(Image via BCEFA)
ABOVE: Broadway Cares now has official videos from Broadway Bares #32 online.
BELOW: Keep reading for Jason Stuart, Dominique Jackson, Julia Duffy and more ...
The naked truth — the show always ends up aces. (All images by Matthew Rettenmund)
NOTE: If you recognize anyone I should name, and/or if you were in the show and wonder if I have photos to share, hit me up.
Another Pride Month, another installment of Broadway Bares — this one the 32nd.
The program and — for the first time ever — the full, untorn ticket they let us keep
The stage was set. The set was a stage.
Keep reading for the story on this naked Elvis.
The show, directed by Kellen Stancil, had all the usual verve, clever song choices and revealing reveals, all as part of a Vegas theme. Yes, Broadway Bares: Hit the Strip hit all its marks, even if a raunchy parody of the Rat Pack called the Six-Pack was one I had prayed for, only to have my hopes dashed.
Jelani's first jam
Green room
Shaking a heads-or-tails feather
We need a sequel: Showboys.
The cheerful opening number, an original song with music by Lynne Shankel and lyrics by Amanda Green and a spirited performance by Jelani Remy (Back to the Future: The Musical), set up the Vegas theme admirably.
A-dayum! and Eve (Image via video still)
ABOVE: Happy 8.5" — I mean, 85th! — to eternally studly Jorge Rivero. More of him here.
— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) June 15, 2023
Happy #PrideMonth — and remember: READING IS FUNDAMENTAL! pic.twitter.com/STWMu5qxWB
— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) June 1, 2023
ABOVE: A reminder to never try to match wits with a drag queen — happy Pride!
What haters SAY it'll be like vs. what gay boys THINK it'll be like vs. what it IS like (Images via covers)
BELOW: Keep reading for nothing but positivity ...
Broadway Bares is back!
Sunday night's dual performances of Broadway Bares XXX — which celebrated the annual (give or take a pandemic) fundraiser's 30th anniversary — fishnetted $1,893,715 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The creation of super choreographer Jerry Mitchell had been sidelined by COVID concerns in 2020 and 2021, but came roaring back to the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC under the direction and choreography of Laya Barak.
I am what I Tam ...
The opener was a preemptive showstopper, featuring vocals from Jason Tam and Bonnie Milligan as a cast of thousands tens razzledazzled us, providing a recap of 30 years of Bares.
ABOVE: Tan lines will do it for me every time.
BELOW: Keep reading for Joe Manganiello's manspread, the sexiest sketch from Broadway Bares and more ...
ABOVE: Help Dave raise some cash for a great cause.
ABOVE: NYC in the '70s. What a trip.
