# Stars in the House

Stars in the House is a daily live streamed web series created and hosted by Seth Rudetsky and his husband James Wesley to support The Actors Fund and its services. Created in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Stars in the House debuted in March 2020.
Stars in the House is a combination of music, community, and education (from CBS Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook). Originally airing twice daily (at Broadway showtimes, 2 PM and 8 PM), it now streams daily at 8 PM ET across multiple platforms, including YouTube. The show features musical performances by stars remotely from their home and conversations with Seth and James between each tune. Viewers can also donate to the charity and interact with guests in real time. Stars in the House raised over $50,000 in the first four days of airing and plans to stream daily until Broadway re-opens. They have raised a total of $1,074,395 as of September 12, 2021.
As of March 8, 2021, they have also raised $203,337 for other 501c3s including The Trevor Project, You Gotta Believe, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Cats4CovidRelief, Broadway at CBST, Greater Orlando Performing Arts Relief, Cancer Support Community, New York Gay Men's Chorus, Youth Pride Chorus, Tonewall, Bullets to Books, and Waterkeeper Alliance.

## Development

On March 12, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enacted new restrictions to try to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, which at the time had already infected nearly 100 people. One of the restrictions was banning most gatherings of more than 500 people, which included all Broadway theaters. Quickly after, states like California and Illinois enacted similar guidelines. With thousands of actors instantly out of work and stuck at home, Rudetsky and Wesley came up with the idea as a way to both raise spirits and help those suffering.
The first show aired on Monday, March 16, with Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara.

## Episodes

A complete list of archived episodes is available on The Actor's Fund's YouTube channel.
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 376 | 376 | March 16, 2020 (2020-03-16) | March 13, 2021 (2021-03-13) |
| 2 | TBA | TBA | March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14) | TBA |

## Segments
### "Plays in the House"

Plays in the House are special episodes of Stars in the House, one-night only live readings of plays featuring the original performers. Plays in the House streams every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm EST, Broadway's standard matinee time.
| Play | Playwright(s) | Performer(s) |
| The Heidi Chronicles | Wendy Wasserstein | Joan Allen, Cynthia Nixon, Peter Friedman, Boyd Gaines, Ellen Parker, Joanne Camp, Anne Lange and Drew McVety |
| The Tales of the Allergist's Wife | Charles Busch | Faith Prince, Andrea Martin, and Richard Kind |
| Fully Committed | Becky Mode | Mark Setlock |
| Fuddy Mears | David Lindsay-Abaire | J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Stanton, Keith Nobbs, Patrick Breen, Marylouise Burke, Mark McKinney, and Lisa Gorlitsky |
| The Divine Sister | Charles Busch | Alison Fraser, Julie Halston, Amy Rutberg, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Jonathan Walker |
| Bakersfield Mist | Stephen Sachs | Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub |
| The Little Doug Laughed | Douglas Carter Beane | Julie White, Johnny Galecki, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Neal Huff |
| Arms & the Man | George Bernard Shaw | Christian Conn, Daniel Davis, Alison Fraser, Tom Hewitt, Ismenia Mendes, Lauren Molina, and Phillipa Soo |
| Motherhood Out Loud | Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein | Jayne Atkinson, Andréa Burns, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Michel Gill, Justin Guarini, and Jane Kaczmarek |
| Candida | George Bernard Shaw | Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Andréa Burns, Santino Fontana, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Benjamin Washington, David Staller |
| All in the Timing | David Ives | Nancy Opel and Robert Stanton |
| Free Speech | Gilbert L. Bailey ll, Nova Y. Payton, Ann Harada, Gabriel Brown, Orville Mendoza, Andréa Burns, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Jason Veasey, Pearl Sun, Antuan Magic Raimone, Nikky Walks, Awa Sal Secka, Samy Figaredo, Ines Nassara | Gilbert L. Bailey ll, Nova Y. Payton, Ann Harada, Gabriel Brown, Orville Mendoza, Andréa Burns, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Jason Veasey, Pearl Sun, Antuan Magic Raimone, Nikky Walks, Awa Sal Secka, Samy Figaredo, Ines Nassara |
| Blithe Spirit | Noël Coward | Merle Dandride, Angel Desai, Montego Glover, William Jackson Harper, Kendyl Ito, Thom Sesma and Leslie Uggams |
| Free Speech Volume 2 | Devanand Jenki, Janelle Lawrence, James Edward Alexander, Valerie David, Nandita Shenoy, Riki Stevens, Bil Wright, Awa Sal Secka | Devanand Jenki, Janelle Lawrence, James Edward Alexander, Valerie David, Nandita Shenoy, Riki Stevens, Bil Wright, Awa Sal Secka |
| Macbeth | William Shakespeare | André De Shields, Donna Bullock, Rachel Crowl, Sherman Howard, Maurics Jones, Ty Jones, Linda Kenyon |
| Free Speech Volume 3 | Peter Flynn, Lauryn Hobbs, Elliot Johnson, Dai Thompson, Mukta Phatak, Kalonjee Gallimore, Daja M. Rice, Naima Alakham, Brittany-Laurelle, Janelle Clayton, Jonathan Duvelson, Ronnita Freeman, Ashley Hurd, Elliot Johnson, Jonah Nash, Tavia Riveé, Grace Rivera, Vanessa Sierra, Justin Sudderth, Welinton Vallejo, Jasón Wells, Adrienne Witt | Peter Flynn, Lauryn Hobbs, Elliot Johnson, Dai Thompson, Mukta Phatak, Kalonjee Gallimore, Daja M. Rice, Naima Alakham, Brittany-Laurelle, Janelle Clayton, Jonathan Duvelson, Ronnita Freeman, Ashley Hurd, Elliot Johnson, Jonah Nash, Tavia Riveé, Grace Rivera, Vanessa Sierra, Justin Sudderth, Welinton Vallejo, Jasón Wells, Adrienne Witt |
| Beautiful Thing | Jonathan Harvey | Natalie Toro, Kennedy Kanagawa, Cheech Manohar, Kuhoo Verma and Jason Veasey |
| Die, Mommie, Die! | Charles Busch | Charles Busch, Jennifer Cody, Brandon Contreras, Willie Garson, Ruth Williamson, BD Wong |
| Misalliance | George Bernard Shaw | Marc DelaCruz, Dan Dominguez, Midori Francis, Peter Francis James, Teresa Avia Lim, Jamie Sanders, Thom Sesma, Ryan Spahn and Sharon Washington, David Staller |
| Stick Fly | Lydia R. Diamond | Jelani Alladin, Caroline Innerbichler, Keith Randolph Smith, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, Daniel J. Watts and Renika Williams |
| Caesar & Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw | Jeff Applegate, Rajesh Bose, Brenda Braxton, Robert Cuccioli, Dan Dominguez, Jonathan Hadley, Mirirai Sithole |

### Television cast reunions

| Show | Guests |
| Taxi | Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Carol Kane |
| This Is Us | Chris Sullivan, Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore, Ken Olin, and Susan Kelechi Watson |
| Frasier | Kelsey Grammer, Peri Gilpin, David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves, Dan Butler, Bebe Neuwirth and Joe Keenan |
| Barry | Henry Winkler, D'Arcy Carden, Sarah Goldberg, Stephen Root, and Anthony Carrigan |
| Young Sheldon | Iain Armitage, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Annie Potts, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord |
| Jessie | Debby Ryan, Peyton List, Skai Jackson, Karan Brar, Carolyn Hennesy, and Kevin Chamberlin |
| Jesus Christ Superstar Live! | Brandon Victor Dixon, Alice Cooper, Jason Tam, and Norm Lewis |
| Desperate Housewives | Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Dana Delany, Vanessa Williams, Brenda Strong, and Harriet Harris |
| Glee | Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, and Jenna Ushkowitz |
| SCTV | Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and Andrea Martin |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Skylar Astin, Peter Gallagher, Lauren Graham, Jane Levy, Alex Newell, Mary Steenburgen, John Clarence Stewart and Mandy Moore |
| Difficult People | Julie Klausner, Andrea Martin, Billy Eichner, James Urbaniak, Gabourey Sidibe, Derrick Baskin, Shakina Nayfack and Cole Escola |
| One Day at a Time | Marg Helgenberger, Dana Delany, Robert Picardo, Jeff Kober, Nancy Giles, Concetta Tomei, Michael Boatman, Valerie Bertinelli, Mackenzie Phillips, Glenn Scarpelli, Michael Lembeck, Norman Lear and Patricia Fass Palmer |
| Dallas | Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton and Steve Kanaly |
| Melrose Place | Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Marcia Cross, Laura Leighton, Heather Locklear, Doug Savant, Grant Show, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Daphne Zuniga |
| Hollywood | David Corenswet, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Jeremy Pope, Mira Sorvino, Holland Taylor and Samara Weaving |
| White Collar | Sharif Akins, Matt Bomer, Hilarie Burton, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen and Marsha Thomason |
| Caroline in the City | Lea Thompson, Malcolm Gets, Amy Pietz, Eric Lutes, Andy Lauer, John Mariano, Tom LaGrua, Jason Workman and Marco Pennette |
| The Flash | Tom Cavanagh, Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Nicolet, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Hartley Sawyer and Carlos Valdes |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan and Garrett Wang |
| Dr. Ken | Ken Jeong, Suzy Nakamura, Dave Foley, Jonathan Slavin, Tisha Campbell, Krista Marie Yu, Dana Lee and Albert Tsai |
| 30 Rock | Tina Fey, Scott Adsit, Jane Krakowski, Maulik Pancholy, Keith Powell and Jeff Richmond |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Skylar Astin, Rachel Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, Scott Michael Foster, Pete Gardner, David Hull, Vella Lovell, Vincent Rodriguez III, Gabrielle Ruiz, Aline Brosh McKenna, Kat Burns, Jack Dolgen, Lucy Duckworth, Vinnie Rodriguez, Michael McMillan, Burl Moseley, Erick Lopez, Clark Moore, Vella Lovell, Danny Jolles and Esther Povitsky |
| The Comeback | Lisa Kudrow, Michael Patrick King, Dan Bucatinsky, Lance Barber, Laura Silverman and Damian Young |
| Scandal | Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Jeff Perry, Kate Burton, Dan Bucatinsky, Norm Lewis, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Díaz, Cornelius Smith, George Newbern, Joe Morton, Tom Verica, Scott Foley and Josh Malina |
| L.A. Law | Michele Greene, Alan Rachins, Harry Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen, Susan Dey, Blair Underwood and Jimmy Smits |
| Fame | Valarie Landsburg, Cynthia Gibb, Michael Cerveris, Lee Curreri, Loretta Chandler, Erica Gimpel, Jesse Borrego, PR Paul and Debbie Allen |
| Knots Landing | Michele Lee, Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Ted Shackelford and David Jacobs |
| Family Ties | Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall, Marc Price and Scott Valentine |
| The Waltons | Richard Thomas, Michael Learned, Judy Norton, Eric Scott and Kami Cotler |
| Star Search | Michael Berresse, Scott Fowler, Marty Thomas, Penny Mealing, Rosie O'Donnell and Sam Harris |
| Grey's Anatomy | Chandra Wilson, Jim Pickens, Kim Raver, Kevin McKidd, Kelly McCreary, Anthony Hill, Camilla Luddington, Chris Carmack, Greg Germann, Richard Flood, Jake Borelli and Jessica Capshaw |
| The Love Boat | Gavin MacLeod, Fred Gandy, Ted Lange, Bernie Kopell, Lauren Tewes, Jill Whelan, Charo Jones and Jack Jones |
| The West Wing | Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Melissa Fitzgerald, Alan Alda, Jimmy Smits, Richard Schiff and Mary McCormack |
| Little House on the Prairie | Melissa Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Matthew Labyorteaux, Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler |
| Thirtysomething | Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton, Melanie Mayron, Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig |
| Cagney & Lacey | Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Martin Kove and Barney Rosenzweig |
| ER | George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Anthony Edwards, Alex Kingston, Goran Višnjić, Ming-Na Wen, Laura Cerón, Yvette Freeman, Conni Marie Brazelton, CCH Pounder |
| Punky Brewster (2021) | Soleil Moon Frye, Cherie Johnson, Ami Foster, Casey Ellison, T.K. Carter |
| Futurama | David X. Cohen, David Herman, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom |
| Kate & Allie | Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Frederick Koehler, Allison Smith, Ari Meyers and Bill Persky |

### Film cast reunions

| Film | Guests |
| The Goodbye Girl | Quinn Cummings, Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason |
| Night at the Museum | Hank Azaria, Bill Cobbs, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Carla Gugino, Shawn Levy, Mizuo Peck, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson |
| The Kids are All Right | Annette Bening, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Lisa Cholodenko and Gary Gilbert |
| Camp | Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Sasha Allen, Tiffany Taylor, Steven Cutts, Tony Melson, Leslie Frye and Vince Rimoldi |
| Hercules | Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Jon LaPook, Susan Egan, Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito and Roger Bart |

### Musical cast reunions

| Show | Guests |
| A Chorus Line | Kay Cole, Ronald Dennis, Patrica Garland, Nancy Lane, Baayork Lee, Robert LuPone, Donna McKechnie and Don Percassi |
| Beetlejuice | Alex Brightman, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, David Josefsberg, Leslie Kritzer, Will Blum, and Presley Ryan |
| Cats | Betty Buckley, Charlotte d'Amboise, Donna King, Terrence Mann and Ken Page |
| City of Angels | Gregg Edelman, Randy Graff, Dee Hoty, Kay McClelland, James Naughton, Rachel York and David Zippel |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Gabrielle Carrubba, Jordan Fisher, Michael Greif, Steven Levenson, Christiane Noll and Jessica Phillips |
| Fun Home | Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs |
| Les Misérables | John Caird, Anthony Crivello, Randy Graff, Judy Kuhn, Michael Maguire, Terrence Mann, Trevor Nunn and Frances Ruffelle |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Sierra Boggess, Patti Cohenour, Ali Ewoldt, Ramin Karimloo, Norm Lewis, Rebecca Luker, Howard McGillin, Hugh Panaro and Gay Willis |
| Urinetown | Hunter Foster, Spencer Kayden, Jeff McCarthy, Nancy Opel and Jennifer Laura Thompson |
| Cry Baby | Harriet Harris, Christopher Hanke, Chester Gregory, James Snyder, Elizabeth Stanley and Alli Mauzey |
| Avenue Q | Jordan Gelber, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jennifer Barnhart, John Tartaglia, Lillias White, Ann Haada and Rick Lyon |
| Freestyle Love Supreme | Arthur Lewis, Kaila Mullady, Aneesa Folds, Andrew Bancroft, Anthony Veneziale, Tarik R. Davis and Chris Sullivan |
| Newsies | Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Aisha de Haas and Ben Fankhauser |
| Jon & Jen | Carolee Carmelo, James Ludwig, Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald |
| Carrie | Betty Buckley, Lawrence D. Cohen, Charlotte d'Amboise, Michael Gore, Linzi Hateley, Dean Pitchford and Sally Ann Triplett |
| Pippin | Charlotte d'Amboise, Rachel Bay Jones, Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Matthew James Thomas |
| Smokey Joe's Cafe | Brenda Braxton, Ken Hanson, Adrian Bailey, Frederick Owens, Ken Ard, Deedee Lively, Bob Torti and Deb Lyons |
| Curtains | Kai Tsurumaki, Rupert Holmes, Scott Ellis, Edward Hibbert, David Loud, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk and Karen Ziemba |
| Flower Drum Song | Jose Llana, Baayork Lee, Alvin Ing and David Henry Hwang |
| Be More Chill | Ella Gantman, Joe Iconis, George Salazar, Will Roland, Jason Tam, Tiffany Mann, Britton Smith, Lauren Marcus, Katlyn Carlson, Gerard Canonico, Cameron Bond, Jason Sweetooth, Troy Iwata, Talia Suskauer, Joel Waggoner and Stephanie Hsu |
| Mamma Mia! | Kennedy Mattes, Judy Kaye, Karen Mason, Louise Pitre and Tina Maddigan |
| Next to Normal | Louis Hobson, Adam Chanler-Berat, Bobby Spencer, Alice Ripley, Aaron Tveit and Jennifer Damiano |
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Lilia Scudamore, Dan Fogler, Deborah S. Craig, Sarah Saltzberg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jose Llana, Lisa Howard, Derrick Baskin, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jay Reiss |
| Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Faith Prince, Debbie Gravitte, MaryAnn Lamb, Susann Fletcher, JoAnn M. Hunter, Charlotte d'Amboise, Jason Alexander, Scott Frankel, Michael Kubala, Robert LaFosse, Paul Gemignani, Jerry Mitchell, Tom Robbins and Scott Wise |
| Sweeney Todd | Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Sarah Rice and Ken Jennings |
| Fidler Afn Dakh | Joel Grey, Samantha Hahn, Steven Skybell, and Rachel Zatcoff |
| Bandstand | Laura Osnes, Joey Pero, Beth Leavel and Corey Cott |
| Elegies | Bill Russell, Janet Hood, Marisha Wallace, Justin Ross Cohen, J. Harrison Ghee, Jayne Houdyshell, Vicki Lewis and Robin Lord Taylor |
| Seussical | Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Michele Pawk, Janine LaManna, Anthony Hall, Sharon Wilkins and Kevin Chamberlin |
| Baby | Liz Callaway, Richard Maltby Jr., David Shire, Todd Graff, Beth Fowler, Catherine Cox, and Martin Vidnovic |
| Floyd Collins | Jason Danieley, Chris Innvar, Martin Moran, Theresa McCarthy, Cass Morgan, Jesse Lenat, Tina Landau and Adam Guettel |
| Ragtime | Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Peter Friedman, Mark Jacoby, Judy Kaye, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Steven Sutcliffe |
| Rock of Ages | Kerry Butler, Constantine Maroulis, Adam Dannheisser and Frankie Grande |
| Cougar: The Musical | Brenda Braxton, Dustin Cross, Donna Moore, Marry Mossberg and Babara Winn |
| Assassins | Michael Cerveris, Greg Germann, Annie Golden, Terrence Mann, Debra Monk, Anne L. Nathan, Lee Wilkof and Jerry Zaks |
| The Producers | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Cady Huffman, Brad Oscar, Susan Stroman and Mel Brooks |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Donna Murphy, Judy Kuhn, Patti Cohenour, Betty Buckley, Rupert Holmes, Howard McGillin and John Herrera |
| Cinderella | Peter Bartlett, Victoria Clark, Santino Fontana, Ann Harada, Harriet Harris, Laura Osnes and Phumzile Sojola |
| Anastasia | Christy Altomare, Derek Klena, Max von Essen, Mary Beth Peil, John Bolton, Caroline O'Connor |
| Motown | Charl Brown |
| Annie | Andrea McArdle, Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Godspell | Stephen Schwartz and the players: Bob Garrett, Peggy Gordon, Joanne Jonas, Gilmer McCormick, Don Scardino, Mark Planner and George Salazar (Broadway revival) |
| Here Lies Love | Ruthie Ann Miles, Conrad Ricamora, Joshua Dela Cruz, etc. |
| Dreamgirls Benefit Concert | Audra McDonald, Lillias White, Heather Headley, Darius DeHaas, Tamara Tunie, Brenda Braxton |
| The Light in the Piazza | Matthew Morrison, Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, etc. |
| Guys and Dolls | Nathan Lane, Faith Prince, Walter Bobbie, Peter Gallagher, Ruth Williamson, Josie de Guzman, Jerry Zaks |
| Sunday in the Park with George | Bernadette Peters and James Lapine |
| Fosse | Doug Besterman, Andy Blankenbuehler, Marc Calamia, Parker Esse, Mary Ann Lamb, Lainie Sakakura and Sergio Trujillo |
| Merrily We Roll Along | Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Jason Alexander, Ann Morisson |

### Broadway Memorabilia Auction

In addition to direct donations made to The Actor's Fund, viewers can also contribute by bidding on memorabilia donated directly from the stars themselves. Items have included Tina Fey's old headshot, Betty Buckley's original wig from Cats, and a gown worn by Kristin Chenoweth.