Playbill PridePhotos: See the Playbill Float Join the 2024 NYC Pride March
Stars including Alex Newell, Talia Suskauer, Lissa deGuzman, and more hopped on the Playbill float to wrap up the weekend of Pride festivities.
By
Playbill Staff
July 02, 2024
To wrap up the weekend of Pride festivities, the Playbill float hit the city streets for another year with the NYC Pride March June 30, with supporting partner Heritage of Pride. Several Broadway favorites joined Playbill in the march, and double-decker buses from some of the Pride in Times Square sponsors also got in on the fun.
The Pride March closed out a weekend of festivities in Times Square beginning June 28. On Friday, stars from various Broadway shows took to the stage for the Broadway Pride Block Party.
On Saturday, SUMMIT One Vanderbilt presented a celebration of the NYC Summer Youth Employment Program, which was launched to connect young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ with supportive, welcoming paid summer jobs and career experiences. The same afternoon, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Grubhub recognized recipients of grants given to NYC-based LGBTQIA+ and allied bars and restaurants.
Later on Saturday, ViiV Healthcare presented Celebrate You!, a show featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race alums Yuhua Hamasaki, Peppermint (Head Over Heels), and Jan Sport; plus drag queens Chicky Gorgina and TikTok star Gioconda.
The June 29 festivities also included the return of one of Pride in Times Square's most eagerly anticipated events, the Big Broadway Disco. Joining the dance-filled celebration were host Bryan Campione, DJ Mike Borowski, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Eric Michael Krop, Tracy McDowell, Galyana Castillo, Madge, Darius Anthony Harper, Anne Fraser Thomas, Marti Cummings, Grant Evan, Bianca De Sarro, Kristen Plati, Karley Wasaff, King Queen, Ernest Terrelle Williams, and Paris L’Hommie. Specialty dancers were supported by PJ Adzima, and the fabulous wardrobe was by DW.
Lupita Nyong'o, Katrina Lenk, Jelani Alladin, and more were on hand to celebrate the October 31 opening night of Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs' new musical.