BENEFIT HAUS

PHOTOS: Contestants Revealed for the 2013 Broadway Beauty Pageant

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Hostess Marti Gould Cummings was on hand to introduce several of the contestants in the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, a benefit for New York City’s Ali Forney Center, last night at Industry Bar in Hell’s Kitchen.

Celebrity judges for this year’s event will include Broadway babies Andrea Martin, Billy Porter, and Michael Urie.  Seth Sikes will direct the show, choreographed by Paul McGill, and hosted by Tovah Feldshuh.  This year Callan Bergmann (Silence! The Musical), Julius C. Carter (SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark), Yurel Echezarreta (Matilda), Matthew Goodrich (The Nance), Orion Griffiths (Pippin), and Paul HeeSang Miller (Mamma Mia!) will compete for the crown through a variety of competitions (talent, interview, and swimsuit).

Tickets for The Broadway Beauty Pageant are available at www.nyuskirball.org/calendar/broadwaybeautypageant

Photography by Jeffrey James Keyes

 

Marti Gould Cummings

Marti Gould Cummings

Matthew Goodrich Matthew Goodrich

Callan Bergmann and Yurel Echezarreta Callan Bergmann and Yurel Echezarreta

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Marti Gould Cummings and Christopher Dunbar Marti Gould Cummings and Christopher Dunbar

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Broadway Beauty Pageant by JJ Keyes7

Broadway Beauty Pageant by JJ Keyes8

Broadway Beauty Pageant by JJ Keyes9

Broadway Beauty Pageant by JJ Keyes10

Julius C. Carter Julius C. Carter

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Broadway Beauty Pageant by JJ Keyes13

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Seth Sikes and Paul McGill Seth Sikes and Paul McGill

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