‘Broadway Bares’ Raises Record $2.3 Million for Charity

Once again, the annual Broadway Bares charity burlesque benefit show not only raised temperatures, but also raised a bevy of money for a good cause.

Over two sold-out shows on June 23 at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, more than 200 dancers strutted their stuff and helped generate $2,259,134 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) – the most a Bares event has raised since the show’s launch in 1992.

The 2024 installment of Broadway Bares had a Las Vegas theme, dubbed Hit the Strip, and showcased 223 dancers and performers from 19 Broadway and off-Broadway shows from this season. More than 600 volunteers and 38 stage managers helped bring the event to life, where 3,000 audience members were in attendance for each of the night’s two shows. The production was directed by Kellen Stancil, and produced by BC/EFA.

Broadway Bares: Hit the Strip cashed in with its Sin City theme, as the show staged numbers with a Vegas flair, including vignettes inspired by the film Showgirls and Vegas icons Elvis Presley and Liberace.

The collected installments of Bares have raised $28.7 million over the years for BC/EFA.

According to BC/EFA, the organization has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. BC/EFA also supports the social services programs at the Entertainment Community Fund, has provided annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family services organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and has awarded one-time humanitarian grants to provide emergency aid across the U.S. and around the world.