Tony Winners Myles Frost, Hugh Jackman, More to Join 24th Annual Broadway Barks | Playbill

Broadway Cares Tony Winners Myles Frost, Hugh Jackman, More to Join 24th Annual Broadway Barks

Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster, the July 9 pet adoption event will be the first held in person since the pandemic.

Myles Frost and Hugh Jackman

A host of Broadway favorites have been announced to appear at the 24th annual Broadway Barks July 9. Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster will host the cat and dog adoptathon, the first in-person event for the annual offering since the pandemic.

Joining Peters and Foster will be Shoshana Bean, Jewelle Blackman, Alex Brightman, Kerry Butler, Bobby Conte, John Dossett, Claybourne Elder, Myles Frost, Jared Goldsmith, Randy Graff, Tamar Greene, Shuler Hensley, Antwayn Hopper, Jayne Houdyshell, Hugh Jackman, James Jackson Jr., Ramin Karimloo, Eddie Korbich, John-Michael Lyles, Jane Lynch, Jefferson Mays, Marie Mullen, Abby Mueller, Donna Murphy, Suzy Nakamura, Randy Rainbow, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard, Talia Suskauer, Jason Veasey, and Julie White.

Co-founded by Peters and the late Mary Tyler Moore, the event unites Broadway luminaries with ASPCA, leveraging their star power to find loving homes for animals in need from participating NYC-area shelters, including Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniels Rescue Inc, Adopt A Boxer Rescue, AdvoCat Rescue, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Animal Care & Control (ACC), Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Bide-a-wee, Bobbi and the Strays, City Critters, Francis’s Friends Inc., The Humane Society of New York, Husky House, Linda’s Cat Assistance, Little Shelter, Long Island Bulldog, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue, Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League Inc, Pet ResQ Inc., SaveKitty Foundation, SPCA of Westchester, Urban Cat League, Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue, and 1 Love 4 Animals.

More than 2,000 cats and dogs have been featured in the annual event, and approximately 85% have found forever homes. The event, produced by Broadway Cares, will take place in Shubert Alley, located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and 8th Avenue. The event, free and open to the public, begins at 3 PM and celebrity presentations will be made from 5–6:30 PM

For more information about adopting a pet, visit BroadwayBarks.org.

 
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