VARIETY: ‘RATATOUILLE’ MUSICAL RAISED $1.9 MILLION: HERE’S WHERE THE MONEY WILL GO

The rat really raked it in — for a good cause.

Inspired by social media and co-produced and co-created by Broadway pros including Lucy Moss (“Six”), Jeremy O. Harris (“Slave Play”), Tituss Burgess and Ashley Park, the digital presentation of “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” raised a total of $1.9 million for the Actors Fund.

The show was just one of several successful digital offerings in the last year that have benefited the Fund, which, thanks to a string of celeb-heavy online fundraisers including the ongoing “Stars in the House” series, has become one of the highest-profile and busiest charitable organizations supporting theater and entertainment workers during the pandemic. The $1.9 million from “Ratatouille” kicked off 2021 for an institution that, after revving into overdrive when COVID shut down the theater industry, reported an estimated $82.7 million in total support and revenue in 2020.

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