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News Wopat, DeLaria & Cumming BC/EFA's Broadway Bares IX Set for May 23 Broadway's shapeliest bods will shed their sequins, fur, and rags once again on May 23, when Broadway Bares IX moves to Manhattan's spacious Roseland Ballroom. Directed by Jerry Mitchell, there will be two presentations, at 9:30 and midnight.

Broadway's shapeliest bods will shed their sequins, fur, and rags once again on May 23, when Broadway Bares IX moves to Manhattan's spacious Roseland Ballroom. Directed by Jerry Mitchell, there will be two presentations, at 9:30 and midnight.

Celeb participants at the event include Lea DeLaria (On The Town), drag star Lypsinka and Alan Cumming (Cabaret). Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun) will make a special appearance at the 9:30 show.

The annual event, in which scantily clad chorus members of current Broadway and Off-Broadway shows dance and perform bawdy, burlesque- style comedy, raised a record $154,000 last year for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. BC/EFA, which been fundraising for the fight against AIDS/HIV since October 1987, has already raised more than $38 million for the cause.

This year's pre-millennial line-up has a "year in revue" theme, with a "strip of the month" series of production numbers (e.g., "Back-To-School" and "Halloween").

Broadway Bares VIII featured 130 dancers from 15 different shows, including Cabaret, Cats, Chicago, Miss Saigon, Ragtime, and The Lion King. It was subtitled "Peep Show," and gave a nod to the world of Mother Goose.Sandra Bernhard hosted. For tickets ($35 and up) call (212) 840-0770 or check the BC/EFA website: www.bcefa.org.

-- By Diane Snyder and David Lefkowitz

 
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