06/23/2008
Down the Rabbit Hole
This year's Broadway Bares, the 18th edition of the burlesque benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held last night at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, and raised a record-breaking $874,372 for the charity. The annual event, which featured Mary Birdsong, Nathan Lane, Matthew Morrison, Julie White, Andrea Martin and plenty of Broadway's male and female dancers in various states of undress, had an Alice in Wonderland theme.
Check out an excellent gallery of images from the event by Tomas Vrzala (possibly NSFW).
CBS News on LOGO's Jason Bellini ran a "preview" of this years show.
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...
You can also see a nice wrap-up at AfterElton...
Sphere: Related ContentPosted 7:16 PM EST by Andy in AIDS/HIV, New York, News, Theatre | Permalink
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Damn, sometimes I wish I had never left the east coast. They look like they were having a lot of fun... Sadly, I wonder how many of these pretty boys have safe sex...
Posted by: Andy in Denver | Jun 23, 2008 8:02:26 PM
UGH i HATE that CBS on LOGO anchor. He is HORRIBLE at his job and look at that hair!!! Please fire him!! I can't stand watching his segments!
In other news, congrats to the show.
Posted by: Broadway Baby | Jun 23, 2008 8:33:05 PM
I was there at the midnight show. My first time. This was AMAZING!!
Can't wait to go next year to both shows!!
Posted by: gabriel | Jun 23, 2008 10:54:17 PM
aw...I thought the reporter was cute.
Posted by: thin mint | Jun 23, 2008 11:07:19 PM
God, you people are such bitches. Jason Bellini is cute and cool and happens to be a very smart commentator on Logo.
And most of the boys dancing in Broadway Bares are a different generation of chorus boy from my friends who died in the 80s and early 90s.
Guys like Nick Adams and Daniel Robinson and Frankie James Grande are extremely focused on their lives and careers. They are managing six- and seven-figure incomes in the early and mid-twenties--like professional athletes. They take extremely good care of their bodies and they take their jobs very seriously.
They are probably less likely to engage in unsafe sex than YOU are, Andy-in-Denver.
Posted by: jeffnyc | Jun 24, 2008 8:05:39 AM
I think Jason Bellini is adorable, if you don't have anything nice to say, keep it to yourself.
Posted by: Bob West | Jun 24, 2008 8:48:44 AM
The show looks stunningly beautiful!
Posted by: Alec Sarkas | Jun 24, 2008 10:08:28 AM
You can make seven figures being a chorus boy?
Maybe as a serious lead......
Posted by: busytimmy | Jun 24, 2008 10:13:37 AM
The show was amazing as usual.
And always one of my fav nights in NYC!
And to Andy in Denver are you some self hating homophobe...you are truely disgusting with your ugly comments.
Posted by: MCnNYC | Jun 24, 2008 12:43:34 PM
When is someone going to wise up and film this darn show and issue it on DVD for a jacked-up price to benefit the charity? Hell, I'd buy a copy and then send others as gifts.
Posted by: bostonbear | Jun 24, 2008 12:45:51 PM
Sorry BostonBear the beauty of this is that it is a LIVE ONE NIGHT ONLY event that must truly be seen.
And many of the performers would like to keep it that way.
What happens at BBares stays at BBares!!!
Posted by: MCnNYC | Jun 24, 2008 1:07:11 PM
Haven't been for seven or eight years but they were always terrific and well worth whatever you paid (and donated) to get in ... had I believed for one minute that a chorus boy would be managing a 6 or 7 figure income I can assure you I would have never left NYC. Unfortunately the career has way too many dry spots to provide the deserved financial rewards but as they say it really is something that you "do for love" ... and, by the way, there are plenty of bootleg DVD copies of complete BB events going back as far as 3rd or 4th edition ... gotta do a bit of searching but I can assure you they are out there ... but in all fairness the videos are absolutely nothing compared to seeing it live ...
Posted by: chris | Jun 24, 2008 4:23:43 PM
Did anyone else hear "Cock in a box" music in their heads when they saw this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
Posted by: Weezy | Jun 24, 2008 9:37:37 PM
The DVDs are available through broadwaybeat.com
Posted by: Jeff NYC | Jun 24, 2008 9:54:50 PM
I love Matthew and am booking my tickets for this show now! Loved the pics!
Posted by: mattlover | Jun 26, 2008 11:12:57 AM
I love Matthew and am booking my tickets for this show now! Loved the pics!
Posted by: mattlover | Jun 26, 2008 11:13:45 AM
They do sell DVD's of the event. I have the past 5 or 6 years on DVD.
The DVD is shot crudely and don't do as many close ups as I would like but it's for charity and goes to a great cause!
broadwaybeat.com
Posted by: Steve | Jun 30, 2008 7:58:42 AM