Tony Winners Judith Light, Billy Porter & Alan Cumming to Appear at BROADWAY BARES this Weekend!

This Sunday, BROADWAY BARES will crisscross the country in a racy, raucous road trip exploring the United States as the 23rd annual edition of the immensely popular modern-day burlesque show delivers BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA.

Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES 23 arrives Sunday, June 23, 2013, for two performances only - at 9:30 PM & midnight - at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street, NYC).

This year's BROADWAY BARES will feature special appearances by 2013 Tony Award winners Judith Light (The Assembled Parties) and Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), Tony and Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming (Macbeth), and musical performers The Skivvies (Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina). Bravo TV host and executive Andy Cohen will announce the winners of this year's Strip-a-thon online fundraiser at the midnight performance.

This year's show celebrates America's fruited plains and mountains majesties. A bi-coastal couple will set out on separate, sexy journeys through a dozen states - encountering scantily clad inhabitants along the way - in hopes of reuniting in the heartland. Max von Essen (Evita) and Michael Cusumano (Chicago) will appear throughout the show as the couple. Guest stars include two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (La Cage aux Folles), 2013 Tony nominee Charl Brown(Motown The Musical), Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical), Kate Rockwell (Rock of Ages) and Eric Lajuan Summers (Motown The Musical).

The 9:30 PM show is sold out. Tickets for the midnight show can be purchased online at broadwaycares.org or by calling 212.840.0770, ext 268.

A limited number of tickets also may be available between 3 PM and 7 PM on Sunday, June 23 in the lobby of Roseland Ballroom. Ticket availability will be based on cancellations and returns. Tickets will be first-come, first-served. Cash or credit cards will be accepted.

This year's edition of BROADWAY BARES is directed by Nick Kenkel (Catch Me If You Can, Peepshow, Legally Blonde). BROADWAY BARES is produced byBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, led by Producing Director Michael Graziano. It was created by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), who also serves as executive producer.

BROADWAY BARES combines the naughtiness of burlesque with the razzle-dazzle of Broadway and has been a smashing success since its inception in 1992. The event, featuring the hottest male and female dancers on Broadway, has become one of BC/EFA's signature events. The first BROADWAY BARES featured just seven dancers performing choreographed stripteases on a bar and raised more than $8,000. Through 22 editions, BROADWAY BARES has raised more than $9.8 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The 2013 BROADWAY BARES season started in January with BROADWAY BARES: WINTER BURLESQUE, followed by BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS on May 5 and BROADWAY BARES FIRE ISLAND: CALENDAR GIRL on June 1.

The presenting sponsor of BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA is M·A·C VIVA GLAM and the event is generously sponsored by United Airlines.

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 $225 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.

Photo by Walter McBride