Below, watch as Broadway star Emily Skinner performs "Hey There" from The Pajama Game, with Jim Hershman on guitar. Ms. Skinner will perform the song at Broadway Backwards, Monday, March 21 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.
Broadway Backwards, the only annual Broadway event custom-made for the gay and lesbian community, our friends and families, will return for its 11th annual edition on Monday, March 21. Produced by Broadway Cares, Broadway Backwards benefits BC/EFA and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City.
Broadway Backwards, the once-a-year celebration of the LGBT community benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. The immensely talented cast and live orchestra performing the great songs of musical theatre with a twist: women sang songs originally written for men and men sang songs written for women.
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 more than $250 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic.
