Rosie O'Donnell Joins Broadway at Nourse Concert Series

On Tuesday, March 15, Rosie O'Donnell joins this season's lineup of the acclaimed Broadway @ The Nourse concert series in San Francisco, a concert series benefiting San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Open Hand and the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Hosted by Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky, whom the New York Times dubbed "The Mayor of Broadway," the popular series returns after kicking off the 2015/16 season at The Nourse Theater with "Glee" star Darren Criss this past fall.�

What differentiates this concert series from any other is the seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway's biggest stars -- prompted by the encyclopedic-minded Rudetsky's probing, funny, revealing questions -- and their stellar singing of musical theatre repertoire. And in O'Donnell's case, those revealing questions from Rudetsky are all but guaranteed to include several on the topic of Republican front-runner Donald Trump. �Rudetsky will be appearing with O'Donnell on his night off from his new Broadway musical "Disaster!" which begins performances next month. �

O'Donnell's stage credits include the Broadway productions of "Grease," "Seussical," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Love, Loss and What I Wore" and the Encores! production of "No, No, Nanette." In addition to her acclaimed stand-up comedy and film careers, she is perhaps best known on television as the host and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award winning talk/variety series "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," and more recently for her return to daytime television as co-host of ABC's "The View."

On the big screen, O'Donnell has starred in "A League of Their Own," "Sleepless in Seattle," "Another Stakeout," "The Flintstones," "Exit To Eden," "Now and Then," "Beautiful Girls," "Harriet the Spy," and "Wide Awake." She can currently be seen in her recurring role as Rita Henricks on ABC Family's "The Fosters."

As a tireless crusader for children, she established the Rosie's For All Kids Foundation, which has awarded more than $27 million dollars in grants to over 1,400 child-related non-profit organizations to benefit low income families across the country. Rosie's Theater Kids provides free in-school, after-school and summer instruction in musical theater to the public school children of New York. Recently, O'Donnell received a milestone in philanthropy when she was awarded the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 2014 Tony Awards for her dedication, commitment and unconditional generosity towards arts education and New York City's public schools.

Seth Rudetsky, the series curator, has hosted the Broadway Series at Parker Playhouse for the previous two seasons. He has played piano for over a dozen Broadway shows including "Ragtime," "Les Miserables" and "Phantom of the Opera" and is the man behind SethTV, his web-based entertainment network. As a comic, Rudetsky was awarded "Funniest Gay Male in NY" at Stand-Up NY and is a three-time Emmy nominee as a writer for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." He co-wrote and stars the new musical "Disaster!" now on Broadway.

Mark Cortale (Artist Manager & Producer) is the Producing Artistic Director at The Art House in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In his inaugural season in 2011, he founded the Broadway @ The Art House series featuring Seth Rudetsky as host and pianist, and added the Broadway @ Town Hall series there in 2014. The artists he has presented on the series to-date have included some of the entertainment world's biggest stars, including Neil Patrick Harris, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie O'Donnell, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Vanessa Williams, among many others.�

The Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans @ NOCCA, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally and in London's West End with Patti LuPone at the Leicester Square Theater. In 2014-15 the series travelled to Santa Monica @ The Broad Stage, New Orleans @ The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Fort Lauderdale @ The Parker Playhouse, San Francisco @ The Nourse Theatre, Dallas @ The Dallas Theater Center, and in Detroit @ The Berman Center for the Performing Arts. This past October it launched in Philadelphia @ The Kimmel Center.�

The Broadway @ The Nourse concert series will benefit San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Open Hand, and San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. �

Rosie O'Donnell featuring Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, �March 15 at The Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street in San Francisco, CA 94117.

For information or tickets, call 415-392-4400 or visit www.cityboxoffice.com/broadway