Broadway Bares 2015: Top Bottoms of Burlesque Opening - Harvey Fierstein
The show-within-a-show
Broadway Bares began with a curtain-raising reveal of
100 beautiful, bouncing booties, all auditioning for a part in the next
Broadway hit, “Top Bottoms of
Burlesque.” As the delectable dance captain
Callan Bergmann cut want-to-be bottoms,
Harvey Fierstein, dressed as a drag queen appeared to introduce a “
parade of asses," a pageant of bottoms colorfully representing each season in elegant showgirl costumes designed by two-time
Tony winner
Gregg Barnes. The opening number, choreographed by
Jerry Mitchell and co-director
Nick Kenkel, was written by
Andrew Lippa and
Hunter Bell.
Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque, the unrivaled evening of sexy striptease featuring
222 of
New York’s sexiest and most talented dancers, celebrated its spectacular
25th edition on June 21,
2015 by raising $1,598,
501 to benefit
Broadway Cares/
Equity Fights
AIDS.
Don't miss Broadway Bares: On
Demand
Sunday, June 19, 9:30 pm &
Midnight
Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street,
NYC
Broadway Bares: On Demand will give you instant access to more than
150 of the hottest male and female dancers in
New York City.
Whether you’re searching for the thrill of victory or just your moment of zen, Broadway Bares: On Demand will feature everything you love about television with a brand “nude” look.
The 26th annual edition of the always sold-out Broadway Bares, which combines eye-popping burlesque with the glamour and razzle-dazzle of Broadway, goes live onstage at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom for two ratings-raising shows at 9:30 pm and
midnight on Sunday, June 19.
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.
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