(OUTscene AMERICA) Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings Raises $1.2 Million; Breaks Fund-Raising Record!

Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings, a fairytale evening of modern-day burlesque that was presented June 17 at the Roseland Ballroom, raised more funds than any previous Broadway Bares production. Broadway's sexiest night of the year, which featured 227 New York dancers, raised a record-breaking $1,254,176 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Last year's Masterpiece edition set the previous record at $1,103,072.

With this year's record total, the 22 editions of Broadway Bares have now raised more than $9.8 million for BC/EFA. The 20th anniversary edition in 2010 was the first to break $1 million.
Broadway Bares was created by Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who serves as executive producer. It is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, led by producing director Michael Graziano. The 2012 edition was conceived by director Lee Wilkins with associate director Michael Lee Scott.

Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings, according to producers, "transformed our favorite fairytales into crazy-hot, spectacular come-to-life stories as told by a bevy of Broadway's best performers. From Snow White to Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio to The Pied Piper, Broadway Bares XXII spun the classics into contemporary fantasy as more than 6,000 people packed Roseland Ballroom for two sold-out performances." Highlights from the evening, according to a BC/EFA statement, included:  Kyle Dean Massey (Next to Normal),  Reed Kelly (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Candice Monet McCall (Memphis) ,  Charlie Sutton (Wicked), Andy Mills (Memphis), Marty Lawson (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying),  Brandon Rubendall (Anything Goes),  Nick Kenkel,  John Carroll (Follies),  Marc Kimelman and aerialist choreographer Brandon Perayda ("Sleeping Beauty"), Stephanie Klemons ("Rapunzel"), Lorin Latarro ("Pinocchio"), Josh Rhodes ("Snow White") and Charlie Williams ("Mirror, Mirror").

Making special appearances were Academy Award-nominee Jennifer Tilly and New York drag queen Lady Bunny. Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber and Rachelle Rak , Judith Light (Other Desert Cities).