BROADWAY BARES Heads to Las Vegas, 5/23

Broadway's hottest burlesque moves west for one night only in BROADWAY BARES: LAS VEGAS on Sunday, May 23. This midnight only show will take place at the Chi Showroom at Planet Hollywood (home to BROADWAY BARES founder Jerry Mitchell's hit Peep Show) and feature performers from Peepshow, Lion King, Zumanity, Viva Elvis, Sirens, Le Reve, The Viper Vixens,Chippendales, Sin City Comedy, Sin City Bad Girls, Amanda Nowak Dancers, Bartdoerfler.com Dancers, Lena Giroux and Tovaris Wilson Dancers, Giselle Rarinca Dancers and The Ladies of Vixxens.

Tickets are $10, available at the door only.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS also announced recently that BROADWAY BARES: CLASSIC, the next edition of their popular "Solo Strips" series to be held Sunday, June 6 (9 & 11 PM) at Splash in New York (50 West 17th Street). BROADWAY BARES: CLASSIC will feature strips inspired by favorite numbers from BROADWAY BARES' 20-year history. Headlining the evening will be BARES creator and executive producer Jerry Mitchell, who will take the stage of Splash, where he first created the event in 1992.

Other favorite performers set to strut, strip and show that they "still got it" include: Jennifer Cody (Shrek The Musical), Steve Geary (Contact), Sebastian LaCause (The Rocky Horror Show), Rachelle Rak (Fosse), Christopher Harrison and Andrew Pacho (both from AntiGravity) and more.

BROADWAY BARES: CLASSIC will feature the work of choreographers such as Jerry Mitchell, Christopher Harrison, Andrew Pacho, Denis Jones, Peter Gregus, Nick Kenkel and Rachelle Rak. Tickets for BROADWAY BARES: CLASSIC are $20 and are available online at http://www.BroadwayBares.com or by calling 212-840-0770 x 268 or at the door on the day of the event.

BROADWAY BARES is the hotly anticipated annual event combining the naughtiness of burlesque and the razzle-dazzle of Broadway and has been a smashing success since its inception in 1992. The event features the hottest male and female dancers on Broadway and has become one of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS' signature events. The 2010 edition, BROADWAY BARES XX: "STRIP-OPOLY" will be held at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street) on Sunday, June 20 with performances at 9:30 PM and midnight. For tickets, information, and merchandise, visit http://www.BroadwayBares.com>.

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 $175 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors' Fund - including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers' Resource and three supportive housing residences. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.

For more information, please visit the BC/EFA website at www.broadwaycares.org<http://www.broadwaycares.org/>.

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