Mr. Broadway Pageant

[liotte]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 12:49pm

Sounds fantastic!!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16564

https://www.playbill.com/news/article/106434.html

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 12:51pm

Aw, I wish I could be there.

[Calvin]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 12:55pm

Swimsuit competition?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 1:02pm

That sounds amazing! What are the chances that they will record this? On DVD for Broadway Cares maybe?

[lildogs]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 1:11pm

Lord, NY gays will buy tickets to anything with scantily-clad boys...but at least it's for a great cause.

[kasim]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 1:48pm

Is there a Miss Broadway

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 1:54pm

It's probably the same Pageant.
(just kidding)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 2:03pm

So who's eligible? And what's with the Swimsuit copetition? Did they really put that in there to keep Bruce Vilanch from winning?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 2:41pm

Well who would you like to see?

Pick one Mr. from each show.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 2:44pm

It's at times like this I wish I still lived in NYC!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 3:13pm

Can Hugh Dancy carry a tune?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:21pm

I'd like to see Raul Esparza, Gavin Lee, John Tartaglia, Josh Stirckland, and Hunter Foster.

Celebrity judges: Seth Rudetsky, Mario Cantone, Harvey Fierstein, and Nathan Lane

...hey, a person can dream.

[Trish2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:34pm

I'm sorry it just sounds vulgar to me.

[gymdudeva]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:38pm

NY gays will buy tickets to anything with scantily-clad boys

ROTFL!!!!

In addition to NathanLaneStalker's most excellent list, I'll take Tyler Hanes, Jonathan B. Wright, and Matt Cavenaugh.

[jensen11us2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 9:17pm

Gary Beach is hosting

There will be three celeb judges but the audience will pick.

Lots of performances.

Will be exciting.

You all should come!

[Phantom2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 10:35pm

Is fur involved?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 10:39pm

I hope not.
I like my Broadway Boys fur less.
More politically correct.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 10:40pm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 11:32pm

Can we please see John Gallagher in a speedo?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 3/13/07 at 12:55am

Gary Beach is hosting!? Damn how I wish I were in NY.

I always thought if they ever did a benefit for PAGEANT he would be a great Franki...so this fits nicely!

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 2:36pm

So do we have any ideas who the contestants are?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 2:55pm

I'm kind of hoping that Howie Michael Smith is.

[KQuill]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 4:14pm

Did anyone else think this thread was titled "Mr. Broadway Pregnant" at first glance?

...I did.

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 3/20/07 at 4:49pm

I'm waiting for the publication of the result in Nature with the jury divided into four study groups of gays, lesbians, straight men and straight women. Something tells me age will be a more important factor.

[Popular]

Posted: 4/12/07 at 5:53pm

Contestants have been announced for Mr. Broadway 2007, the inaugural male Broadway beauty pageant, which will be hosted by Tony Award winner Gary Beach.

All Shook Up's Cheyenne Jackson and Chatterbox host Seth Rudetsky will judge the competition, which will be presented April 30 at 8 PM at New World Stages. Written and conceived by Jeffrey Self, the evening will feature direction by Ryan J. Davis with musical direction by Eric Svejcar. The one-night-only event will benefit the Ali Forney Center.

Contestants will include Nick Adams (Pirate Queen), Ward Billeisen (Curtains), Frankie James Grande (Mamma Mia!), Kenway Kua (Wicked), Tyler Maynard (Mary Poppins), Paul McGill (A Chorus Line), Arbender Robinson (Hairspray) and Nick Sanchez (Tarzan).

Contestants, according to a press release, "will compete for the title crown through talent, interview and swimsuit competitions. Each of the contestants will go head to head in front of celebrity judges [Jackson and Rudetsky] but ultimately, the final vote is in the audience's hands."

The pageant will boast original songs by The Drowsy Chaperone's Lisa Lambert, Glen Kelly, Caligula's Eric Svejcar, Ben Cohen and Sean McDaniel.

Producers are Ryan J. Davis, Nick Malone and Jeffrey Self, in association with Tim Hur.

Cheyenne Jackson, who was seen in the film "United 93," has appeared on Broadway in All Shook Up, Aida and Thoroughly Modern Millie. He starred in the premiere cast of Altar Boyz, and his regional credits include West Side Story, The Most Happy Fella, Children of Eden, Hair, Carousel, Damn Yankees and Kismet. Jackson is a member of the Broadway Inspirational Voice and was recently seen Off-Broadway in The Agony and the Agony.

Creator and host of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, Seth Rudetsky has served as a pit pianist and/or conductor for such Broadway shows as 42nd Street, The Full Monty, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia! and The Producers. He also conceived the idea for the recent all-star The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas concert to benefit the Actors' Fund of America as well as the five previous benefit concerts, Hair, Chess, Funny Girl, On the Twentieth Century and Dreamgirls. Rudetsky was a member of the comedy writing team for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" for two years, and his awards include the Duplex's Stars of Tomorrow, the Backstage Bistro and the Funniest Gay Male in New York. He was also the author and star of the recent one man, GLAAD nominated show Rhapsody in Seth, and his new tome — "The Q Guide to Broadway" — was published by Alyson Books. Rudetsky has been seen on "Law & Order" and "All My Children" and writes a weekly column for Playbill.com.

Tickets, priced $50-500, are available by visiting www.mrbroadway.org. New World Stages is located in Manhattan at 340 West 50th Street.
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