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Broadway Barks returns to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 11, for the 28th annual dog and cat adoption event, hosted by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells.
Co-founded by Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the event is free and open to the public and features adoptable animals from NYC area adoption agencies and rescue groups along with Broadway performers, who help them find loving homes.
Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the adoption event starts at 3pm, with a meet-and-greet of all the adoptable pets. From 5pm-6:30 pm, adoptees are joined onstage by Broadway performers for the celebrity presentations.
This year’s celebrity participants include Tony winners Shoshana Bean, Laurie Metcalf, Caissie Levy, Natalie Venetia Belcon, J. Harrison Ghee, Debbie Gravitte, ; theater newcomers like Ayo Edebiri and Melissa Barrera; legends Bebe Neuwirth and Ben Vereen; and many others.
Over the past 27 years, more than 2,500 dogs and cats have been introduced at the event, with an adoption rate of 85 percent.
