The weekly live talkfest, which includes interviews and performances from Broadway stars, is held at 6 PM at the New York cabaret Don't Tell Mama. There is a $10 donation and a two-drink minimum. The donation goes directly to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization.
James Barbour portrays Officer Lockstock in the musical Urinetown at the Henry Miller Theatre. His other Broadway credits include Jane Eyre, Carousel, Beauty and the Beast and Cyrano. Off-Broadway he was seen in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Milk and Honey, and his regional credits include Back From Broadway, Enter the Guardsman, The Great God Brown and Adrift in Macao. Barbour's screen credits include "The District," "Just Shoot Me," "Sex and the City," "The Tell Tale Heart," "Waiting for Lefty" and "Twinkle Toes."
Creator and host of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, Seth Rudetsky has served as a pit pianist and/or conductor for such Broadway shows as 42nd Street, The Full Monty, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia! and The Producers. He also conceived the idea for the recent all-star Funny Girl concert to benefit the Actors Fund of America as well as last season's Dreamgirls anniversary concert. Rudetsky was a member of the comedy writing team for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" for two years, and his awards include the Duplex's Stars of Tomorrow, the Backstage Bistro and the Funniest Gay Male in New York. He is also the author and star of the one-man, GLAAD-nominated show Rhapsody in Seth, which recently reopened at the Actors Playhouse.
Don't Tell Mama is located in New York City on West 46th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Call (212) 757-0788 for reservations.