“Broadway Barks,” the dog and cat adoption event celebrated by Broadway’s brightest stars, will take place tomorrow in Shubert Alley.
Shubert Alley is located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eight Avenues.
This will be the 27th of these events, originally co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore. This year’s event will be co-hosted by Peters and Beth Leavel, who recently appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.
“Broadway Barks” will begin at 3 p.m. with a “meet and greet” of all the adoptable pets, presented by New York City-area adoption agencies and rescue groups; from 5 to 6:30 p.m., adoptees will make their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of the theater’s favorite stars for the celebrity presentations.
The event is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Since “Broadway Barks” began, over 2,500 dogs and cats have participated; approximately 85% have successfully found forever homes.
The event is free and open to the public. Proceeds will benefit the participating shelters and rescue groups.
Among the celebrity participants who are lending their support to “Broadway Barks” are Alana Arenas (Purpose); Jeannette Bayardelle (& Juliet); Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club); Erich Bergen (BOOP! The Musical); Emily Bergl (Just In Time);Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw); Sophie Carmen-Jones (Chicago The Musical); Florencia Cuenca (Real Women Have Curves); David Cumming (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical); Stephen DeRosa (BOOP! The Musical); Jacob Dickey (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw); Kevin Earley (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Paige Faure (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Molly Griggs (John Proctor is the Villain); Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical); Erika Henningsen (Just In Time); Natasha Hodgson (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical); Mylinda Hull (Gypsy); Andy Karl (Moulin Rouge! The Musical); Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw);; Gavin Lee (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Kecia Lewis (Hell’s Kitchen); Alexa Lopez (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Alison Luff (& Juliet); Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical); Lesli Margherita (Gypsy); Peter Neureuther (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Greg Mills (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Hagan Oliveras (John Proctor is the Villain); Michele Pawk (Just In Time); Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club); Amanda Reid (Hell’s Kitchen); Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical); Kyle Selig (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Steven Skybell (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club; Lili Thomas (Gypsy); Allie Trimm (Wicked); Jessica Vosk (Hell’s Kitchen); Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her); and Daniel Yearwood (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Since 1988 it has awarded over $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to over 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance.