Posts tagged The Actor's Fund
Episode 73: Emily Hampshire: Humpday With Hampshire

On this week’s show, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat with “Schitt’s Creek” star Emily Hampshire about her new online talk show “Humpday With Hampshire” that benefits the Actor’s Fund.  Together, they discuss Michelle Obama and Dolly Parton, Emily’s love of bitmojis, and what it was like saying goodbye to “Schitt’s Creek” before throwing some Broadway trivia Emily’s way.  At the top of the episode, Jamie, Jen, and Rob discuss their “quaRoutines” (spoiler alert: they involve sweatpants, yoga and M&M’s).

This week’s music: “Humpday with Hampshire Theme Song”, “Here You Come Again”, by Dolly Parton, “Maybe This Time” sung by Emily Hampshire, “Welcome To The Rock” from “Come From Away” and “On My Own” sung by Lea Solonga.

Episode 70: The Actors Fund

On a special episode, Jamie, Rob and Jennifer salute the Actors Fund with Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, whose “Stars in the House” has taken the internet by storm; Erich Bergen the brainchild behind the one night reboot of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”; and the one and only Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chairman of the Actors Fund. In this time of crisis, the Actors Fund is there for *everyone* in the entertainment industry.

This week’s music: “It’s Today” from “Mame”, “I Wouldn’t Go Back” from “Closer Than Ever”, “The Rosie O’Donnell Theme Show”, and Brian Stokes Mitchell singing “Make Them Hear You” from “Ragtime” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “What A Wonderful World” from his album “Brian Stokes Mitchell: Plays with Music”

DONATE: The Actors Fund

WATCH: Stars in the House

Episode 69: Rachel Chavkin: The Next Orpheus Is Gonna Make It

For their first “quarantine edition” episode, Jamie, Rob, and Jennifer chat remotely with Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin.  As we navigate through this difficult moment, Rachel reflects on what artists can do to help, talks about her latest work, and shares information on some organizations that are doing great things to support artists, theater-makers, and just about everyone else. To close, Rob talks about what you can do to support your favorite non-profit theatre company.

This week’s music: “Doubt Comes In” and “We Raise Our Cups” both from “Hadestown”, and “Megamix: Take Me To The World”, from “Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream”.