This year's star-studded BROADWAY BACKWARDS took place last night, March 18, 2013 at the Palace Theater (1564 Broadway). BROADWAY BACKWARDS is a one-night-only performance produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefiting BC/EFA and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York. Now in its eighth year, BROADWAY BACKWARDS is an annual celebration where gays and lesbians see their stories onstage, told through the great songs of musical theatre, sung by their favorite Broadway performers.
The complete set list was as follows:
"Wedding Medley" ("Married" from Cabaret; "My Cup Runneth Over" from I Do, I Do; "Love Is Always Lovely" from The Drowsy Chaperone) -- Jim Brochu and Tony Sheldon with Freddie Kimmel, Anthony Festa, Adam Perry and Ensemble
"Barcelona" from Company -- Ashley Brown and Stacey Oristano
"Three Sunny Rooms" from Rags -- Judy Kaye and Anita Gillette
"My Funny Valentine" from Babes in Arms -- Len Cariou
"Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm" from How to Succeed -- Howie Michael Smith and Ensemble
"How to Handle a Woman" from Camelot -- Jan Maxwell
"Six Months Out of Every Year" from Damn Yankees -- Jaymes Hodges, Lenny Daniel, Danielle Erin Rhodes, Casey Garvin and Ensemble
"Vespers" ("Tom Traubert's Blues" by Tom Waits) -- Patrick Corbin and David Grenke
"Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel -- Anthony Warlow
"A Weekend in the Country" from A Little Night Music --Robert Creighton, Kyle Dean Massey, Jake Boyd, Mo Brady, Daniel Breaker, Ward Billeisen and Ensemble
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls -- Titus Burgess with Jamie Cepero, Steven Cutts, MiLes Johnson, Rashad Naylor, Brandon Pearson, Dennis Stowe
"Fandango" from Closer Than Ever -- John Bolton and Jose Llana
"The Last Mile" by teen poet Noah St. John -- Noah St. John
"Go Home with Bonnie Jean" from Brigadoon -- Karen Ziemba with Eve Plumb and Ensemble
"The Grass is Always Greener" from Woman of the Year -- Malcolm Gets and Bruce Vilanch
"Bring on the Men" from Jekyll & Hyde -- Josh Young and Ensemble
"September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday -- Estelle Parsons
"Be Happy" from Minnie's Boys -- Tony Sheldon
"The Man I Love" from Strike Up the Band -- Brian Stokes Mitchell
"Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along -- Stephanie J. Block and Ensemble
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