The Progress of Pride Spectacular is Playbill’s 2021 Virtual Spectacular that reflects upon and celebrates the history of Pride, while acknowledging the continued fight for Education, Equality, Equity, Visibility, and Diversity within the LGBTQIA+ Community.
The spectacular will incorporate clips from Playbill’s OUTtakes Series, with additional footage from historic NYC Pride Marches and celebrations, concluding with an incredible star-powered closing performance. The 60-minute celebration will air on Playbill.com and Playbill’s YouTube and benefits Heritage of Pride (Pride NYC).
The Progress of Pride is proudly supported by Nissan. The event is sponsored in part by MasterCard, GEICO, City National Bank, L'Oréal, Nordstrom, and Hyatt.
Date: June 26 at 8 PM
Hosted by
Lea DeLaria
with
Helen Sung on piano
Dylan Shamat on bass
Featuring:
BD Wong
L Morgan Lee
Alex Newell
Cherie B. Tay
and the storytellers from OUTtakes
Special appearances by Blake Hammond, Brad Bradley, Christine Dwyer, Claybourne Elder, Eric Ulloa, Harvey Fierstein, J. Cameron Barnett, Jenn Colella, Jerry Mitchell, Kathryn Gallagher, Mars Rucker, Nathan Lee Graham and Vishal Vaidya.
Flip through the exclusive Progress of Pride digital Playbill program:
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