Broadway CaresBroadway Bares: Hit the Strip Plays Hammerstein Ballroom June 23
The annual fundraiser, presented at 9:30 PM and midnight, benefits Broadway Cares.
By
Andrew Gans, Diep Tran
June 23, 2024
They're ready to take a trip to Sin City.
Broadway Cares' annual striptease event, Broadway Bares: Hit the Strip, is presented June 23 at 9:30 PM and midnight at the Hammerstein
Ballroom.
More than 150 dazzling dancers are taking part in larger-than-life
burlesque production numbers, as attendees are immersed in a Las
Vegas-inspired world of luxury, largess, and liberation. Proceeds from
the fundraising event benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Tony-winning actor and producer Alan Cumming is
scheduled to make an appearance, while 2024 Tony nominee Amber Iman (Lempicka) and Amber Ardolino (A Beautiful Noise) will also be part of the striptease portion of the evening.
Other stars taking part in the striptease are Ehizoje Azeke (In the Heights film), Kristina Doucette (Here Lies Love), burlesque star Jake DuPree, Aydin Eyikan (Wicked), Michael Graceffa (TV’s Welcome to Chippendales), longtime Broadway Bares director-choreographer-performer Nick Kenkel, Cajai Kennedy (Wicked), Wayne “Juice” Mackins (The Prom), Yani Marin (Bob Fosse’s Dancin’), Elliot Mattox (Titanique), Jimin Moon (Lempicka), Benjamin Rivera (Aladdin), Alvin Ailey School and Martha Graham Center instructor Ben Schultz, and Andrew Slane (TV’s The Other Two).
Kellen Stancil (The Lion King) directs this year's
fundraiser. Joining Stancil are associate director Paula DeLuise
and assistant director Andres Acosta. Bares founder, Tony winner Jerry
Mitchell, and Kenkel are executive producers.
Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Mitchell during his time 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’s edition took in $1.88
million, bringing the total to more than $26 million for Broadway Cares.
Broadway Cares is one of the nation’s 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 has raised more than $300 million
for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical
illnesses across the United States.
Tickets and VIP packages (including a cocktail party with Tony winner Mitchell) are on sale at BroadwayCares.org/bares.
See photos from the 2023 Broadway Bares below.
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