Broadway BaresCheck Out These Photos Celebrating 3 Decades of Broadway BaresLook back at highlights of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraiser, which will be virtual (again) June 20.
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Marc J. Franklin
June 06, 2021
"Ground Crew"
Billy Bustamante
As previously announced, Broadway Bares is set to go virtual June 20. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the event will be available to stream for free on Playbill and at BroadwayCares.org.
Though the stream is free, donations are welcome. Every dollar donated will help those across the country affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and other critical illnesses as well as those in need of healthy meals, lifesaving medication, emergency financial assistance, housing, counseling, and more.
Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, then a Broadway dancer, as a way to raise awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS. In its first year, Mitchell and six of his friends danced at a New York City bar and raised $8,000. Since then, Broadway Bares has raised more than $21.8 million.
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Celebrating 30 Years of Broadway Bares
Celebrating 30 Years of Broadway Bares
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Broadway Bares 1992
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Club USA (1993)
Broadway Bares 1996
Idina Menzel, 2001
Julia Murney, 2002
Eartha Kitt, 2003
Jane Krakowski, 2003
Jerry Mitchell and Jodi Moccia (2004)
Cheyenne Jackson, Christina Applegate, Angie Schworer, and Christopher Sieber, 2005
Cyndi Lauper, 2006
Marissa Jaret Winokur, 2006
Daphne Rubin-Vega, 2007
Charles Busch, 2008
Andrea Martin and Nathan Lane, 2008
Broadway Bares 2008
Broadway Bares 2009
Broadway Bares 2009
Allison Janney, 2009
Broadway Bares 2009
Norm Lewis, 2009
Lucy Liu and Reichen Lehmkuhl, 2010
Vanessa Williams and Kristin Chenoweth, 2010
Beth Leavel, 2011
Nikka Graff Lanzarone, 2011
Patina Miller, 2011
Miriam Shor, Kyle Dean Massey and cast, 2012
The cast, 2012
Jerry Mitchell and Judith Light (2012)
Jerry Mitchell and Judith Light (2013)
Lady Bunny and cast, 2012
Christopher Sieber, 2013
Billy Porter, 2013
Broadway Bares 2013
Eric LaJuan Summers and Charl Brown, 2013
Ben Ryan and Billy Porter, 2013
Broadway Bares 2014
Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, 2014
A tribute to Janet Jackson
A tribute to Elvis
Andy Karl, Lesli Margherita and Patrick Page
A tribute to Tina Turner
Brandon Rubendall and Cast of Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
Broadway Bares: Twerk from Homeis directed by Mitchell with co-directors Laya Barak and Nick Kenkel. Over 170 dancers have signed on to perform for the event, which will feature choreography by Barak, Kenkel, John Alix, Al Blackstone, Frank Boccia, Karla Garcia, Jonathan Lee, Ray Mercer, Dylan Pearce, Jenn Rose, Luis Salgado, Michael Lee Scott, Gabriella Sorretino, Kellen Stancil, Rickey Tripp, and James Alonzo White.
“Being back with the Broadway Bares family to create Twerk from Home has been an incredible reminder of how beautiful our theatre community is, both inside and out,” Mitchell upon the show's announcement. “Creating one more virtual edition of our beloved celebration in safe environments reinforces our belief that the best way to take care of ourselves is to take care of each other. We’ll be back in person in 2022 to celebrate Bares’ 30th birthday. Until then, let’s Twerk from Home!”
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