Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS celebrated Broadway Bares: Take Off at the Hammerstein Ballroom June 16, raising a record-breaking $2,006,192. Amidst the dance numbers and strip teases, performers stopped backstage for a glam portrait session with Jacob Smith Studio.
Featuring a slew of Broadway favorites, including a special appearance by Billy Porter, the evening of burlesque and dancing made airfare sexy, with jet-setting numbers taking audiences to international locales as over 150 dancers took on the roles of pilots, flight attendants, tour guides, and more.
Flip through the backstage portraits below:
Adam Perry
Afra Hines, Briana Reed, and Marija Abney
Billy Porter
Constantine Rousouli
Henry Byalikov
Holly Ann Butler and L. Steven Taylor
Jennifer Florentino
Stephen DeRosa, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Christopher Sieber, and Christian Dante White
Ian Paget and Judah Frank
Jerry Mitchell
Lawrence Alexander
Laya Barak
Mark MacKillop
Mila Jam
Nathan Lee Graham and Ashley Park
Ryann Redmond and Alex Newell
Sabrina Imamura
Taurean Everett
Steven Trumon Gray
