The Broadway Backwards annual benefit concert celebrating the LGBTQ+ community via songs from the musical theatre plays Broadway鈥檚 Gershwin Theatre, current home of Wicked, March 10.
Produced by Broadway Cares, the evening benefits the theatrical nonprofit and New York City鈥檚 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center). Broadway Backwards favorite and Tony nominee Jenn Colella (Suffs) returns for the fifth year to host the concert.
This year's performers include Bobby Conte (The Who鈥檚 Tommy), Tony nominee Lorna Courtney (& Juliet), Nikki Ren茅e Daniels (Once Upon a Mattress), Tony and Emmy nominee Eden Espinosa (Lempicka), Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot), Sydney James Harcourt (Cats: "The Jellicle Ball"), Tony nominee Dorian Harewood (The Notebook), Manu Narayan (Company), Jessica Phillips (Redwood), Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!), and Ryan Vasquez (The Notebook), as well as Tituss Burgess (Oh, Mary!), Tony winner Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd), Bradley Dean (Redwood), Dionne Figgins (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical), Jordan Fisher (Urinetown), Lydia Gaston (The King and I), Tony nominee Joshua Henry (Into the Woods), Tony winner Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliott: The Musical), Adam Lambert (Cabaret), Tiffany Mann (Urinetown), Tony winner Kelli O鈥橦ara (Days of Wine and Roses), Preston Perez (A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical), Kate (Kei) Tsuruharatani (Jagged Little Pill), Remi Tuckman (DRAG: The Musical) and Joy Woods (Gypsy).
What began as a small, grassroots concert performed at The Center in 2006 has grown into a highly anticipated event. In its 18 editions, Broadway Backwards has raised more than $7.9 million for Broadway Cares and The Center. Creator Robert Bartley returns to direct and choreograph the show. He is joined by Ted Arthur and Mary-Mitchell Campbell as music supervisors, Nicholas Connors and Nick Wilders as music directors, and Chris Gurr as associate music director. Amanda LaMotte joins as choreographer, and Adam Roberts returns as choreographer and associate director. ARC鈥檚 Mark Brandon and Jarrett Reiche serve as casting consultants.
Broadway Cares is one of the nation鈥檚 leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
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