This year's BROADWAY BACKWARDS (#broadwaybackwards) took the stage last night at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, NYC), home to the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots. The evening is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefits BC/EFA and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate with the theatre community on the big night and you can check out photos below!
Broadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, Tony nominees Stephanie J. Block and Tony Sheldon, Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple, "Orange is the New Black"), and Laura Michelle Kelly (Finding Neverland) were just some of the stunning cast of this year's one-night-only musical celebration, custom-made for the LGBT community, our friends and families. Tony winner Julie White, a longtime supporter of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, hosted this year's 11th edition.
Other performers included: Nick Adams (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Little Mermaid), Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd, TV's Blue Bloods), Andre De Shields (Gotta Dance), Josh Grisetti (It Shoulda Been You), Eddie Korbich (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), Telly Leung (Allegiance), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Lesli Margherita (Dames at Sea), Karen Mason (Sunset Boulevard), Kenita R. Miller (Xanadu), Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!), Ken Page (Cats), Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening, TV's Smash), Emily Skinner (Side Show), Ricky Ubeda (On the Town, TV's So You Think You Can Dance), Treat Williams (Follies), Tony Yazbeck (Finding Neverland) and Broadway trio Apollo Link.
BROADWAY BACKWARDS Creator Robert Bartley again directed the show. Also returning were Mary-Mitchell Campbell as music supervisor and Tim Rosser as music director. Bartley, Al Blackstone, David Bushman, JoAnn Hunter and Adam Roberts choreographed. Chris DeCamillis served as production stage manager; Paul Miller as lightning designer, Matt Kraus as sound designer and Matthew J. Kilgore as costume designer.
Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi
Lesli Margherita
Kathleen Turner and Robert Bartley
Brandon Rubendall, Adam Roberts and Jake Odmark
Brandon Rubendall, Adam Roberts and Jake Odmark
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Ricky Ubeda
Tom Viola, Glennda Testone and Daniel Whitman
Tyler Lemire and Mallory Davis
Diana Rose Becker and Paul Louis Lessard
Bronson Norris Murphy and Paul Louis Lessard
Mark D. Lingenfelter and Diana Rose Becker
James Babcock, Adam Overett, Katherine O'Sullivan, Sharon Burde and Telly Leung
Lane Beauchamp and Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks and Robert Bartley
Robert Bartley and Danielle Brooks
Peter Nelson, Ward Billeisen and Seth Danner
Ashanti J'Aria and Kenita R. Miller
Philippe Arroyo and Emily Schultheis
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