BROADWAY BACKWARDS 6, the one-night-only event held Monday at the Longacre Theatre, raised a record-breaking $281,243 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center). This year's total far surpassed last year's previous record total of $186,780.
BROADWAY BACKWARDS is the only Broadway event custom-made for the gay and lesbian community, our friends and families. BROADWAY BACKWARDS re-interprets the songs of musical theater by featuring women singing songs originally written for men and men singing songs written for women. By keeping the lyrics intact, including the pronouns, each song takes on an entirely new dimension. It's Broadway in a whole new key.
Broadway Backwards Creator Robert Bartley directed and choreographed with co-choreographer/associate director Kathryn Kendall and musical direction by Chris Haberl. The creative team also included lighting designer Paul Miller, costumer designer Philip Heckman and musical supervisor Patrick Vaccariello.
F. Murray Abraham - 'Hello, Young Lovers' from THE KING AND I
Clay Aiken - 'Home' from THE WIZ
Brooks Ashmanskas & Denis O'Hare - 'Marry the Man Today' from GUYS AND DOLLS
Tony Yazbeck - 'The Music and the Mirror' from A CHORUS LINE
Bebe Neuwirth, Jennifer Dunne, Robyn Hurder, Suzanne Hylenski, Pilar Millhollen, Dana Moore & Tonya Wathen - 'All I Care About is Love' from CHICAGO
Tituss Burgess - 'Stars and the Moon' from SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Len Cariou - 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered' from PAL JOEY
Robin De Jesus and Bobby Steggert - 'The Trolley Song' from MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
Lilias White - 'Some Enchanted Evening' from SOUTH PACIFIC
Dan Butler & Kirsten Wyatt - 'I'll Never Be Jealous Again' from THE PAJAMA GAME
Reed Kelly, Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua, Patrick O'Neill, Alfie Parker Jr., Jody Reynard & Matt Steffens - 'Cell Block Tango' from CHICAGO
Debra Monk - 'On the Street Where You Live' from MY FAIR LADY
Hinton Battle with Valerie Dowd, Kathryn Kendall, Charis Leos and Kristin Maloney - 'Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You? from THE MUSIC MAN
Jan Maxwell, Farah Alvin & Jason Tam with: Amy Decker, Kurt Domoney, Matt Gibson, Jennifer Leigh Gottlieb, Joe Grandy, Tim McGarrigal, Michael-Kennen Miller, Masaya Palmer, Danielle Erin Rhodes & Jeannine Elizabeth Yoder - 'Summer Nights' from GREASE
Jan Maxwell, Farah Alvin & Jason Tam with: Amy Decker, Kurt Domoney, Matt Gibson, Jennifer Leigh Gottlieb, Joe Grandy, Tim McGarrigal, Michael-Kennen Miller, Masaya Palmer, Danielle Erin Rhodes & Jeannine Elizabeth Yoder - 'Summer Nights' from GREASE
Jan Maxwell - 'Summer Nights' from GREASE
Karen Olivo and Mandy Gonzalez - 'When You're Home' from IN THE HEIGHTS
Ward Billeisen, Colman Domingo & Jose Llana - 'You Could Drive a Person Crazy' from COMPANY
Brian Charles Rooney and the Ensemble in 'One Halloween' and 'But Alive' from APPLAUSE
Alan Cumming with Reed Kelly, Alfie Parker, Jr., Jody Reynard and Matt Steffens 'Don't Tell Mama' from CABARET
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