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Over at Boy Culture, my pal Matt Rettenmund has posted a massive recapping of Sunday’s Broadway Bares show, including the below clip of their take on Goldilocks & The Three Bears. You’ll note that the cast actually includes some real-life bears. One scene (at least!) may be too hot for the office, be advised. Broadway Cares has announced that the …

Last night’s Broadway Bares XXII was an eye-popping carnival of aerialists, titties, political humor, and lots of extremely ripped dancers. Plus a copious helping of cock. I snuck this photo from the balcony at the end when all the performers sat on the stage during a speech from Tony winner Judith Light. GCB’s Miriam Shor opened the night as the …

The 22nd annual installment of Broadway Bares, the most deliciously raunchy show on the Great White Way, is this Sunday. It’s officially sold out, but some walk-up tickets will be available at the Roseland Ballroom box office from 3pm to 7pm. See my recap from last year’s show for a taste of the naughty. Broadway Bares is put on by …

The riotously raunchy Broadway Bares will stage its 22nd annual show at the Roseland Ballroom on June 17th. Always the hottest ticket of the year (no kidding), the event benefits Equity Fights AIDS and features the hottest bods that tread the boards of Broadway. This year’s show has a fairy tales theme and the gentlemen above will deliver their version …

The seventh annual edition of Broadway Backwards plays this Monday at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. This gay gay gay show features major stars performing numbers written for the opposite sex. Think one dozen hot nearly naked chorus boys singing I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair. Or Cheyenne Jackson singing You’re The Top to Sandra Bernhard.

Last night Father Tony and I attended the 21st annual edition of Broadway Bares, the bawdy and deliciously raunchy fundraiser by Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS in which dozens of buff chorus boys and girls writhe and expose it all to the delight of several thousand gay men. See Tony’s possibly NSFW slideshow here. Among last night performers were …

– Hugh Jackman will star in a new musical titled Houdini, scheduled to open sometime in 2012. Aaron Sorkin is doing the book, Danny Elfman (!) is writing the music, lyrics by Glenn Slater. – The musical version of Women On The Verge just opened and the reviews are scathing. – Kiefer Sutherland will make his Broadway debut this March …

Last night’s 20th annual installment of Broadway Bares was nonstop gay gay gay insanity. Performers included Euan Morton, Kevin Chamerlin, Charles Busch, Lucy Lui, Cheyenne Jackson, Kristen Chenoweth, Katie Finneran, Alan Cumming, Bruce Vilanch, Vanessa Williams and about two hundred mostly-naked chorus boys (and gals). I never thought I’d see the Roseland Ballroom even more packed than during a Black …

-Neil Patrick Harris will be among 30 celebrities to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other honorees: Joe Mantegna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donald Sutherland, Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, The Muppets, Kenny Ortega, Ridley Scott, Sissy Spacek, Reese Witherspoon, Danny DeVito, Tina Fey, Simon Fuller, John Langley, Ed O’Neill, John Wells, Oprah Winfrey, Melissa Etheridge, …

-Don’t cry for him, Puerto Rico. Ricky Martin will star in a revival of Evita slated to open in the 2012 season. Martin will play narrator Che (based on Che Guevara) opposite West End veteran Elena Roger in the title role. Evita last ran on Broadway from ’79-’81. Martin made his Broadway debut in 1996 as Marius in Les Miserables. …

-I know you are but what am I? The Pee-wee Herman Show will transfer from its wildy successful Los Angeles revival to Broadway for a six week run to start on October 26th. The show debuted in 1980 as a for-adults act before morphing into the kids friendly TV show that ran from 1986-1990. – Beefcake-O-Rama! Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS …

On Monday night, official JMG staff photographer Dr. Jeff and I attended Broadway Backwards 5, the annual gender-reversal fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the NYC LGBT Center in which songs are performed by the opposite sex for whom they were written. Over 50 Broadway singers, dancers and a galaxy of Tony winners and nominees blew away the sold …

Casting has been announced for Broadway Backwards 5, the fantastic annual Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS show in which performers sing songs written for the opposite sex. Appearing this year: Nick Adams, Martine Allard, Gary Beach, Dan Butler, Tituss Burgess, Mario Cantone, Len Cariou, Raúl Esparza, Harvey Evans, Tony Goldwyn, Ann Haarda, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Aaron Lazar, Michele Lee, …

– Lady Bunny and former Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Pender open Off Broadway tonight in When Joey Married Bobby, “a tale about gay marriage in an ultra conservative household.” Get tickets here. – David Mamet’s A Life In The Theater will be revived on Broadway this fall. Casting has not been announced. – American Psycho: The Musical is Broadway bound. …

– Tony nominee and Glee star Matthew Morrison has signed a recording contract with Mercury Records for his first solo album to be released in fall. – The first NYC revival of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels In America opens Off Broadway on September 14th at the Signature Theater. The two parts of the play will be performed on alternating …

-Open lesbian and GLEE star Jane Lynch will appear at the NYC LGBT Center on November 9th. Stage and screen star Jane Lynch will appear at the first installment of Newsmakers at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (208 West 13th Street) on November 9 at 7pm. The conversation series celebrates important figures in the arts and politics. …

-Next Fall, playwright Geoffery Nauffts’ “exploration of faith in a modern gay relationship” moves to Broadway in the spring. Previews begin at the Helen Hayes in mid-February. The show got rave reviews in its Off Broadway run earlier this year, where it was extended three times. You probably recognize Nauffts from his numerous Law & Order bad guy appearances. -Costumes …

– Matthew Broderick will star in Kenneth Lonergan’s new play The Starry Messenger, set to have its world premiere on October 24th at Theatre Row. – The Broadway Cabaret Festival opens at Town Hall on October 16th with A Tribute To David Merrick, the producer who brought Gypsy, Oliver!, Hello Dolly! and 42nd Street to Broadway. Robert Cuccioli, Stephen Bogardus, …

This Sunday join Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for a few rounds of Broadway Bingo at Spotlight Live in Times Square, where Charles Busch, Jackie Hoffman, and Karen Finley will be among the celebrity callers. There will be special musical performances by Joyce DeWitt (!), the cast of Naked Boys Singing, and Amber Martin. Prizes include paraphernalia from and tickets to …