les Misérables,” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” While playing in the orchestras of Broadway at night, he became an Emmy-nominated comedy writer (“The Rosie O’Donnell Show”), a stand-up comic (voted New York’s Funniest Gay Male at Stand-Up NY) and an author. His most recent book, “Musical Theatre For Dummies,” went to Number One on Amazon and will be available for purchase at the concert. This year marks his 20th year as the host of SiriusXM radio’s “On Broadway,” where he interviews artists, gives them a platform to share entertaining stories and, of course, accompanies them on the piano.

This event is a fundraiser for Paradise City Dragon Boat, a nonprofit racing team of cancer survivors and supporters in Western Massachusetts www.paradisedragons.org.