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The 2025 edition of the Broadway Cares burlesque spectacular, Broadway Bares, raised a record-breaking $2,447,967 June 22 over two shows at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Entitled Broadway Bares: Come Out, Come Out, the Wizard of Oz-themed fundraiser was produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The night鈥檚 fundraising will help hundreds of thousands in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., including in the theatre and entertainment community, receive lifesaving meals and medication, health care, and hope.

The June 22 audience followed fresh-from-Kansas Dante鈥攑layed by Bradley Gibson (The Lion King)鈥攄own the yellow brick road after a tornado swept him into Oz. He was greeted by the fabulous Gurrrlinda, brought to life by Todrick Hall (Burlesque).

Along his journey, Dante encountered a star-studded cast of outrageous characters, including Tony winner Andr茅 De Shields (Hadestown), Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like it Hot), 2025 Tony winner Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat), Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Gypsy), Tony winner Alex Newell (Shucked), Peppermint (Head Over Heels, TV鈥檚 RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race), and the Boy Band Project鈥檚 Jesse Corbin.

2025 Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger, joined by many of her Sunset Blvd. castmates, surprised the sold-out crowd with a throwback to the Pussycat Dolls鈥� iconic 鈥淏uttons.鈥� Watch that performance by clicking here.

The evening featured an array of alluring costumes, worn by the stars. See special portraits of Gibson, Scherzinger, Ghee, and more in the gallery below.

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Broadway Bares 2025 Portraits

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Leading the production numbers were more than 200 dancers, including Ehizoje Azeke, Tony d'Alelio (Gypsy), Michael Graceffa (Death Becomes Her), Brandon Gray (Amazon Prime鈥檚 脡迟辞颈濒别), Amber Jackson (The Wiz), recording artist Mila Jam, Tyler Jimenez (Frozen), Kolton Krouse (Death Becomes Her), Amy Laviolette (Funny Girl), Mark Mackillop (national tour of Anastasia), Samantha Pollino (The Great Gatsby), Michael Pugliese, MiMi Scardulla (Cabaret), Jaquez Sims (Bad Cinderella), and Preston Taylor (The Great Gatsby).

Kellen Stancil, a Broadway Bares veteran and resident dance supervisor for the national tour of The Lion King, returned to direct after overseeing last year's Bares. Joining Stancil as associate director was veteran Broadway Bares performer Paula DeLuise with Savannah Joy Cobb as assistant director. Tony winner Jerry Mitchell and Nick Kenkel, a longtime Bares director and performer, were the executive producers.

The choreographers helping create the numbers for this iteration of the annual event included Stancil, DeLuise, Cobb, Mike Baerga, Marie Rose Baramo, Phil Colgan, Armando Farfan Jr., Billy Griffin, Reed Luplau, Sarah Meahl, Justice Moore, Rachelle Rak, Michael Anthony Sylvester, and Marcus Williams.

The book for this year鈥檚 show was written by Hunter Bell, Steven Cutts, and Troy Britton Johnson. Production stage manager Johnny Milani with Sarah Helgesen and Kassi Wilson led a team of 56 stage managers with more than 600 volunteers.

Joel Shier was the production鈥檚 lighting designer, with sound design by Nick Borisjuk and Daniel Lundberg and scenic design by Jason Lee Courson. Jeffrey Wallach was costume coordinator; Kenneth Griffin coordinated hair and wig design; Cesar Silva oversaw makeup design; and Caite Hevner was video content producer.

Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Tony-winning choreographer Mitchell, during his younger years as a Broadway dancer. Looking for a way to raise awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS, Mitchell and six of his friends danced atop a New York City bar and raised $8,000. Last year鈥檚 edition took in $2.26 million.

Broadway Cares is one of the nation鈥檚 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 Broadway Cares has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

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Photos: Broadway Bares 2025

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