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Click your ruby slippers three times because Broadway Cares has just unveiled the theme for its 2025 Broadway Bares event. The burlesque spectacular will return June 22 for two shows at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, at 9:30 PM and midnight. This year's event is named Broadway Bares: Come Out, Come Out and will be Wizard of Oz themed. See a teaser in the video above.

At the annual event, around 200 Broadway dancers will perform in large-scale burlesque numbers. Kellen Stancil, a Broadway Bares veteran and resident dance supervisor for the national tour of The Lion King, returns to direct after overseeing last year's Bares. Joining Stancil as associate director is veteran Broadway Bares performer Paula DeLuise. Mitchell and Nick Kenkel, a longtime Bares director and performer, are executive producers.

The choreographers helping create the numbers for this iteration of the annual event includes Stancil, DeLuise, Mike Baerga, Marie Rose Baramo, Phil Colgan, Armando Farfan Jr., Billy Griffin, Reed Luplau, Sarah Meahl, Justice Moore, Rachelle Rak, Michael Anthony Sylvester, and Marcus Williams.

Special guest stars for the event will be announced at a later date.

鈥淚'm overflowing with excitement to return to direct Broadway Bares for a second year鈥攊t鈥檚 an incredible honor to celebrate this iconic legacy while unleashing fresh, jaw-dropping thrills and sizzling seduction like never before,鈥� said Stancil in a previous statement. 鈥淚鈥檝e been a dancer, then choreographer, and now director of Bares for more than a decade. When you鈥檙e on that stage, feeling the audience鈥檚 energy, sharing work from a stellar lineup of choreographers and making a lifesaving difference鈥攖here鈥檚 nothing else like it.鈥�

Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Tony-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell, during his younger years as a Broadway dancer. Looking for a way to raise awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS, Mitchell and six of his friends danced atop a New York City bar and raised $8,000. Last year鈥檚 edition took in a record $2.26 million, bringing Bares鈥� lifetime total to more than $28 million for Broadway Cares.

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 theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

Tickets for Broadway Bares start at $75. There are also VIP tickets which offers unlimited specialty cocktails, reserved seating, a backstage tour, and a special ticket includes an invitation to a private cocktail party hosted by Mitchell. Visit .

See photos from last year's Broadway Bares below, which included appearances from Oscar winner Ariana DeBose and Tony nominee Amber Iman.

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