Jay Armstrong Johnson - "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" Broadway Backwards 2016

At the 2016 edition of Broadway Backwards, Jay Armstrong Johnson let his inner Marilyn Monroe fly in a glittery production of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

The number also featured Dave August, Thomas Bevan, Ward Billeisen, Joshua Buscher-West, Alicia Charles, Seth Danner, Mallory Davis, Alexa De Barr, Karli Dinardo, Callie Gullickson, Kourtni Lind, Colby Lindeman, Mary Page Nance, Emily Palmquist, Waldemar Quinones-Villaneuva and Christopher Rice. Choreography by Robert Bartley and Adam Roberts. Arrangement and Orchestration by Frank Galgano and Matt Castle.

The sold-out audience at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre was dazzled Monday, March 21, 2016, by this year’s stirring edition of Broadway Backwards (#broadwaywaybackwards). 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 fundraising record. The evening raised an incredible $480,287 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City.

Broadway Backwards creator Robert Bartley wrote and directed this year’s show, with choreography by Bartley, Al Blackstone, David Bushman, JoAnn M. Hunter and Adam Roberts. Mary-Mitchell Campbell served as music supervisor and Tim Rosser was music director. The creative team included lighting designer Paul Miller, costume designer Matthew J. Kilgore and sound designer Matthew Kraus. The production stage manager was Chris De Camillis.

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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS unites theatre artists with theatre lovers to help those in need. Broadway Cares helps men, women and children across the country and across the street receive life saving medications, healthcare, nutritious meals, counseling and emergency financial assistance.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awards grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. and is the largest single financial supporter of the social service programs of The Actors Fund, helping everyone in entertainment and the performing arts.

Broadway Cares hosts two six-week-long fundraising campaigns in theatres across the country every year, one leading up to the Easter Bonnet Competition in April and the other leading up to the Red Bucket Follies in December. Broadway Cares also produces annual fundraising events in New York City, including Broadway Backwards, Broadway Bares and the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.

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