Broadway Barks 27 The Star-Studded Dog and Cat Adoption Event

Broadway Barks 27 Poster. This year’s poster art is designed by Stacy Lazzara

Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel

Saturday, July 12th – Shubert Alley

Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids

BROADWAY BARKS announces the following additional celebrities for their 27^th annual dog and cat adoption on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 3:00pm event in Shubert Alley:  Ali Louis Bourzgui (Hadestown), Preston Truman Boyd(Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Glenn Davis (Purpose), Cole Escola (Oh, Mary!), Max von Essen (Chicago The Musical), Lana Gordon (Hadestown), Philip Huber (BOOP! The Musical), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Jon Michael Jill (Purpose), Harry Lennix (Purpose), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Brad Oscar (Wicked), Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Samantha Williams (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Azalea Wolfe (Stranger Things), Gianna Yanelli (SIX: The Musical), and Kara Young (Purpose). 

As previously announced, the event will be hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel and is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

BARKS begins at 3 p.m. with a ‘meet and greet’ of all the adoptable pets; from 5-6:30 p.m. adoptees make their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of Broadway’s favorite stars for the celebrity presentations. 

Previously announced celebrity participants include: 

Alana Arenas (Purpose) 

Jeannette Bayardelle (& Juliet)

Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)

Erich Bergen (BOOP! The Musical) 

Emily Bergl (Just In Time) 

Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw)

Sophie Carmen-Jones (Chicago The Musical) 

Florencia Cuenca (Real Women Have Curves)

David Cumming (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical) 

Stephen DeRosa (BOOP! The Musical)

Jacob Dickey (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw) 

Kevin Earley (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Paige Faure (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Molly Griggs (John Proctor is the Villain) 

Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical) 

Erika Henningsen (Just In Time) 

Natasha Hodgson (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical) 

Mylinda Hull (Gypsy) 

Andy Karl (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) 

Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw) 

Gavin Lee (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Kecia Lewis (Hell’s Kitchen)

Alexa Lopez (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Alison Luff (& Juliet) 

Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical) 

Lesli Margherita (Gypsy)

Greg Mills (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Peter Neureuther (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Hagan Oliveras (John Proctor is the Villain)
Michele Pawk (Just In Time)

Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club)

Amanda Reid (Hell’s Kitchen)

Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical) 

Kyle Selig (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Steven Skybell (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club)

Lili Thomas (Gypsy) 

Allie Trimm (Wicked)

Jessica Vosk (Hell’s Kitchen) 

Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her)

Maria Wirries (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)

Daniel Yearwood (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) 

Subject to change

BARKS will feature adoptable animals from the following New York City area animal shelters and adoption agencies:

1 Love 4 Animals

Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniels Rescue Adopt A Boxer Rescue

Animal Care Centers of NYC

Anjellicle Cats Rescue

Badass Animal Rescue

Best Friends Animal Society

Bideawee

Bobbi and the Strays

Catstoria Cat Rescue

City Critters

ELO – Every Last One

Francis’s Friends 

Give Me Shelter

Hearts and Bones Rescue

Husky House

Linda’s Cat Assistance 

Little Shelter

Long Island Bulldog Rescue

Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League

North Shore Animal League

Pet ResQ Inc.

Remember Me Rescue

SaveKitty Foundation

SPCA of Westchester 

Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue

Subject to change                  

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the philanthropic heart of Broadway,is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance.

For more information about Broadway Barks please visit: broadwaybarks.org. For more information about Broadway Cares, please visit them online at broadwaycares.org.

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