{"id":114654,"date":"2026-01-28T03:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114654\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:06:13","slug":"broadway-bares-will-return-to-the-hammerstein-ballroom-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114654\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway Bares Will Return to the Hammerstein Ballroom in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroadway Bares<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroadway Bares Will Return to the Hammerstein Ballroom in June <\/p>\n

The annual burlesque event benefits Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS.<\/p>\n

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Broadway Bares 2025
\n Jonathan Tichler <\/p>\n

Broadway’s sexiest night of the year,\u00a0Broadway Bares,\u00a0will be presented June 21 at 9:30 PM and midnight at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom.<\/p>\n

The evening, launching NYC Pride Week, will feature 200 dancers who will ignite the stage in a seductive celebration featuring numerous\u00a0show-stopping numbers. The fundraiser is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares.<\/p>\n

Kellen Stancil<\/a> will again direct the one-night-only event with veteran Bares performer Paula DeLuise as associate director and\u00a0Savannah Joy Cobb as assistant director. Tony winner Jerry Mitchell<\/a> and Nick Kenkel<\/a>, a longtime Bares director and performer, are executive producers. This year’s theme will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m beyond thrilled to return to the director\u2019s chair for Broadway Bares, a show that lives at the intersection of legacy, liberation, and flat-out jaw-dropping dance,\u201d said Stancil, the resident dance supervisor for the national tour of The Lion King,\u00a0in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve grown up with Broadway Bares\u2014from dancer to choreographer to director\u2014and nothing compares to that moment when the lights hit, the crowd roars, and you feel hundreds of artists moving as one, and a community supporting each other. It\u2019s a bold, beautiful celebration of all bodies, and it\u2019s about to leave you breathless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBroadway Bares is fearless fun with a powerful purpose,\u201d added\u00a0Danny Whitman, executive director of Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS. \u201cBehind every strut, spin, and sparkle is something deeply real. It\u2019s meals on tables, medication in hand, health care, stability, and hope. That one electric night fuels lifesaving care for people in our community and across the country, reminding us that joy can be a force for lasting change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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 in Broadway Bares\u2019 first iteration.\u00a0Last year\u2019s standing-room-only edition,\u00a0Broadway Bares: Come Out, Come Out, raised $2.44 million. The evening brought the event\u2019s lifetime total to $31.1 million raised for Broadway Cares.<\/p>\n

Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS\u00a0is one of the nation\u2019s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising, and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theatre community,\u00a0 Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV\/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States since 1998.<\/p>\n

Tickets for Broadway Bares start at $75. VIP tickets feature unlimited specialty
\ncocktails and reserved seating, now with more table seats available. The “Stripper Spectacular” package includes
\n a premium reserved table seat at either show, a backstage tour, and an
\ninvitation to a private cocktail party hosted by Mitchell. The ”Barest Insider
\n Experience” includes a premium reserved table seat to either
\nperformance, a backstage tour and access to the final \u201cun-dress\u201d
\nrehearsal the evening of the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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