Broadway Backwards 2023

NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE

PRODUCED BY

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

BENEFITING

HOST

Jenn Colella

FEATURING

George Abud

Dormeshia

Philippe Arroyo

Eden Espinosa

Beth Leavel

Samantha Pauly

Robbie Fairchild

Alexandra Silber

PROPS DESIGN

Jenna Snyder, Alexander Wylie

CASTING CONSULTANTS

Binder Casting Mark Brandon, CSA, Chad Eric Murnane, CSA

WITH SPECIAL GUEST

F. Murray Abraham

LIGHTING DESIGN

Nyle Farmer

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Nathan Hurlin, Jason Kooistra

ORCHESTRATORS

Robyn Hurder

Bonnie Milligan

SOUND DESIGN

Marie Renee Foucher

COSTUME DESIGN

Jess Gersz, Tyler Carlton Williams, Nicole Zausmer

Benedict Braxton-Smith, Matt Castle, Nicholas Connors, Frank Galgano, Abel Garriga, Udi Gershuni, Chris Gurr, Mark Janas, Conor Keelan, Ben Krauss, Sean Mayes, Robert Meffe, Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh, Emily Whitaker, Nick Wilders

PRODUCERS

Scott T. Stevens, Danny Whitman

CHOREOGRAPHERS

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Jeff Brancato

Robert Bartley, Lauren Gemelli, Robyn Hurder, Mimi Quillin, Adam Roberts, Luis Salgado, Tony Yazbeck

MUSIC SUPERVISORS

Ted Arthur, Mary-Mitchell Campbell

MUSIC DIRECTORS

Nick Wilders, Nicholas Connors

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Robert Bartley

BRAVA! BRAVO!

BRAVISSIMO!

Once again, we humbly thank our friends at BROADWAY CARES and THE CENTER for their unending service to our communities.

—Ted Snowdon & Duffy Violante

Dear friends,

On behalf of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, we are thrilled you have joined us for another edition of Broadway Backwards.

There’s a palpable energy that fills the theater at Broadway Backwards each year. The room buzzes with anticipation around the once-in-a-lifetime performances, and there’s a tangible warmth from the sense of community and shared mission. In this moment in history filled with so much anger, vitriol and inequality, it’s such a pleasure to take the next two hours to share in the talent and love filling this historic theater, while supporting those within the LGBTQ community and beyond.

Broadway Backwards brings together our two organizations to create a safer and more inclusive world. Whether through services for people living with HIV/AIDS or providing resources for LGBTQ youth and those recovering from substance use, Broadway Cares and The Center ensure that essential, life-affirming and lifesaving services are available for thousands of LGBTQ individuals and their families year-round.

Building and empowering a strong community while advocating for justice and opportunity has been at the core of The Center’s work for the last 40 years. Whether it is through our RiseOut advocacy program, created to fight for LGBTQ rights in New York State, our first-of-its-kind youth substance use treatment program or our 275-mile Cycle for the Cause bike ride to raise funds for our HIV and AIDS services, The Center brings together the diverse LGBTQ population of New York City in many ways.

At Broadway Cares, your support provided for $17.1 million in grants last year to health clinics, food service organizations, emergency financial assistance programs and housing initiatives in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Because of your donations, Broadway Cares also is the single largest financial supporter of the vital social service programs of the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), which provide the entire entertainment community with a safety net of help in times of need or crisis.

Thank you for supporting the work of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. And thank you for joining us in the beautiful New Amsterdam Theatre for what is sure to be an unforgettable evening

Sincerely,

Glenda Testone Executive Director Executive Director Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

Tom Viola

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Dear friends,

I’m so grateful to be here with you tonight.

Broadway Backwards represents a lot of things to me.

It is about lifesaving help and hope that will be felt by so many right here in New York City and across the country.

Broadway Backwards also represents Broadway artists at their best, using art to cause change.

Another thing it represents is the beautiful ways in which tonight’s artists will uniquely express the queer experience through blissfully wonderful songs in the Broadway musical canon.

Most importantly perhaps, Broadway Backwards represents community - all of the theater professionals and artists who give selflessly in support of two extraordinary organizations that push the boundaries in transforming lives every day and all of you in the audience who have chosen to support these two important causes with compassion and big-hearted generosity.

Thank you for being a part of this special community here tonight at the New Amsterdam Theatre, where we will share an experience that will connect us for this brief time through music, laughter and joy. Everything this fabulous team of music and theater makers will share tonight was created especially for you. I hope it is as special to you as it has been for all of us as we put it together with love and care and a lot of laughter.

Here’s to change. Here’s to hope and help. Here’s to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Here’s to the many communities we are a part of and this very special community tonight.

With love,

Robert Bartley Director

Congratulations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Center on another amazing show!

Thank you to the performers, staff & volunteers who worked so hard on Broadway Backwards and for your commitment to fighting HIV and AIDS!

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HOST COMMITTEE

Stephen Paine, co-chair

Ally Rome, co-chair

Regina Stuzin, co-chair

Matthew Amsterdam

Whitney Arcaro

Philip A. Bialer

Samantha Brahams

Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan

Terry Callaghan & Tom Walsh

Andrew Caravella

Neel Chopdekar

Renee Colombo

Drs. Mitchell A. Combs Jr. & Frank C. Druse III

“SuperFrank” Copsidas

Scott Curcio & Bryant Ross

Jeff De Korte

Jamie deRoy

Drew Desky & Dane Levens

Ken Fakler & Luc Bouchard-Fakler

Peggy Farber

Megan P. Fitzgerald

Sue Gilad

Stefanie Gorman & Samantha Kennedy

David Greiss & David Romero

Ulrich Grimm

James Haag

Joe Harney & Tony Manning

John Hart & Chuck Miller

Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei

Bradford H. Jones

Ilana Kameros

Robert Karp

Jason Kelliher & Brian Rice

Tom Kirdahy

Angel Koven

Nicole LaFountaine

Rick Lin & Evan Zazula in loving memory of Peter Liao

Mark D. Lingenfelter

Lisa Linsky

Krystofer Maison

Jill Marks

Sue Marks

Leslie Mayer

Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng

Jonathan Mintzer

Dr. Robert Moraru & Steve Barnes

Dr. Gary B. Munk

Douglas Nieters & Bill Lagaret

Michael Raymond

Alan J. Reiff

Roz Richter

Michael W. Risinger, MD

Sally Root

Sally Rosenberg

Wynn J. Salisch

Adam Schwab

Eddie Shapiro

Andrew Stern

Eric Stine-Markman

Jeffrey Trachtman & Peter Chao

Bubba Vincent

Alice Wang & Peter Spiegelman

Andrew Whitman

Scott Wilcox

Jacqueline Wladis

Matthew Woolf & Steven Filenbaum

Russ Woolley

For information about next year’s Broadway Backwards host committee, contact Jenna Adamek at adamek@broadwaycares.org

CORPORATE SPONSORS

BENEFACTORS

Rainbow Sponsors

Ted Snowdon & Duffy Violante

Red Sponsors

Len & Heather Cariou

Matthew Hui

Ilana Kameros

Arabella Langhorne

Rick Lin & Evan Zazula in loving memory of our cousin Peter Liao

Secret Villas of Key West

Irwin Srob

Hollis Stern

Orange Sponsors

Case-Graber Foundation/ John Voege

Peggy J. Farber

Andrew Giannelli

In memory of Scott Rempel & Norman René

Tom Kirdahy

Michael A. Leppen

Tom Marshall, Kathy Keneally, Theresa Palmisano & Ollie Palmisano

Nicolosi & Co. Inc.

Adam Potter & Tom Wallace; Don Huber & Mark Fontaine

Michael Raymond & Andrew Moyer

Peg & Gary Wendlandt

Russ Woolley

Backstage & Beyond Experience

Joan Arenstein

Drs. Mitchell A. Combs Jr. & Frank C. Druse III

Bobby Evers

The Huxleys

Karen Johnston

David Knickel

Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt

The Tapper Gorevic family

Carol Terry

Yellow Ticket

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC

Jim Asp & Perry Streidel

Randy Charles

George E. Flood

Paul Gruber & Keith Champagne

Cheryl Halpern

Happy, Chia, Jen, Mark, Chula & Lynds

Dave Johnson

Jason Kehrl

Chuck Miller & John Hart

David Montague & Michael Selter

Michael Risinger

Paul Rossi

Richard Scarino & Ed Donahue

Adam Schwab

Randall A. Shields

Bob Tuschman

David Wackman & Jason Rardin

Barbara Waldman

Green Ticket

James Adamo & Michael Scaraglino

Bruce Anderson & Mitchell Klein

Ardai Family

Kimberly Bailey & Kari Litzmann

Elaine Berger

Peter Bernstein

Heather Bhandari

Kim Bisset & Caroline Mock

Mark Black & Glen Leiner

Jeff Bobick

Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan

Barry Browning & Fernando Dovalina

Dr. Kris Bungay & Jim O’Sullivan

Paul Buranosky

Alice J. Byowitz

Craig Caltune

Christopher Cara

Dave Cartee

Mr. James Carter & Dr. Timothy Mah

Roger Milton Carter

Annette Cerbone & Suzanne LeVan

Andrew Cohen & Christopher Michaud

Shelbie Cohen & Christina Carter-Halla

Chris Collins & David DeSocio

Renee Colombo

“SuperFrank” Copsidas

Scott Curcio & Bryant Ross

A Dancer’s Dream

Mark, Andrea, Nicole & Ilana Davis

Mary J. Davis

Jeffrey De Korte

Drew Desky & Dane Levens

Stephen Dillon, MD & Philip Maguire

Joseph Dimino & Michael Guida

Jill Esterman

Ruth Fields

Megan P. Fitzgerald

Scott Wells Ford

Henry Frechter

The Frederick R. Koch Foundation

Myriam Galli

Ray Gast & Luis Paz

Andrew Glincher

Michael F. Griffin

Chris Guimarin

James Haag

Michael Hallinan

Eric R. Heller

Andrea Himmel

John Regis Hollick

The Hussey family

Greg Kammerer & Fred White

Robert Karp

John-Charles Kelly & Charles Abbott

Carol Ann Killian, MD, Kristen Burnette, Tess McIntyre, Trish Lindemann & Jenny Sendek

Colby Lai

Krystofer Maison

Chris Maliwat

Judith Manocherian

Leslie & Jordan Mayer

William McBain

Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng

Robert Meier, Ron Bruguiere, Jerry Barba, Stephen Olear

Jennifer Melin Miller

Keith Miller

William L. Miller

Jonathan Mintzer & Terry Porter

Elizabeth Morones & Howard Camhi

Douglas Nieters & Bill Lagaret

Nathan Noh

Anne Paine & Fowler West

Stephen Paine

Anthony Papini

David Peterson & Steve Hammer

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Scott Quasha

Beryl Raff & Paul Russell

Brian Rice & Jason Kelliher

Jacob Romanoski

Ally Rome

Eric Rosenbaum & Pierre Vallet

Amy Rosenthal

Daryl Roth

Wynn J. Salisch

Eddie Sarfaty & Court Stroud

Steve Shane in memory of

Sonia Shaenboen

Dr. David Shmerler

Peter Steinman & Todd Geringswald

Andrew Stern

Regina Stuzin

Lynn Surry

Emily Thaler

Ed Tulin

Bubba Vincent

Elise Wagner & Robin Stout

Lauren Walker

Alice Wang & Peter Spiegelman

Scott Wilcox

Chuck Willett

Catherine Wilmer

David J. Witchell

Matthew Woolf & Steven Filenbaum

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ACT ONE

“WILLKOMMEN” .................................................................................................................................. JENN COLELLA by John Kander & Fred Ebb from Cabaret

Orchestrated by Chris Gurr

Arranged & Conducted by Ted Arthur

“MEIN HERR” .................................................................................................................... CORBIN BLEU & ENSEMBLE by John Kander & Fred Ebb from Cabaret

Original choreography by Bob Fosse, restaged by Mimi Quillin

Costume Design by Tyler Carlton Williams

Arranged & Orchestrated by Chris Gurr

Conducted by Ted Arthur

“I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER” .................................................................................................................ADRIANNA HICKS by Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh from Little Me

Arranged by Nick Wilders & Alejandro Senior

Orchestrated by Matt Castle & Frank Galgano

Conducted by Alejandro Senior

“ALL ‘ER NOTHIN’” A.J. SHIVELY & KYLE SCATLIFFE WITH MICHAL KOLACZKOWSKI, WALDEMAR QUIÑONES-VILLANUEVA & ENSEMBLE by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II from Oklahoma!

Choreographed by Robert Bartley & Lauren Gemelli

Costume Design by Tyler Carlton Williams

Arranged & Orchestrated by Benedict Braxton-Smith

Conducted by Britt Bonney

“THE RIGHT GIRL” ...................................................................................................................................... DORMESHIA by Stephen Sondheim from Follies

Original choreography from Prince of Broadway by Susan Stroman, restaged by Tony Yazbeck

Costume Design by Jess Gersz

Arranged by Jason Robert Brown, adapted by Chris Gurr

Orchestrated by Ben Krauss

Conducted by Chris Gurr

“AGONY” .......................................................................................................... EDEN ESPINOSA & SAMANTHA PAULY by Stephen Sondheim from Into the Woods

Costume Design by Tyler Carlton Williams

Arranged by Nick Wilders

Orchestrated by Udi Gershuni

Conducted by Lily Ling

“SOMETHING WONDERFUL” ..................................................................................................................... LEN CARIOU by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II from The King and I

Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted by Mark Janas

“ONE DAY MORE” PHILIPPE ARROYO, BRADLEY DEAN, JEIGH MADJUS, ELLYN MARIE MARSH, CHRIS MCCARRELL, TURNER RILEY, ALEXANDRA SILBER, PAUL C. VOGT & ENSEMBLE by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer from Les Misérables

Musical Staging by Robert Bartley & Lauren Gemelli

Costume Design by Nicole Zausmer

Orchestrated by Nick Wilders

NUMBERS

Arranged & Conducted by Ted Arthur

ACT TWO

“BUDDY’S BLUES”

ROBYN HURDER WITH SAMANTHA GERSHMAN & BRINIE WALLACE by Stephen Sondheim from Follies

Choreographed by Robyn Hurder

Costume Design by Jess Gersz

Arranged by Benedict Braxton-Smith

Orchestrated by Abel Garriga

Conducted by Emily Whitaker

“THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO” WAYNE BRADY by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey from Grease

Orchestrated by Sean Mayes

Arranged & Conducted by Nick Wilders

“I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT” ....................................................................................................... ANTHONY R APP by Jason Robert Brown from The Last Five Years

Orchestrated by Nick Wilders

Arranged & Conducted by Chris Gurr

“I’D DO ANYTHING”

GEORGE ABUD & BARRETT FOA by Lionel Bart from Oliver!

Musical Staging by Robert Bartley & Adam Roberts

Costume Design by Jess Gersz

Arranged by Nick Wilders

Orchestrated & Conducted by Conor Keelan

“MARIA” ........................................................................................................................................... BONNIE MILLIGAN by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim from West Side Story

Arranged by Nick Wilders

Orchestrated by Robert Meffe

Conducted by Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh

“MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY” ........................................................................... ROBBIE FAIRCHILD & ENSEMBLE by Cole Porter from Leave It to Me

Choreographed by Luis Salgado

Costume Design by Nicole Zausmer

Arranged by Cameron Moncur & Alejandro Senior

Orchestrated by Matt Castle & Frank Galgano

Conducted by Steven Cuevas

“IN LOVE WITH YOU”..............................................................................................................................BETH LEAVEL by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner from First Date

Arranged by Ted Arthur

Orchestrated & Conducted by Nicholas Connors

“WHERE IS THE WARMTH?” .....................................................................................................................

PAULO SZOT by Stephen Schwartz from The Baker’s Wife

Arranged by Nick Wilders & Alejandro Senior

Orchestrated & Conducted by Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh

“WHAT DO I NEED WITH LOVE?” ALI STROKER

By Jeanine Tesori & Dick Scanlan from Thoroughly Modern Millie

Arranged by Nick Wilders

Orchestrated by Robert Meffe

Conducted by Nicholas Connors

“LOVE WHO YOU LOVE” .............................................................................................. LEA SALONGA & ENSEMBLE by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens from A Man of No Importance

Musical Staging by Robert Bartley

Costume Coordination by Nicole Zausmer

Arranged by Mary-Mitchell Campbell

Orchestrated by Nicholas Connors

Conducted by Julianne Merrill

Performers subject to change

“Mein Herr”

Andrés Acosta, Lawrence Alexander, Joe Beauregard, Randy Castillo, Andrew Cheng, Nicholas Cunningham, Marshall Hagins, Waldemar Quiñones-Villanueva, Alec Varcas

“All ‘Er Nothin'”

Jake Corcoran, Michal Kolaczkowski, Kevin Loreque, Sean McGee, Michael Olarbigbe, Waldemar Quiñones-Villanueva, Kevin Reed, Mark William

Understudy..........................................................................................................................Kevin Reed

Swing/Dance Captain

“The Right Girl”

Tiffan Borelli, Janelle Farias Sando

“One Day More” and “Love Who You Love”

Jake Corcoran

Charles Barksdale, Marissa Bregande, Kate Coffey, Emily Croft, Javier Ignacio, Gabriella Joy, Sarah Kleist, David Lamarr, Kevin Loreque, Sean McGee, Amma Osei, Lukas Poost, Kevin Reed, Danielle Erin Rhodes, Janelle Farias Sando, Molly Stilliens, Esteban Suero, Mark William

Understudies

David Lamarr, Sean McGee, Amma Osei, Kevin Reed, Danielle Erin Rhodes, Janelle Farias Sando

Swing/Dance Captain ....................................................................................................

“Buddy’s Blues”

Samantha Gershman, Brinie Wallace

“My Heart Belongs to Daddy”

Andrés Acosta, Lawrence Alexander, Alex Aponte, Nicholas Cunningham, Christian Galvis, Henry Gendron, Jaquez, Michael Olarbigbe, Robbie Serrano

Swing ..........................................................................................................................

Jake Corcoran

Joe Beauregard

Dance Captain Henry Gendron

ORCHESTRA

Keyboards ............................................................ Adam Rothenberg, Nick Wilders

Guitar .......................................................................................... Ethan D. Pakchar

Bass Michael Blanco

Drums ................................................................................................ Dan Berkery

Trumpets..................................................................... Brad Mason, Liesl Whitaker

Trombone Bob Suttmann

Reeds ................................................... Ansy Francois, Neil Johnson, Kristy Norter

Violin ................................................................................................. Justin Smith

Cello Allison Seidner

THEATRE AUTHORITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We wish to express our gratitude to the performers’ unions – Actors’ Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists and SAG-AFTRA – through Theatre Authority Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the artists to appear in this program.

GENERAL MANAGER

Myriah Bash

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Kathleen E. Purvis

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

PRESIDENT

Thomas Schumacher

DISNEY’S ALADDIN

CO-PRODUCER

Anne Quart

COMPANY MANAGER

Andrew Hollenbeck

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Jason Trubitt

ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGER Alex Reyes

STAGE MANAGER Monica Cuoco

Electricians ...........................................James Maloney Jr., Andy Catron, Quentin Hebda, Rob Lilly, Brendan Maloney, Christopher Passalacqua, Kevin Strohmeyer

Sound Engineers ..................................................... Marie Renee Foucher, Renee Furphy, Jack Kennedy, TJ McEvoy, Bill Romanello, Larry White

Props ....................................................... Victor Amerling, Isaac Amerling, Alan Cabrera, Danny Caruso, James Maloney III, Miranda Tracy

Carpenters ............................................... Drew Siccardi, Benjamin Corbett, Brett Daley, Tony Goncalves, David Helck, Mike Muery, Joe Petrosino, Cody Siccardi, Steve Stackle, Josh Tocco

Musical Coordinator Howard Joines

Wardrobe ........................................................................... Christel Murdock, Ron Tagert

Hair and Makeup ...................................................................................... Cheryl Thomas

and the entire team at Disney Theatrical Productions and Aladdin

NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE FRONT OF HOUSE

Vice President, Operations Dana Amendola Manager, Operations......................................................................................... Erin Clark

Guest Services & Operations Assistant ...................................................Estee Dechtman

Theatre Manager ...................................................................................... John Loiacono

Guest Services Managers Blake McDonald, Tania Velez

Senior Manager, Security AJ Mercado

Chief Engineer .................................................................................................. Dan Milan Engineers ................................................................................ Steve Longo, Fergal Mellin

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Executive Producer .......................................................................................... Tom Viola

Voice of God ................................................................................................ Cherie B. Tay

Stage Managers Cheyney Coles, Kaelyn Kreicbergs

Calling Stage Manager .............................................................. Bernadette Schoenborn

Associate Director ................................................................................... Lauren Gemelli

Associate Choreographer for “All ‘Er Nothin’” & “One Day More” .......... Michal Kolaczkowski

Assistant Choreographer for “Mein Herr” Nicholas Cunningham

Assistant Choreographer for “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” ......................... Natalia Nieves

Supervising Orchestrator .................................................................... Nicholas Connors

Associate Music Director ...................................................................... Alejandro Senior

Rehearsal Accompanists Mark Galinovsky, Chris Gurr, Jon Schneidman, Alejandro Senior

Assistant Stage Managers ....................... Narissa Agustin, Jack Ganguly, Sammy Landau, Ashton Pickering, Elizabeth Rublein, Kimberly Scaglione, David Sugarman

Music Coordinator ........................................................................................ Kristy Norter

Music Assistants .......................................... Jake Cannon, Louis Danowsky, Chloe Geller, Ari Goldner-Helzboom, Jonja Merck, Jon Schneidman

Music Copyists .................................................................. Cameron Moncur, Abel Garriga

Keyboard Programmers ....................................................... Cole Abod, Kerianne Brennan

Assistant Lighting Designer ................................................................... Will Elphingstone

Lighting Programmer Scott Tusing

Assistant Costume Designer ................................................................... Matthew Carlsen

Hair & Makeup Design & Supervision ............................................................. Megan Burke

Hair Consultant & Hairstylist .......................................................................... Ian Joseph

Hairstylist & Makeup Artist Stephanie Algayer

Hairstylists David O’Shell, Johnny Rudolph, Mark Anthony Tajas

Wardrobe Supervisor ..................................................................................... Darryl Nipps

Dressers ........................................ Stephanie Bishop, Mary Beth Budd, Meghan Condran, Trevor Gabel, Isaac Grivett, Barbara Simpson, Jaime Torres

Company Manager Dan Perry

The Center Liaison .......................................................................................... Mars Scott

Press Representative ..................................................................... Boneau/Bryan-Brown

Hospitality & VIP Party ...................................................................................... Tym Byers

VIP Party Staff & Volunteer Coordination Denise Roberts Hurlin, Abigail Richards

New Amsterdam Theatre Manager of Production Operations ........................... Jim Garner

New Amsterdam Theatre COVID Safety Supervisors...............................Jessica Edwards, Sophia Cohen Smith

COVID Safety Manager Emma Hughes

Production Assistants .......................... Alyssa Blonski, Sarah Hazukah, Frederick Krepps, AJ Martin, Vanessa Nieves, Julia Norton

Production Volunteers ....................... Francois Conradie, Randall Kellogg, Amy Rosenthal

Radio Coordinator Susan Davison

Event Artwork & Program Design Jenny Garcia

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September 29-October 1, 2023

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

Tom Viola

Executive Director

Lane Beauchamp

Director of Communications

Larry Cook

Director of Finance & Administration

Valerie Lau-Kee

Producing Director

Ken McGee

Producing Director

Danny Whitman

Director of Development

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James Cella

Michael Carmine Di Bianco

Trisha Doss

Nathan Hurlin

Jason Kooistra

Dan Perry

Scott T. Stevens

COMMUNICATIONS

Mo Brady

Al Dawkins

Jenny Garcia

Dominic Grijalva

Melissa Magliula

Victor Rodriguez

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Sarah Cardillo

Cat Domiano

Maureen “Mo” Fenninger

Lori Feren

Brian Marshall

Taylor Mattes

Nick Mayo

Jack Noseworthy

Susan Slotoroff

Julianna Whalen

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Michelle Abesamis

Ngoc Ha Bui

R. Keith Bullock

Ed Garrison

Donald Huppert

Rose M. James

Michael McLean

Brian O’Donnell

Michael Paulsen

Madeline Reed

RETAIL OUTREACH

Bayne Alexander

Peter Borzotta

Tym Byers

Feliziano Flores

DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS & CLASSICAL ACTION

Denise Roberts Hurlin

Abigail Richards

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Robert E. Wankel, President

Thomas Schumacher, Executive Vice President

Ira Mont, First Vice President

Schele Williams, Second Vice President

Tom Kirdahy, Third Vice President

Philip Birsh, Treasurer

Judith Rice, Secretary

Paul Libin, President Emeritus

TRUSTEES

Ted Arthur

Cornelius Baker

Joseph Benincasa

David Binder

Chris Boneau

Barry Brown

Kate Burton

Lisa Dawn Cave

Kathleen Chalfant

Sherry Cohen

Gavin Creel

Alan Cumming

Maria Di Dia

Linda Duncombe

Mandy Gonzalez

Amanda Green

Tom Harris

Richard Hester

Richard Jay-Alexander

Beverly Jenkins

Cherry Jones

Francis Jue

Adam Krauthamer

Nathan Lane

Peter Lawrence

Joe Machota

Kimberly Marable

Kevin McCollum

Jerry Mitchell

Brian Moreland

Javier Muñoz

John Eric Parker

Bernadette Peters

Billy Porter

Lauren Reid

Chita Rivera

Jordan Roth

Nick Scandalios

Mark Shacket

Kate Shindle

Charlotte St. Martin

David Stone

Tom Viola (ex-officio)

Channing Wickham