Photo Coverage: BROADWAY BACKWARDS 4 Backstage
By: Linda Lenzi Feb. 11, 2009
Broadway Backwards is a star-studded event featuring songs that even those not familiar with Broadway know and love, with a very unique and memorable twist. Instead of seeing a woman sing the iconic "As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver!, if that song were to be featured in Broadway Backwards, you might see someone like Alan Cumming sing it! The event was a benefit for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of Manhattan.
The gender-reversed benefit concert extravaganza is always one of the Center's most anticipated events of the year, and on Monday, February 9, 2009, Broadway Backwards returned to Broadway's American Airlines Theatre. BroadwayWorld's cameras were everywhere to capture all the gender-bending fun!
Back at the creative and directorial helm is its creator Robert Bartley. The creative team includes Musical Director Paul Staroba, Lighting Designer Paul Miller, Sound Design by Real Live Audio, Costume Designer Lane Fragomeli, and Associate Director & Choreographer Penny Ayn Maas.
Platinum Sponsors this year were HBO and the New York Marriott Marquis.
Established in 1983, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT community center in the world.
For Broadway Backwards 4 After Party coverage click here.
For more information on the Center visit, www.gaycenter.org.
Photos by Linda Lenzi
Jai Rodriguez, Whoopi Goldberg and John Tartaglia
Jai Rodriguez, Whoopi Goldberg, Rod and John Tartaglia
Jenna Coker Jones and Christopher Kale Jones
Christine LaDuca and Kurt Domoney
Patrick O'Neill and Bree Branker
Adam Shapiro and Antuan Raimone
Miguel Angel Falcon and Tim McGarrigal
Philip D'Amore and Jai Rodriguez
Kirsten Wyatt, Sally Mayes and Eric Gunhus
Eric Gunhus and Aaron Kaburick
Jenn Colella and Jennifer Foote
Aaron Kaburick, Richard Costa, Jai Rodriguez and Steve Webber
Chuck Saculla and Jenn Colella
Chuck Saculla and Jenn Colella
John Tartaglia and Jai Rodriguez
John Tartaglia and Ron Palillo
John-Charles Kelly and John Tartaglia
Raegan Pierce and Christine DeLuca
Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, Jose Llana, Cheyenne Jackson and Marty Thomas
Christopher Sieber and Cheyenne Jackson
Marty Thomas, Christopher Sieber and Jose Llana
Robert Bartley, Anne Meara and Daniel Whitman
Rod and John Tartaglia
Rod and John Tartaglia
Paul Staroba, Kirsten Wyatt and Chris Kong
Jessica Lee Goldyn and Tony Yazbeck
Christopher Sieber and Jim Caruso
Christopher Sieber and Jim Caruso
Tim McGarrigal, Adam Perry and Enrico Rodriguez
Tim McGarrigal, Tituss Burgess, Adam Perry and Enrico Rodriguez
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