Broadway Bares Celebrates #Stonewall50

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a moment when the gay community in New York City stood up against oppressors and began the modern fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Broadway Bares will celebrate 30 years of baring it all with Broadway Bares: XXX, featuring provocative new production numbers inspired by the show's sexy and sensual three-decade run. The live, in-person extravaganza returns for two performances on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Fourteen choreographers pull the g-strings of inspiration from Bares' titles and storylines of years past, bringing new takes to audience favorites. Tickets to Broadway Bares: XXX are on sale now: broadwaycares.org/Bares. At this month's #BroadwayBares: Take Off, in a piece of poignant storytelling and choreography by John Alix, recording artist and activist Mila Jam and actor Gabriel Hyman led peaceful and empowered protests honoring Stonewall. The cast lifted each other up, both physically and metaphorically, in the joyous number that celebrated those who paved the way for the LGBTQ+ community. Happy Pride! #WorldPride #Stonewall50 Choreographer: John Alix Lighting Designer: Joel Shier Scenic Designer: CJ Howard Costume Designers: Jennifer Jacob, Mike Johns Hair Designer: Will Vicari Key Makeup Artist: Chris Cianci Video Designer: Lisa Renkel Performers: Gabriel Hyman and Mila Jam with Casey Bagnall, David Gamboa, Mary-Angela Granberry, Justin Keats, Glen Llanes, Paul Romero Jr., Celia Mei Rubin, Mimi Scardulla, Morgan Unger, Alec Varcas, Cesar Villavicencio and Samy Nour Younes. A spectacular romp around the world with 192 of NYC’s sexiest dancers and two wild and worldly standing-room-only audiences led to a sensational evening of record-breaking modern-day burlesque at Broadway Bares: Take Off. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Bares: Take Off raised $2,006,192 at two performances on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. This year’s Broadway Bares put the lust in wanderlust, offering a tantalizing twist on world travel. The show celebrated Carnival and Day of the Dead, explored the strength and sensuality of Spain and Japan, teased the potential shenanigans of long flights and triumphantly landed at the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the birth of the modern LGBTQ-rights movement. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS unites theatre artists with theatre lovers to help those in need. Broadway Cares helps men, women and children across the country and across the street receive life saving medications, healthcare, nutritious meals, counseling and emergency financial assistance. *** Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses across the United States. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance. For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org, at facebook.com/BCEFA, at instagram.com/BCEFA, at twitter.com/BCEFA and at    / bcefa  .