PhotosThe Very Best Onstage and Behind-the-Scenes Pics from Broadway's Sexiest Night, Broadway BaresMore than 150 of the hottest male and female dancers in New York City will take the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 21 for the 25th edition of Broadway Bares, called Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque. Playbill has chosen some favorite steamy onstage and backstage shots from the last five installments!
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June 18, 2015
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The Very Best of Broadway Bares 2011–2014
The Very Best of Broadway Bares 2011–2014
More than 150 of the hottest male and female dancers in New York City will take the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 18 for the 27th edition of Broadway Bares.
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Opening number, 2011
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Beth Leavel, 2011
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Nikka Graff Lanzarone, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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David Hyde Pierce, 2011
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Beth Leavel and David Hyde Pierce, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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Opening number, 2011
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Patina Miller, 2011
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Judith Light, 2011
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The cast, 2011
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Nikka Graff Lanzarone, 2011
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Robin de Jesus, 2011
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Dancers, 2011
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Joshua Buscher, 2011
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Beth Leavel, 2011
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Danny Calvert, Laurie Sheppard, Alena Watters, Rashidra Scott, Rosie Closi and Scott Guthrie, 2011
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Patina Miller, 2011
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Jessie Green, Sara Antkowiak, Ashley Arcement and Amy Brewer, 2011
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Marla Mindelle and Marissa Perry, 2011
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Kyle Dean Massey, 2012
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Miriam Shor, Kyle Dean Massey and cast, 2012
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Kyle Dean Massey and cast, 2012
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The cast, 2012
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The cast, 2012
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Kyle Dean Massey, 2012
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Miriam Shor, Kyle Dean Massey and cast, 2012
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Judith Light, 2012
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Will Chase, Megan Hilty and Christian Borle, 2012
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Christopher Sieber and Jerry Mitchell, 2012
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Rachelle Rak and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, 2012
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Lady Bunny and cast, 2012
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Nikka Graff Lanzarone, 2012
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Kyle Dean Massey, 2012
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John Carroll, 2012
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Rachel Potter, 2012
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Miriam Shor, 2012
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Kristen Beth Williams and Jennifer Tilly, 2012
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Alena Watters, 2012
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Wayne Alan Wilcox, 2012
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Opening number, 2013
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Christopher Sieber and Lesli Margherita, 2013
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Christopher Sieber, 2013
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Christopher Sieber, Lesli Margherita and cast, 2013
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Dancers backstage, 2013
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Dancers backstage, 2013
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Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, 2013
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Eric LaJuan Summers and Charl Brown, 2013
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Ben Ryan and Billy Porter, 2013
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Kate Rockwell and Dancers, 2013
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Dancers backstage, 2013
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Alan Cumming
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The opening number: Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, 2014
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The opening number: Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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The opening number: Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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A tribute to Janet Jackson
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A tribute to Janet Jackson
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A tribute to Elvis
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A tribute to Elvis
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Andy Karl, Lesli Margherita and Patrick Page
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A tribute to Michael Jackson
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A tribute to Michael Jackson: Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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A tribute to Prince
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A tribute to Led Zeppelin
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A tribute to Metallica
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A tribute to Queen
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Alex Minsky
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A tribute to Stevie Nicks
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A tribute to Tina Turner
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A tribute to Queen
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Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Brandon Rubendall and Cast of Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Brandon Rubendall and Cast of Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
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Brandon Rubendall and Cast of Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!
Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque, inspired by the Golden Age of Broadway, "will feature a cast of colorful characters for every desire and fantasy. Broadway’s iconic personalities--from devilish divas to charismatic casting directors, luscious lyricists to studly stagehands--will combine the naughtiness of burlesque with the razzle-dazzle of Broadway," according to BC/EFA.
This year, Broadway Bares welcomes back to the director’s chair its Tony Award-winning founder and executive producer, Jerry Mitchell. Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque will be co-directed by Nick Kenkel.
"A lot of things can happen in 25 years, but who would've thought that seven guys dancing on a bar could grow into an annual event that has raised so much to help people living with HIV and AIDS," Mitchell said. "Broadway Bares has done that. And this year we're going full out, maybe even with a top hat and our version of tails, ’cause if, baby, you're a bottom, you're the top."
Tickets start at $50 and can be purchased online at broadwaycares.org. VIP tickets include open bar and reserved table seats from special viewing areas. Also available are the exclusive "Stripper Spectacular" package, which includes a reserved table seat at either show, admission to a private cocktail party with Mitchell, a backstage tour and more; and the "Producers' Circle," which includes the "Stripper Spectacular" offerings plus unprecedented access all weekend long.
The Shubert Foundation event, set for May 23 at Broadway's Winter Garden, will also feature Denée Benton, Jessica Hecht, Nathaniel Stampley, and more.
