Photos: Go Inside BroadwayWorld's Star-Studded 20th Anniversary Celebration

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BroadwayWorld 20th Anniversary

Sunday night was a very special occasion here at BroadwayWorld. The best of Broadway gathered at Sony Hall to celebrate a huge milestone- our 20th Anniversary! The concert event benefitted Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Under the musical direction of Kevin Stites and the direction of Richard Jay-Alexander, the star-studded concert line-up included performances and appearances from the previously announced Shoshana Bean, Liz Callaway, Mario Cantone, Jenn Colella, Kurt Domoney, Myles Frost, Debbie Gibson, Olivia Hardy, Brittney Johnson, Constantine Maroulis, Donna McKechnie, Orfeh, Hugh Panaro, Seth Rudetsky, Marc Shaiman, Christopher Sieber, Blair St. Clair, Paulo Szot, Elizabeth Teeter, Natalie Toro, Jessica Vosk, and Josh Walden.

The night was hosted by legendary Tony-winner Chita Rivera and popular BroadwayWorld host Richard Ridge and even included a Proclamation from the Mayor's Office, naming May 21, 2023 as BroadwayWorld Day in New York City.

Based in New York City, BroadwayWorld.com launched in 2003 and is now the largest theatre site on the Internet covering Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional and international theatre, including the West End. Reaching over six million monthly visitors in 100 US cities and 45 countries, BroadwayWorld delivers complete up-to-the-minute theatre news, in-depth interviews, extraordinary photo coverage, entertaining video features, lively message boards, ticket discounts, reviews, and more.

Below, check out photos from behind the scenes of the big night!

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas 

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Eden Espinosa, Jenn Colella, Brittney Johnson, Director Richard Jay-Alexander, Liz Callaway, Blair St. Clair and Olivia Elease Hardy

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Shoshana Bean and Chita Rivera

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Orfeh and Constantine Maroulis

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Marc Shaiman and Paulo Szot

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Chita Rivera, Donna McKechnie and Richard Ridge

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Debbie Gibson, Eden Espinosa, Jessica Vosk and Liz Callaway

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Chita Rivera, Myles Frost and Richard Ridge

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Olivia Elease Hardy and Brittney Johnson

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Debbie Gibson

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Choreographer Kyle Garvin and Elizabeth Teeter

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Debbie Gibson and Blair St. Clair

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BroadwayWorld Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky and Jennifer Broski

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Zakary Rosenberg and BroadwayWorld Managing Editor Chloe Rabinowitz

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Dave Quinn

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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Photographer Bruce Glikas, BroadwayWorld's Founder and CEO Robert Diamond and BroadwayWorld Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky

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BroadwayWorld Managing Editors Chloe Rabinowitz, Stephi Wild and Alexa Criscitiello

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and BroadwayWorld's Founder and CEO Robert Diamond

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Photographer Jennifer Broski and Kris Broski

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander, Eda Sorokoff and Stephen Sorokoff

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BroadwayWorld Vice President and Sales & Marketing Miles Silverman, BroadwayWorld Spain's Juanjo Gonzalez and BroadwayWorld's Founder and CEO Robert Diamond

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Jennifer Diamond and Robert Diamond

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Photographer Bruce Glikas, Broadway World Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky and Richard Ridge

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Richard Ridge, Mark William and Preston Ridge

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President and CEO of the Entertainment Community Fund Joseph P. Benincasa and Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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Becky Rosky and BroadwayWorld Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky

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Assistant Director Nellie Beavers and Matt Glasson

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Assistant Director Nellie Beavers

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BroadwayWorld Social Media Manager HaleyJane Rose, BroadwayWorld Managing Editor Stephi Wild, BroadwayWorld Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky, BroadwayWorld Managing Editor Chloe Rabinowitz, BroadwayWorld Newsdesk Editor and Special Projects Coordinator Blair Ingenthron and BroadwayWorld Managing Editor Alexa Criscitiello

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Celeste Simone and Choreographer Kyle Garvin

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BroadwayWorld Founder and CEO Robert Diamond and BroadwayWorld Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rosky

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BroadwayWorld Founder and CEO Robert Diamond and BroadwayWorld Vice President, Sales & Marketing Miles Silverman

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Publicists Nicholas Buchholz and Juliana Hannett

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Mark Sendroff and Pascal Pastrana

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Choreographer Baayork Lee

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Mark Sendroff and Randy Rainbow

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Publicist Adrian Bryan-Brown, Photographer Joan Marcus and Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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David Zippel, BroadwayWorld Industry Editor Cara Joy David and Constantine Maroulis

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Eden Espinosa, Jenn Colella, Brittney Johnson, Liz Callaway, Blair St. Clair and Olivia Elease Hardy

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Blair St. Clair

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Blair St. Clair

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Liz Callaway

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Eden Espinosa and Jen Colella

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Olivia Elease Hardy and Brittney Johnson

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Eden Espinosa and Debbie Gibson

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Brittney Johnson and Liz Callaway

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Paulo Szot, Liz Callaway and Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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Orfeh and Mario Cantone

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Hugh Panaro

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Chita Rivera and Donna McKechnie

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander, Richard Ridge and Chita Rivera

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Constantine Maroulis and Debbie Gibson

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Josh Walden and Natalie Toro

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Myles Frost

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Myles Frost

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Myles Frost and Charmayne Strayhorn

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Elizabeth Teeter and Paulo Szot

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Paulo Szot and Richard Ridge

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Paulo Szot and Chita Rivera

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Paulo Szot and Constantine Maroulis

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Host Chita Rivera, Host Richard Ridge, BroadwayWorld's Founder and CEO Robert Diamond and Theatre Director of Strategic Partnerships Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting Carla Hoke-Miller

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Liz Callaway and Mario Cantone

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Eden Espinosa, Jessica Vosk and Liz Callaway

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Eden Espinosa, Julia Murney, and Jessica Vosk

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Eden Espinosa, Julia Murney, Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Jessica Vosk

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Mario Cantone and Myles Frost

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Chita Rivera and Myles Frost

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Chita Rivera and Richard Ridge

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Carlos Clemenz and Liz Callaway

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Shoshana Bean and Liz Callaway

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Shoshana Bean and Constantine Maroulis

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Chita Rivera and Brittney Johnson

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Brittney Johnson and Carlos Clemenz

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Orfeh, Constantine Maroulis and Shoshana Bean

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Orfeh, Constantine Maroulis, Shoshana Bean and Brittney Johnson

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Orfeh and Shoshana Bean

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Shoshana Bean and Brittney Johnson

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Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera and Constantine Maroulis

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Eden Espinosa, Jessica Vosk, Shoshana Bean and Julia Murney

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Mario Cantone and Jerry Dixon

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Shoshana Bean, Myles Frost, and Jessica Vosk

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Shoshana Bean, Myles Frost, Jessica Vosk and Julia Murney

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Elizabeth Teeter and Shoshana Bean

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Olivia Elease Hardy and Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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Debbie Gibson

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Jessica Vosk and Debbie Gibson

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Jessica Vosk and Chita Rivera

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Jessica Vosk and Chita Rivera

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Blair St. Clair and Chita Rivera

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Orfeh, Constantine Maroulis, Carlos Clemenz and Director Richard Jay-Alexander

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander, Orfeh and Hugh Panaro

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Hugh Panaro and Chita Rivera

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Hugh Panaro and Debbie Gibson

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Choreographers Kyle Garvin and Baayork Lee

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Director Richard Jay-Alexander and Robert Diamond




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