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Every Pride Month, we celebrate the moments that encourage us to live as our full selves, like when Lea Salonga performed "Love Who You Love" at this year's Broadway Backwards. The affirmation and joy of the LGBTQ+ community is at the root of so much of what we do together Broadway Cares, so just go and love who you love.
The energy of a supportive and loving community filled Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on March 13, 2023, as distinguished and emerging stars from the worlds of stage and screen came together in celebration of LGBTQ+ stories and musical theater at Broadway Backwards.
The show raised a record $765,069 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City. The one-night-only, annual event is produced by Broadway Cares.
The evening is the only annual show on Broadway celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. This year’s Broadway Backwards was packed with beloved musical theater numbers stretching from Broadway’s Golden Age to more recent fan favorites, all reinvisioned as songs of love and affirmation through an LGBTQ+ lens.
“Love Who You Love”
by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens from A Man of No Importance
Staged by Robert Bartley
Costume Coordination by Nicole Zausmer
Arranged by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Orchestrated by Nicholas Connors
Conducted by Julianne Merrill
Performed by Lea Salonga with Charles Barksdale, Marissa Bregande, Kate Coffey, Emily Croft, Javier Ignacio, Gabriella Joy, Sarah Kleist, David LaMarr, Kevin Loreque, Sean McGee, Amma Osei, Lukas Poost, Kevin Reed, Danielle Erin Rhodes, Janelle Farias Sando, Molly Stilliens, Esteban Suero and Mark William
Broadway Backwards 2023
Written and Directed by Robert Bartley
Music Supervisors: Ted Arthur, Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Music Directors: Nick Wilders, Nicholas Connors
Production Stage Manager: Jeff Brancato
Props Design: Jenna Snyder, Alexander Wylie
Lighting Design: Nyle Farmer
Sound Design: Marie Renee Foucher
Hair & Makeup Design & Supervision: Megan Burke
Hair Consultant & Hairstylist: Ian Joseph
Video by Bardo Arts Productions