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Broadway Backwards Breaks Records with Mobilizing and Moving Performances

Broadway’s legendary luminaries and bright rising stars lit up the storied Gershwin Theatre on March 10, 2025, as Broadway Backwards delivered powerhouse performances celebrating LGBTQ+ love, the strength of community and the boundless power of hope. The show raised a record-shattering $1,111,788 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender […]

Record-Shattering Broadway Backwards Celebrates LGBTQ+ Love Through Show Tunes

A brilliant string of 11-o’clock numbers, standing ovations and LGBTQ+ joy reverberated through the historic walls at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on March 11, 2024, when Tony Award winners, Broadway legends and newcomers alike spectacularly shared LGBTQ+ stories through show tunes at Broadway Backwards. The show raised a record $917,651 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights […]

Broadway Celebrates LGBTQ+ Community at Record-Breaking Broadway Backwards

The energy of a supportive and loving community filled Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on March 13, 2023, as distinguished and emerging stars from the worlds of stage and screen came together in celebration of LGBTQ+ stories and musical theater at Broadway Backwards. The show raised a record $765,069 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and […]

Broadway Backwards Makes Triumphant Return to In-person Performance

  Broadway luminaries and cheerful audience members united in full and jubilant force May 23, 2022, lending their light to celebrate LGBTQ+ lives, culture and contributions with the in-person return of Broadway Backwards. The 16th edition of the show, which had not been performed live since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic, raised a record-breaking […]

Stream of Broadway Backwards Breaks All-time Fundraising Record

  The 2021 virtual edition of Broadway Backwards provided an emotional and exuberant evening of musical theater performances as it explored how an isolated New Yorker faced the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately found hope. The unprecedented stream, which included new performances blended with favorite onstage numbers from the past, raised a record […]

Record-Breaking Broadway Backwards Celebrates and Motivates LGBTQ Community

  Get tickets to the 2022 in person edition of Broadway Backwards A bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved show tunes, spectacular choreography and a record-breaking fundraising total at Broadway Backwards. The 14th […]

Broadway Backwards Shatters Fundraising Records

  Fundraising records and gender norms alike were smashed by stars of stage, screen and pop music on April 2, 2018, at the inclusive, dynamic and loving Broadway Backwards. The 13th annual edition of the show, which celebrates the LGBTQ community through gender-reversed renditions of beloved showtunes, raised an incredible $680,273 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity […]

Sold-Out Broadway Backwards Embraces Solidarity, Empowerment

  Equality, solidarity and warmth filled the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 13, 2017, when the biggest stars on Broadway proved gender doesn’t matter, but love does as they explored and embraced the great songs of musical theatre at the 12th annual Broadway Backwards. This year’s sold-out celebration, where men sing songs intended for women […]

Broadway Backwards Exhilarates Sold-Out House

  The sold-out audience at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre was dazzled March 21, 2016, by this year’s stirring edition ofBroadway Backwards. The annual celebration, where men sing songs originally written for women and vice versa offering this audience the chance to see LGBT stories told through the great songs of musical theatre, set a new […]

Broadway Backwards Exuberantly Celebrates 10th Anniversary

An exhilarating and emotional evening of performances by Broadway’s best made for a poignant celebration of the 10th anniversary of Broadway Backwards, which revisited some of the most memorable numbers from past years. The 2015 edition of the event, held March 9, raised a record $466,717 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, […]