Broadway Cares’ newest annual concert event, Broadway Dream Roles, returned April 20 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (the current home of Moulin Rouge! The Musical). Tony winner Francis Jue (Yellow Face) hosted.
Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, the evening featured a mix of Broadway favorites and rising stars
stepping into roles they have longed to play, but never had the
opportunity to. Above, watch Jordan Fisher (Hamilton, Sweeney Todd) perform Jason Robert Brown‘s “She Cries” from Songs for a New World.
Performers also included Tony winner Santino Fontana (Tootsie), Sydney James Harcourt (CATS: The Jellicle Ball), Arielle Jacobs (Here Lies Love), Christiani Pitts (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Tony winner Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!), Tony winner Lillias White (Hadestown, The Life), Jordan Fisher (Little Shop of Horrors, Hamilton), Hailey Hyde (The Outsiders), four-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn (Chess, Fun Home), Jeigh Madjus (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Donald Webber Jr. (Hamilton), and 2025 Jimmy Award winner Chris Hayes. Ragtime‘s Nichelle Lewis performed the Broadway Cares anthem penned by David Friedman, “Help Is on the Way.”
Broadway Cares is one of the nation’s leading
industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grantmaking
organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of
the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares has awarded
more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS
and other critical illnesses across the United States.
Other annual Broadway Cares events include Red Bucket Follies, Broadway Backwards, Broadway Bares, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, and more.
Visit BroadwayCares.org.
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