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Thank you to everyone for helping to make this year’s pageant a huge success. The spectacular, sold out show raised a record-breaking $75,000 for homeless LGBT youth! Stay tuned for photos from this year’s event and be sure to visit Joe My God for a recap – including photos by Jeff Smith.
Mr. Mamma Mia, Andrew Chapelle, was crowned Mr. Broadway in Monday night’s celebration. Congratulations and thanks go out to each of the contestants!
Four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda’s Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) hosted the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant on March 19 at Symphony Space.
The annual event benefits New York’s Ali Forney Center. The Broadway Beauty Pageant, directed by Ryan J. Davis, is written and conceived by Jeffery Self. Christopher Denny is the musical director.
Participants included Andrew Chappelle (Mamma Mia!), Wilkie Ferguson, III (Porgy and Bess), Corey Mach (Godspell), Jesse Swimm (Mary Poppins) and Anthony Wayne (Priscilla Queen of the Desert).
Celebrity judges included: Jackie Hoffman (Xanadu, Hairspray), Michael Musto (Village Voice) and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly’s Last Jam).
Brent Barrett (Chicago) and past Pageant winners Frankie James Grande (Mamma Mia!), Michael Cusumano (Chicago) and Anthony Hollock (Hair) performed.
THEATREMANIA SNEAK PEEK! Check out the rehearsal photos featuring this year’s contestants alongside Brent Barrett. Click the image below!
The contestants in the Broadway Beauty Pageant
(© David Gordon)
