Radio and TV host, music director and Playbill.com writer Seth Rudetsky first went public with the news Aug. 4, sharing a photo of a pregnant Block on Twitter.
Breaking news!!!
@StephanieJBlock 4 months to go til
#BabySebOrSteph
pic.twitter.com/eTJflXkFhp
— SethRudetsky (@SethRudetsky)
August 4, 2014
Block later took to her own Twitter account to confirm the happy news.
Thank you for all the love!!
@sebarcelus and I are so touched by the wave of excitement & kindness. We really are so thrilled!
#babyarcelus
— Stephanie J. Block (@StephanieJBlock)
August 5, 2014
Hey guys, not due in 4 months. It's all lies when "they" say pregnancy is 9 months.
#40weeks
#almosthalfwaythere
— Stephanie J. Block (@StephanieJBlock)
August 5, 2014
Following the news, Arcelus also took to Twitter to express his thanks for the well wishes.
This lady. Everything. Thanks for all of your warm wishes!!!
@StephanieJBlock and I are over the moon.
pic.twitter.com/G9qTbQF3Kb
— Sebastian Arcelus (@SebArcelus)
August 5, 2014
Block has performed in Little Miss Sunshine, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, 9 to 5, The Pirate Queen, The Boy From Oz and Wicked. Arcelus, who also appears in "House of Cards," has been seen on Broadway in A Time to Kill, Elf, Jersey Boys, Good Vibrations, Wicked and Rent. Block and Arcelus, who met while appearing in Wicked, were married in 2007.
