Coinciding with NYC Pride, Playbill and the Times Square Alliance teamed up June 24–25 for Pride in Times Square with a weekend-long event bringing together stage and screen stars, Broadway shows, LGBTQIA+ non-profits, and more to Times Square between 45th and 47th Streets—the heart of Broadway. Here are some highlights from the June 24 festivities.
The first day of mainstage programming included a kick-off celebration on the Pride in Times Square mainstage, including presentations from Austin Artists Project, the Ali Forney Center, and more.
The afternoon also included the awarding of $100,000 in grants to LGBTQIA+-owned bars and restaurants thanks to the National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce and Grubhub.
Friday's mainstage programming included a presentation from GLAAD and a special performance by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus.
Frozen and Paradise Square's Aisha Jackson and Ain't Too Proud's Saint Aubyn were on hand for performances.
Over at the piano bar, Joey Contreras got things started.
The piano bar also hosted performances from Brandon J. Gwinn and JJ Maley.
Attendees could also visit Pride in Times Square's sponsors, Audible, Jeep and ViiV. Audible's station served "sickening" Pride makeovers.
"Unapologetically ME!" and "You Are Not Alone" were among the Pride-themed messages attendees left on this special Jeep.
ViiV brought these double-decker buses for attendees to explore.
Take a look at more photos from the first day of Playbill and the Times Square Alliance's Pride in Times Square:
The Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The Playbill Disco Ball
The ViiV Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The ViiV Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The Playbill Pride Float
Playbill Pride Float in Times Square
The Playbill Pride Float
Kate Navin
Leonard Rodino and Bryan Campione
Alex Birsh
Audrey Abernathy
David Hudson
Alex Birsh
Tom Harris
Tom Harris
Erik Bottcher
Antonio Delgado
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Leonard Rodino, Bryan Campione, Alex Birsh, Erik Bottcher, Tom Harris, Kate Navin, Antonio Delgado, and David Hudson
David Hudson, Alex Birsh, and Bryan Campione
Playbill Pride In Times Square 2022
Playbill Pride In Times Square
Tom Harris, Alex Birsh, and Erik Bottcher
Tom Harris, David Hudson, and Alex Birsh
Tom Harris, Kate Navin, and Alex Birsh
Brian Campione and Alex Birsh
Joey Contreras and Henry Platt perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Henry Platt performs at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras and Deon'te Goodman perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras and Deon'te Goodman perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras and Deon'te Goodman perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Dean Greer, Leonard Rodino and Jana Mallo at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Amanda Lopez performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Amanda Lopez performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Joey Contreras and David Socolar perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
The Jeep Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The Jeep Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Attendees at the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Representatives from Grubhub at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Justin Nelson from The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and Representatives from Grubhub at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Justin Nelson from the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and representatives from Grubhub at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato from the Austin Artists Project performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato from the Austin Artists Project performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Nicole Talbot from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Nicole Talbot's mother watches the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Nicole Talbot from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Rocky Lane Austin, Nicole Talbot, and Jada Cato from the Austin Artists Project on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Rocky Lane Austin from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato, Mela Sarajane Dailey, Rocky Lane Austin, and Nicole Talbot from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Nicole Talbot from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato, Mela Sarajane Dailey, and Nicole Talbot from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Nicole Talbot from The Austin Arts Project
Crowd In Times Square at the Playbill Pride In Times Square Mainstage
Mela Sarajane Dailey from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Attendees at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Mela Sarajane Dailey from the Austin Artists Project perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Attendees of the Audible Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Brandon James Gwinn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Brandon James Gwinn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Brandon James Gwinn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
The Jeep Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Brandon James Gwinn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
An attendee at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
An attendee at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24
The Jeep Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The Jeep Experience at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Bryan Campione
Alexander Roque from The Ali Forney Center on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Alexander Roque from the Ali Forney Center on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings backstage at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings Backstage at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cummings performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cumming performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cumming performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Marti Gould Cumming at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Alexander Roque, Marti Gould Cumming and Steve Cruz at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Rocky Lane at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Rocky Lane, Skyler Morrison, and Kai Shappley perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Skyler Morrison and Kai Shappley perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Skyler Morrison and Kai Shappley perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Mela Sarajane Dailey performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Mela Sarajane Dailey performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Mela Sarajane Dailey performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Mela Sarajane Dailey performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Todd Olsen performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Todd Olsen performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Jada Cota performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Jada Cota performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24
Jada Cato perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato performs at the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Sarajane Dailey and Nicole Talbot perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Sarajane Dailey and Nicole Talbot perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Attendee at Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
An Attendee Playbill's Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato, Sarajane Dailey, and Nicole Talbot perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Jada Cato, Sarajane Dailey, and Nicole Talbot perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The Playbill Disco Ball
Ben Rosenberry performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Ben Rosenberry performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Saint Aubyn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Saint Aubyn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Saint Aubyn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Saint Aubyn performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Bryan Campione
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Aisha Jackson performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
JJ Maley performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
JJ Maley performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
JJ Maley and Will Shishmanian perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Esther Fallick performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
JJ Maley and Will Shishmanian perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
JJ Maley performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Esther Fallick and JJ Maley perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
Farrah Rothman, Esther Fallick, JJ Maley, and Will Shishmanian perform on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Piano Bar on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus at the Playbill Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus at the Playbill Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus at the Playbill Pride in Times Square on Friday June 24.
Leonard Rodino
Leonard Rodino
The Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Neil Davis Scibelli performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jose Useche from GLAAD on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jose Useche from GLAAD on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jose Useche from GLAAD on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Jose Useche from GLAAD on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Sarah Kennedy from GLAAD on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Neil Davis Scibelli performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Neil Davis Scibelli performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
Neil Davis Scibelli performs on the Playbill Pride in Times Square Mainstage on Friday June 24.
