'Broadway Beauty Pageant' Returns on 4/28 @ New World

 After overwhelming success last year, The Broadway Beauty Pageant will return Monday evening, April 28th, 8pm, at New World Stages (340 West 50th St.). The event will mark the Ali Forney Center's annual benefit.
 
The event, formerly titled Mr. Broadway, will feature male cast members representing their respective Broadway shows, competing for the title crown through talent, interview and swimsuit competitions.  The contestants will go head to head in front of a panel of celebrity judges, but ultimately, the final vote is in the audience's hands. The judges include Seth Rudetsky (Rhapsody in Seth, Chatterbox, The Ritz), Hunter Bell ([title of show]) and Susan Blackwell ([title of show]).
               
The Broadway Beauty Pageant is written and conceived by Jeffery Self and directed by Ryan J. Davis, with musical direction by Eric Svejcar.  The evening is produced by Ryan J. Davis and Jeffrey Self, in association with Tim Hur.
 
The Ali Forney Center (AFC) was started in June 2002 in response to the lack of safe shelter for LGBT youth in New York City.  They are committed to providing LGBT youth with safe, dignified, nurturing environments where their needs can be met and where they can begin to put their lives back together. The center provides short  and long term housing in Manhattan and Brooklyn, plus free medical care, HIV testing, mental health services, showers, food, computer access and job training and placement at its drop in center in Chelsea.  AFC is also dedicated to promoting awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth in the United States with the goal of generating responses on local and national levels from government funders, foundations and the LGBT community.
Tickets for The Broadway Beauty Pageant are available at TeleCharge.com and are $50 to $150, with a limited number of VIP tickets available ranging from $250 to $1000. 
               
Participants and featured artists will be announced shortly.
 
www.aliforneycenter.org