Broadway Bares at Life Ball 2019

At the 26th (and final) Life Ball in Vienna, Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS, a Life Ball charitable beneficiary, presented a taste of Broadway Bares, one Broadway Cares signature annual events. In a performance created specifically for Life Ball, a company of 13 dancers offered a unique, circusinspired modernday burlesque number. The piece was choreographed by Broadway Bares coexecutive producer Nick Kenkel and introduced by Tony Award winner Billy Porter, who s currently starring in TV s Pose. Broadway Bares was created by Tonywinning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell as a way to raise money to help those diagnosed with HIV, AIDS. In its first year in 1992, Mitchell and seven of his friends danced on a New York City bar and raised 8, 000. This year s version, Broadway Bares: Take Off, raised 2 million in two performances on June 16, 2019. To date, Broadway Bares has now raised 21. 2 million for Broadway Cares and those in need. Life Ball wa