CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Playbill reports:

The 2025 edition of the Broadway Cares burlesque spectacular, Broadway Bares, raised a record-breaking $2,447,967 June 22 over two shows at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Watch highlights from the evening in the video below.

Entitled Broadway Bares: Come Out, Come Out, the Wizard of Oz-themed fundraiser followed fresh-from-Kansas Dante—played by Bradley Gibson (The Lion King)—down the yellow brick road after a tornado swept him into Oz. He was greeted by the fabulous Gurrrlinda, brought to life by Todrick Hall (Burlesque).

2025 Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger, joined by many of her Sunset Blvd. castmates, surprised the sold-out crowd with a throwback to the Pussycat Dolls’ iconic “Buttons.”

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