PhotosSee Come From Away, Hamilton, TheLion King, and More Perform at Gypsy of the YearThe 29th annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS was held at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
By
Hannah Vine
December 06, 2017
Come From Away, 2017
Monica Simoes
The 29th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was presented December 4 and 5 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.
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The 29th Gypsy of the Year, 2017
The 29th Gypsy of the Year, 2017
The 29th annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS was held at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
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Javier Muñoz, 2017
Monica Simoes
Don Darryl Rivera and Lesli Margherita, 2017
Chad Kimball, Caesar Samayoa, Sharon Wheatley, and Major Attaway, 2017
Charlotte d'Amboise, 2017
Evan Zimmerman
Jeremy Shamos, Keegan-Michael Key, Amy Schumer, and Laura Benanti, 2017
This year’s showcase featured more than 150 Broadway and Off-Broadway singers and dancers, including Major Attaway (Aladdin); Laura Benanti, Keegan-Michael Key, Amy Schumer, and Jeremy Shamos (Meteor Shower); Richard H. Blake, Will Coombs, Bradley Gibson, Adam Kaplan, Jonah Mussolino, and Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale); Chad Kimball, Caesar Samayoa, and Sharon Wheatley (Come From Away); Lesli Margherita (Who's Holiday!); and more. National touring productions were honored in a separate number directed and choreographed by Chaz Wolcott.
This year’s event featured songs, skits, or dances performed by the “gypsies” from Afterglow, Aladdin, Avenue Q, Cats, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chicago, Come From Away, Hamilton, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera and School of Rock—The Musical. The Chase Brock Experience also performed representing BC/EFA program Dancers Responding to AIDS.
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.
