@ratatousicalthemusical/@e jaccs/TikTok Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical earned over $1 million in ticket sales from its virtual New Year s Day stream, according to The Hollywood Reporter and a tweet from the production s official Twitter account.
What started as a TikTok trend became a Broadway-scale online production featuring Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-nominated performers like Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, André De Shields, and Ashley Park.
Some proceeds from the virtual performance, also known as the Ratatousical, will go to The Actors Fund, a charity that supports performers and other entertainment workers who have been hit hard by theater closures during the coronavirus pandemic.
A standout moment of the 2007 movie “Ratatouille,” about a rat who teams with a human to achieve his culinary dreams, comes when cynical restaurant critic Anton Ego is served the titular food. Though he’s initially confused by the offering in a former five-star eatery one chef calls the humble plate of stewed vegetables “a peasant dish”
the first bite transports the critic back to his childhood, and he unabashedly gobbles the rest of it up in glee.
I had the same, pleasantly surprised reaction while watching
“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical,” a virtual proof-of-concept concert among TikTok users and Broadway creatives that benefits the Actors Fund and is funded in part by Lowe’s. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
Ratatouille musical event raises $1M for Actors Fund
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Tituss Burgess starred in Friday s one-night-only, virtual performance of Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
Andre De Shields, winner of the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Hadestown, at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards in 2019 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Ashley Park arrives on the red carpet at the 2018 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees Press Junket in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 2 (UPI) The one-night-only virtual performance of
The delightful Ratatouille TikTok musical has already sold more than $1 million in tickets
This is an excellent way to start 2021
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The TikTok
Ratatouille musical aka the
Ratatousical debuted online on New Year’s Day and has already sold more than $1 million in tickets, in quite the feel-good start to 2021. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit The Actors Fund, which supports performers and workers in the entertainment industry.
You did it! You raised over $1 million to benefit @TheActorsFund! But we aren’t done yet. Tickets are still on sale all weekend long on @TodayTix.https://t.co/3YxozrE7Hdpic.twitter.com/QqUu6uzM0D Ratatouille Musical (@ratatousical) January 2, 2021