When Jerry Mitchell launched Broadway Bares in 1992, the theater world was losing choreographers, but Broadway Bares has helped new dancers and choreographers reach the Great White Way.
“Jodi Moccia, Dennis Jones, Josh Rhodes, Lorin Latarro, Sergio Trujillo, Nick Kenkel,” Mitchell lists. “All of these choreographers who’ve done Broadway Bares are now choreographing on Broadway, and none of them had done a Broadway show before. That is crazy to me. Not only did it give back to the community, it reinfused the community with choreography.”
Broadway Bares has not only brought new choreographers to Broadway, it’s also helped return the art of dance itself to Broadway.
“We started to battle AIDS and to climb out of that dark hole and find a way to live with HIV and AIDS and to be full again,” Mitchell says. “That sensuality came back to choreography, came back to the world, and came back to Broadway.”
But if you think Mitchell, on the eve of the 34th Broadway Bares, is satisfied with the status quo, you’d be wrong.
Mitchell and Broadway Bares dancers Aydin Eyikan (
@aydineyikan ), Chris Patterson-Rosso (
@cprgivesyoulife ), Mila Jam (
@themilajam ), and Héctor Juan Maisonet (
@hectorjuan27 ) took time to discuss with The Advocate's May/June Pride cover issue the impact the show has had.
📝Writer Matthew Huff (
@huffmatt ) has the cover story in the link in our bio
⭐Credits⭐
📸Photographer: Matt Monath
@mattmonath
💻Digital tech: Matthew James Ortiz
@matthewjamesortiz
💡Lighting tech: Sequoyah Wildwyn-Dechter
@sequoyah.nyc
🎨Creative director: Mikey Lombardo
@djmikeypop
👔Stylist: Martin Gregory Jerez
@martin_gregory
👖Stylist assistant: Lam Ngo
@lamngw
💄Grooming & makeup: Angel Gabriel
@angelgabrielmakeup
📹Videographer: Stuart Sox:
@sox_andthecity
📍Location: Playhouse Bar
@playhousebarnyc 
