Seth Rudetsky will join the cast of The Dog Show: Come. Sit. Stay. at the Triad Theater for four performances in November, covering the evenings when Jordan Matthew Brown is away.
Rudetsky is in the show on Tuesday, November 3 and Wednesday, November 4, then again on Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25. Brown, one of the comedy’s four regular performers, misses those four evenings because of prior commitments.
Rudetsky is the afternoon host on SiriusXM’s Broadway channel, where he also presents Seth Speaks. He spent many years in Broadway pits as a pianist and conductor, on Ragtime, Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera among others, and wrote comedy for The Rosie O’Donnell Show, sharing three Emmy nominations with his fellow writers. He co-wrote and starred in the Broadway musical Disaster!, and his stage credits also include The Ritz.
He joins Gizel Jiménez, Angela Reed and A.J. Shively in the company. The play is by David Javerbaum, the 13-time Emmy winner and two-time Grammy winner who was head writer and an executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and wrote the Broadway comedy An Act of God. It is built from monologues spoken by dogs, on baths, car windows, police work and the matter of greeting another dog from behind.
Richard Israel directs. Mark F. Kaplan produces through 30 Minutes From Broadway Entertainment, in association with Julius Gaudio. Casting is by Stephanie Klapper of Stephanie Klapper Casting, and Aidan Cleary and Labhaoise Magee of Fair Play Productions are the general managers.
News From Broadway reported the show’s first announcement, its casting and the first production photos.
The Triad Theater is at 158 West 72nd Street. Tickets are $49–$99, and the full performance schedule is on the production’s website.
