City Theatre Presents SETH'S BIG FAT '70S SHOW, 10/25-28

After a popular appearance last fall, City Theatre welcomes back Seth Rudetsky with his brand new show, Seth's Big Fat '70s Show, a City Events special presentation featuring Rudetsky's celebrated, comic "deconstructions," now applied to 1970s variety and awards shows. Seth's Big Fat '70s Show runs in City Theatre's Hamburg Studio Theatre October 25-28, 2012.

Wildly entertaining SiriusXM Radio star Seth Rudetsky shifts his focus toward the over-the-top variety and awards shows of the 1970s. Ranging from the short-lived Brady Bunch Variety Hour to Liza Minelli and Donny and Marie, Seth revisits cringe-tastic moments from the grooviest decade to date.

Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon host on SiriusXM Radio's On Broadway as well as the host of Seth Speaks on SiriusXM Stars. As a pianist, Seth has played for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Ragtime, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera. He was the Artistic Producer/Music Director for the first five annual Actors Fund Fall Concerts including Dreamgirls with Audra MacDonald and Grammy nominated Hair with Jennifer Hudson. In 2007, he made his Broadway acting debut playing Sheldon in The Ritz for The Roundabout Theater. Off-Broadway, Rudetsky wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Rhapsody in Seth at the Actors Playhouse. Television appearances include Law & Order: Criminal Intent and All My Children. Rudetsky is the author of three books: Q Guide to Broadway, Broadway Nights, and My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan. He played himself on Kathy Griffin; My Life on the D-List, was the vocal coach on MTV's Legally Blonde reality show, and starred opposite Sutton Foster in They're Playing Our Song for the Actors Fund. Recently, he co-wrote and starred in Disaster! Rudetsky currently writes a weekly column on Playbill.com and tours the country doing master classes and performing his one-man shows.

Performance Schedule:

Thursday, October 25 at 8pm
Friday, October 26 at 8pm
Saturday, October 27 at 5:30 and 9pm
Sunday, October 28 at 2pm

City Theatre is located at 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, Penn. Tickets start at $35. Box Office: 412.431.CITY (2489) or www.citytheatrecompany.org. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discounts. Contact Kari Shaffer at 412.431.4400 x286 or kshaffer@citytheatrecompany.org. 

City Events is City Theatre's annual series of limited engagement special presentations.

City Theatre is now in its 38th season. Located on Pittsburgh's historic South Side, City Theatre specializes in contemporary and new plays and has brought to Pittsburgh playwrights such as Adam Rapp, Christopher Durang, Eric Simonson, and Jeffrey Hatcher. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Tracy Brigden, Managing Director Mark R. Power, and a 45-member Board of Directors, City Theatre's mission is to provide an artistic home for the development and production of contemporary plays of substance and ideas that engage and challenge a diverse audience.