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Broadway Cares See Who's Joining Wayne Brady, Lea Salonga, Ali Stroker for 2023 Broadway Backwards Concert

The evening benefits Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

Wayne Brady, Lea Salonga, and Ali Stroker

Additional performers have been announced for this year's Broadway Backwards, the annual benefit concert celebrating the LGBTQ+ community via songs from the musical theatre. The one-night-only event will return to Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre, current home of Disney's Aladdin, March 13 at 8 PM.

Produced by Broadway Cares, the evening benefits the theatrical nonprofit and New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Jenn Colella will host the in-person event for the third time.

As previously reported, the evening will feature George Abud, Philippe Arroyo, Corbin Bleu, Wayne Brady, Len Cariou, Bradley Dean, Dormeshia, Adrianna Hicks, Robyn Hurder, Jeigh Madjus, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Chris McCarrell, Samantha Pauly, Anthony Rapp, Turner Riley, Lea Salonga, Kyle Scatliffe, A.J. Shively, Ali Stroker, Paulo Szot, and Paul C. Vogt.

Newly announced for the fundraiser are F. Murray Abraham, Eden Espinosa, Robbie Fairchild, Barrett Foa, Beth Leavel, Bonnie Milligan, and Alexandra Silber.

Broadway Backwards creator Robert Bartley will once again direct. Bartley, Lauren Gemelli, Hurder, Mimi Quillin, Adam Roberts, Luis Salgado, and Tony Yazbeck are the show’s choreographers with musical supervision by Ted Arthur and Mary-Mitchell Campbell. Jeff Brancato serves as production stage manager.

The evening will also feature lighting design by Nyle Farmer, sound design by Maria Renee Foucher, prop design by Jenna Snyder and Alexander Wylie, and costume design by Tyler Carlton Williams, Jess Gersz, and Nicole Zausmer. Binder Casting’s Mark Brandon and Chad Eric Murnane return as casting consultants. 

The event began as a grassroots concert performed at The Center in 2006. Last year, Backwards returned to the New Amsterdam after a two-year pause due to the pandemic. The standing-room-only return raised a record $758,582, besting the previous record set by 2021’s virtual edition.

Tickets, which start at $100 with sponsorship packages and VIP tickets also available, can be purchased by visiting BroadwayCares.org.

See Broadway Favorites Matt Doyle, Bernadette Peters, Joaquina Kalukango, and more in Broadway Backwards 2022

 
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