SLIDESHOW: Broadway Beauty Pageant
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Participants included Andrew Chappelle (Mamma Mia!), Wilkie Ferguson, III (Porgy and Bess), Corey Mach (Godspell), Jesse Swimm (Mary Poppins) and Anthony Wayne (Priscilla Queen of the Desert). Celebrity judges included: Jackie Hoffman (Xanadu, Hairspray), Michael Musto (Village Voice) and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly’s Last Jam). Four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda’s Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) hosted.This year's swimsuit competition segment was especially memorable as I was hit with a well-oiled water wing during one contestant's number. Hit the slide show for super-gay frivolity and some very buff bodies.
[Photography by Dr. Jeff Smith]
Labels: Ali Forney Center, beauty pageants, Broadway, Carl Siciliano, good work, LGBT youth, Michael Musto, NYC