Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!

By: Jun. 18, 2019
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A spectacular romp around the world with 192 of NYC's sexiest dancers and two wild and worldly standing-room-only audiences led to a sensational evening of record-breaking modern-day burlesque at Broadway Bares: Take Off.

Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Bares: Take Offraised $2,006,192 at two performances on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom.

Stripathon, the online fundraiser led by the show's cast and crew, raised a record-shattering $1,066,129. This marks the first time in the fundraiser's history that Stripathon passed the $1 million mark, and the fourth year in a row it was the single largest contributor to the event's grand total.

This year's Broadway Bares put the lust in wanderlust, offering a tantalizing twist on world travel. The show celebrated Carnival and Day of the Dead, explored the strength and sensuality of Spain and Japan, teased the potential shenanigans of long flights and triumphantly landed at the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the birth of the modern LGBTQ-rights movement.

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Opening Number. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Nathan Lee Graham and Ashley Park. Opening Number. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Christopher Sieber, Stephen DeRosa, Christian Dante White and Jay Armstrong Johnson. Opening Number. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Day of the Dead. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Day of the Dead. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Ground Crew. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Ground Crew. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Ground Crew. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Taming the Bull. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Taming the Bull. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Red Light District. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Red Light District. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Mile High Club. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Mile High Club. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Carnival. Photo Credit: Daniel T Gramkee

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Carnival. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Billy Porter. Battle Royale. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Battle Royale. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Battle Royale. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
In Flight Entertainment. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
In Flight Entertainment. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Geisha Warrior. Photo Credit: Jonathan Tichler

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Geisha Warrior. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Burning Man. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Burning Man. Photo Credit: Daniel T Gramkee

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Burning Man. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Stonewall. Photo Credit: Billy Bustamante

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Stonewall. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Stonewall. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Alex Newell and Ryann Redmond. Finale. Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Finale. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Finale. Photo Credit: Jonathan Tichler

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Billy Porter and Jerry Mitchell. Photo Credit: Jonathan Tichler

Photo Coverage: Get Ready for Take Off at Broadway Bares 2019!
Jerry Mitchell and cast. Photo Credit: Michael Kushner



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