When Jerry Mitchell arrived in New York in 1980, the dance community was in crisis. Young dancers and choreographers, who like Mitchell had moved to the city with big Broadway dreams, were being mowed down by the AIDS epidemic.

In 1987, the seven-time Tony-winning director and choreographer of _A Chorus Line_ , Michael Bennett, died after battling the disease. Two years later, the legendary…

Broadway Bares is going undercover this year — and, as always, it won’t stay that way for long.

The long-running, anything-goes fundraiser has revealed its 2026 theme, _Broadway Bares: License to Strip,_ a spy-inspired spectacle that leans into intrigue, fantasy, and a whole lot of skin. Think secret agents and double identities, staged with out-of-this-world choreography that’s made the…