I'm lovin' Seth Rudetsky on XM/Sirius Broadway — Page 2

I also listen to Julie Jaymes (sp?). Is it just me or is her voice "robotic" sounding at times? That can be irritating.

Her hyper-enthusiastic gushing when interviewing is exasperating. "Oh Wow! Reaaaalllly? That is soooo cool!"

Excellent post Ruprecht...

I certainly get more than my Dr's recm'd daily allowance of Seth even when I don't have Sirius on!He's pretty much everywhere!! But I have to admit he's probably everything I wish I could be in certain aspects. He's a pit musician who LOVES Broadway theater. How many other pit musicians are as visible for positive reasons? Generally speaking, when you see us in the headlines it's because we are on strike because we are about to lose our jobs; Consistently over the years, we are portrayed in a negative light because everyone seems to think we are only good for two things; playing our instruments or filing for unemployment!!

I wish I felt like I was more part of the Broadway community or theater in general instead of being made to feel like the red headed stepchild sometimes. More power to Seth for putting musos in a more positive light.

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He's a gay cliche.

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Very true -- bring back John Von Soosten.

I have actually attended a recording of his show. It was last year. The guests we're Betty Buckley and these guys who all played string instruments. At a break, Chad Kimball whisked into the room and sat next to me. It was interesting to watch and a lot of fun.

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I'd be curious to know what the Broadway community thinks of him. He talks about his friendship with Audra McDonald. After all, he's probably the most fervent proponent of the Broadway community on the airwaves. Christine Pedi is lovely too.

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I agree. She gets obsessed with little things, but the broad picture (pardon the pun) tends to get lost.

Plus I'm still mad at Seth for the Santa Monica College/Patti LuPone disaster.

Heresy to say the way this thread is headed, but I wish there were MORE Seth during Seth's hours of broadcasting on XM. Sitting through 3, 4 or 5 boring old musical chestnuts in a row is tough without some commentary in between, when what I want MOST to hear are the backstories, the gossip, the behind-the-scenes tales Seth can share when he's at his best.

Two things could infinitely improve my listening enjoyment here: more songs from RARER shows played and talked about, and more RARE songs from the well-known shows. Would that be so hard?

And a couple words for Julie Jaymes while I'm at it -- please let your damn guests talk! It's THEM we want to hear, not you. Oy with the fake sharing-- just get out of their way and let them shine.

"his BS about the size of orchestras in revivals"

what is BS about this? I kinda despise the shrinking Orchestra. There are shows with such a small pit that I refuse to call them an orchestra and instead call it a band. Sunday in the Park at Studio 54 was embarassingly small, especially considering how awesome the staging was with the projections of the art in the first act

I've never listened to his Sirius XM show, but I used to listen to the Podcast form of his Playbill column "Onstage & Backstage." He could range from being very entertaining with hilarious anecdotes to very annoying with tireless self-promotion and such. I would still listen to the podcast though if it was still being recorded.

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Over the years I've found that Seth talks way too fast and because of that it can be very difficult to understand him. I'm usually exhausted after trying to decipher what he says.

Updated On: 9/8/14 at 03:06 PM

"what is BS about this? "

The fact that he won't shut the **** up about it, that's what!

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