The Broadway Bares 2022 audience was welcomed to Club Aphrodisiac in a Greek mythology-themed number inspired by Broadway Bares: Myth Behavior. Lead goddess Marie Rose Baramo was as captivating as the Sirens from The Odyssey, with her loyal subjects fawningly undressing her. Set to the smooth and steamy beats of a slow jam, she and lead god Justin Prescott tempted and teased the audience with ethereal moves choreographed by Chloe Davis.
Performed by Marie Baramo with Nycole Altchiller, Parker Byun, Amy Cheng, Jessie Lawyer, Cedric Greene, Laina LaPrell, Taylor Litz, Andre Malcolm, Justin Prescott
Choreographer: Chloe Davis
Assistant Choreographer: Joshua Keith
Costume Designer: Darcy Kane
Hair Designers: Megan Burke, Ian Joseph
Crowns by Sapphire Jones
Key Makeup Artist: Chris Milone
Projection Designer: Ryan Belock
Music Editor: Ariana Groover
Broadway Bares: XXX
Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Executive Producers: Jerry Mitchell and Nick Kenkel
Director: Laya Barak
Associate Director: Jonathan Lee
Lighting Designer: Joel Shier
Scenic Designer: David Arsenault
Sound Designer: Nick Borisjuk
Costume Coordination: Jeffrey Wallach
Projection Design Coordination: Caite Hevner
Hair Designer: Ian Joseph
Associate Hair Designer: Megan Burke
Makeup Design and Coordination: Ryan Jackson, Sandy Joseph, Cesar Silva
Production Stage Managers: Jereme Kyle Lewis, Johnny Milani
Photos by Billy Bustamante and Ryan Belock
Broadway Bares was created in 1992 by Jerry Mitchell during his time as a Broadway dancer. Looking for a way to raise awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS, Mitchell and six of his friends danced atop a New York City bar and raised $8,000 in Broadway Bares‘ first iteration.
The standing-room-only 30th anniversary edition filled Hammerstein Ballroom with an abundance of “community, unity and nudity” and raised $1.9 million, bringing its lifetime total to more than $21 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.