Join Playbill as New York and Times Square celebrates Pride like never before. Times Square will “ignite the night” with THE BIG BROADWAY DISCO – a large-scale street party that invites revelers to dance the night away to classic and contemporary Broadway songs and performances – all with a disco flare and performed in the heart of New York City: Times Square. Guests will experience a Pride celebration like no other, while entertained by DJ’s, performers, fabulous costumes, and more on Saturday June 25th beginning at 6:00pm. #BwayDisco.

Performers include DJ Ari Grooves, DJ Duggz, Orfeh, Anthony Wayne & the cast of MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL, and a special performance from Off-Broadway's TITANIQUE star, Courtney Bassett!

To learn more about the Pride In Times Square Event, click here.

DJ Ari Grooves

Ari Grooves is an Artist, DJ, and interstellar force. You’ve seen this “ATLiean” Broadway performer and choreographer in Little Shop of Horrors (Lortel Nom) and Bare (Off Broadway); Holler if Ya Hear Me, Head Over Heels, and covering Tina – she’s the viral “Tina who lost her wig, but kept slaying!” DJ credits: The Delancey, Meridian 23, The Living Room, Iron Bar, Solomon and Kuff, Harlem Nights Bar, Soho House NYC, and many Broadway parties. Ari will be the official DJ for the 75th Annual Tony Awards After Party Gala in 2022. Her album Message From A Wanderer is streaming on all platforms.

DJ Duggz

Preston W. Dugger III, aka DJ Duggz, is a Washington DC native who began performing in theatre and TV at an early age. Broadway: Memphis, Motown. TV: “Smash!”, “Flesh and Bone”. DJ credits: Raphael Saadiq’s Jimmy Lee Tour, Democratic National Committee for Hillary Clinton, Radio City Music Hall, Webster Hall, Gotham Hall, Sony Hall, The Watergate Hotel, and Cipriani Wall Street.

Orfeh

Tony and Grammy Award nominee Orfeh most recently starred as Kit De Luca in Pretty Woman the Musical on Broadway (Broadway.com Audience Choice Award). Other favorite Broadway credits: Paulette, Legally Blonde: The Musical (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, Broadway.com Audience Award), Saturday Night Fever, Fascinating Rhythm, Footloose. Off Broadway: Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Love, Janis. TV/Film: Netflix's The Good Cop, Sleeping with the Fishes (with Gina Rodriguez), Across the Universe, Film U, L&O CI, L&O SVU, Sex and the City, Chappelle's Show. She has performed at Lincoln Center with her husband, Olivier Award winner and Three-time Tony nominee Andy Karl, and at Carnegie Hall with Tituss Burgess. Her extensive recording career includes leading the '90s pop group Or-N-More and she has performed with many music legends from the O'Jays to Chaka Kahn. Her solo CD, "What Do You Want From Me," latest single, "Forget My Name," and live album "Orfeh & Andy Karl: Legally Bound - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below" are available on iTunes. Twitter: @official_orfeh, Instagram: @orfeh.

Anthony Wayne & the cast of MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL

Before RuPaul, Boy George or Big Freedia, there was Sylvester. MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL tells the story of the original “Queen of Disco”, Sylvester, through his music and his point of view. Beyond all the trials and tribulations of his life - and the glitz and the glamour of his lifestyle, his time with THE WEATHER GIRLS (“It’s Raining Men”) and life after — Sylvester was not only a symbol for being Fabulous, but, also, a pioneer in the LGBTQ community for showing, unapologetically, you have to be true to who you are. “MIGHTY REAL” allows Sylvester’s classic songs (“You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, “(Dance) Disco Heat”) to enter your ears, soar through your heart and inspire your soul.

After previously sold out runs Off-Broadway New York as well Miami, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. & San Francisco (Sylvester’s hometown), The Big Broadway Disco brings back this captivating musical for a special live performance!

Courtney Bassett

Courtney is so happy to be a part of the Big Broadway Disco and the new Off-Broadway musical TITANIQUE. Broadway: The Great Comet. TV: Manifest, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The 71st Annual Tony Awards. Favorite theatre: Bedbugs!!(The Musical) Off-Broadway, POP! Who Shot Andy Warhol? at City Theatre Pittsburgh, The Sound of Music at Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Courtney just wrote and released an album, Starfire with her alt pop band, Starbird & the Phoenix-@starbirdandthephoenixband. Find her solo folk-pop project @eganwhim.

Street Team

Sarah Bowden

Mason Derek Lewis

Eliana Slurzberg

Victoria Manoli

Estelle Rivera

Angel Reed

(Choreographer)

Executive Director: Bryan Campione
Music: SUNDAY NIGHT ON BROADWAY(S.N.O.B. Team - Emily McGill, Ari Groover, Preston Duggar)
Street Team Direction/Choreography: Angel May Reed
Stage Manager: Sydney Steele
Wardrobe Design: DW Designs
Physical Production: iDeko
Sound: Firehouse Productions
Event PA’s: Madeline O’Hara, Duane J. Olson, Elliot Kleinburd, Alexander Friedland
General Management: ShowTown Theatricals
Rehearsal Studios: Ripley Grier
Produced by: Playbill and Times Square Alliance
Presented by: ViiV, Audible and Jeep