STAGE TUBE: Christopher Sieber and Michael Riedel Battle at Broadway Bares

Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece, the modern-day burlesque spectacular featuring 192 Broadway dancers, made history Sunday by raising a record-breaking $1,103,072 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In the video, watch Broadway favorite Christopher Sieber and theatre critic Michael Riedel battle in a special sketch!

Last year's 20th Anniversary edition of Broadway Bares had set the previous record at $1,015,985. The first Broadway Bares, in 1992, featured seven dancers stripping on a bar and raised just over $8,000. To date, the 21 editions of Broadway Bares have raised more than $8.6 million for Broadway Cares.

Broadway Bares, created by Jerry Mitchell (Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde) who serves as executive producer, is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS lead by Producing Director Michael Graziano. This year's edition was conceived by director Josh Rhodes (Company at the New York Philharmonic, The Drowsy Chaperone, Working at the Old Globe Theatre) and associate director Lee Wilkins (Spamalot, Wonderful Town).

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 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 BC/EFA has raised over $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

BC/EFA awards annual grants to more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic.

For more information, please visit the Broadway Cares online http://broadwaycares.org.