Broadway Backwards : a spectacular Fundraiser from Broadway Cares now streaming on YouTube

The Show Must Go On even in the Lockdown Especially when it is the annual Broadway Backwards concert, featuring gender-reversed and star-studded twists on classic and modern favorites. This year the event, produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to benefit both Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City took place virtually.

Exploring how the isolation of the pandemic has affected the LGBTQIA+ community, the benefit features Jay Armstrong Johnson as an isolated New Yorker who dreams a fantastical journey guided by a late-night television host, portrayed by Jenn Collela.

In the 90 min show, there are performances from Stephanie J. Block, Deborah Cox, and Lea Salonga. Amy Adams, Debbie Allen, Matt Bomer, Brenda Braxton, Len Cariou, Glenn Close, Loretta Devine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, James Monroe Iglehart, Cheyenne Jackson, Cherry Jones, L Morgan Lee, Raymond J. Lee, Aasif Mandvi, Eric McCormack, Michael McElroy, Debra Messing, Ruthie Ann Miles, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Javier Muñoz, Kelli O’Hara, Karen Olivo, Jim Parsons, Bernadette Peters, Eve Plumb, Roslyn Ruff, Sis, Elizabeth Stanley, and Tony Yazbeck as well as journalists Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, and Robin Roberts.

This year the show also includes performances from previous editions with three of our very favorite numbers I Met A Girl (from The Bells Are Ringing) performed by Bonnie Milligan and Debra Monk. Plus Andrew Keenen-Bulger singing The History of Wrong Boys from Kinky Boots, and Titus Burgess brings tears to our eyes singing And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going from Dreamgirls. You go, gurl!

The evening also includes special appeals from the likes of Chasten Buttigieg and Debra Messing, While the stream is FREE, donations will be accepted for Broadway Cares and The Center. Every dollar donated will help those affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and other critical illnesses receive meals, lifesaving medication, mental health support, and other health and wellness services.

Since its launch in 2006, Broadway Backwards has raised more than $5.3 million for Broadway Cares and The Center. YOU can add to it after watching all these amazing talents entertain in such style by clicking HERE