Overview
- The one-night benefit is scheduled for March 23 at 8 PM at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre and supports Broadway Cares and The Center.
- Initial performers include Bernadette Peters, Jennifer Holliday, Andrew Rannells, Kate Baldwin, Lea DeLaria, Bryan Terrell Clark, Lauren Patten, Michael McElroy, and Broadway Inspirational Voices, with more to be announced.
- Jenn Colella returns as host, as creator Robert Bartley directs and choreographs with Steven Cuevas as music director and a reunited creative team.
- The 20th-anniversary edition will spotlight standout numbers from past concerts alongside new reimagined takes on iconic showtunes.
- Broadway Backwards has raised more than $9.7 million to date, including a $1,111,788 record last year; tickets are on sale at BroadwayCares.org, and Playbill has published a retrospective featuring an exclusive 2025 Joy Woods performance.