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BROADWAY BARKS
returns to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 11, 2026, for the
28th Annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event. Hosted
by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells, the event features
adoptable animals from NYC area rescue groups along with
Broadway’s biggest names who use their star power to help
them find loving homes.
Produced by Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the adoption event takes place in
Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets,
between Broadway and Eighth Avenues). BARKS begins at 3
p.m. with a ‘meet and greet’ of all the adoptable pets; from
5-6:30 p.m. adoptees make their Broadway debut on stage
alongside some of Broadway’s favorite stars for the
celebrity presentations.
BROADWAY BARKS is
free and open to the public. Proceeds from the event benefit
the participating shelters and rescue groups.
BARKS is thrilled to
announce Fetch Pet Insurance as the premiere event sponsor
with additional sponsorship from Tito’s Homemade Vodka and
Humane World for Animals.
"Broadway Barks has
spent more than two decades doing exactly what we believe in
at Fetch, which is getting shelter pets into loving homes
and making sure they stay there,” said Tom Murphy, Vice
President, Corporate Responsibility and Cause Marketing at
Fetch Pet Insurance. “We have built our product around
removing barriers to adoption, and continuing to support
Broadway Barks is a natural extension of our mission. We are
proud to stand alongside this devoted community in
celebrating and spotlighting every animal still waiting for
their forever home.”
Celebrity
participants lending their support include:
Isa Antonetti (Buena
Vista Social Club)
Caleb A. Barnett
(Aladdin)
Melissa Barrera (Titaníque)
Shoshana Bean (The
Lost Boys)
Natalie Venetia
Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)
L.J. Benet (The Lost
Boys)
Emily Bergl (Just in
Time)
Bill Berloni (The
Fear of 13)
Alex Brightman (Schmigadoon!)
Reeve Carney (The
Great Gatsby)
Sara Chase (Schmigadoon!)
Marcus Choi (Maybe
Happy Ending)
Max Clayton (Schmigadoon!)
Lilli Cooper (The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
Ben Davis (Ragtime)
Jennifer Duka (The
Lost Boys)
Dez Duron (Maybe
Happy Ending)
Ayo Edebiri (Proof)
Claybourne Elder
(Little Shop of Horrors)
Emma Flynn (Wicked)
Ana Gasteyer (Schmigadoon!)
Drew Gehling (&
Juliet)
J. Harrison Ghee (Hadestown)
Miguel Gil (The Lost
Boys)
Frankie Grande (Titaníque)
Debbie Gravitte
(Just in Time)
Blake Hammond
(Wicked)
Ann Harada (Schmigadoon!)
Sydney James
Harcourt (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Gianna Harris (&
Juliet)
Ellen Harvey
(Wicked)
Jessica Hecht (Dog
Day Afternoon)
Ivan Hernandez (Schmigadoon!)
Nikki M. James
(Little Shop of Horrors)
Isaiah Johnson
(Hamilton)
Hannah Kevitt (Maybe
Happy Ending)
Julia Knitel
(Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Jeff Kready
(Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
McKenzie Kurtz (Schmigadoon!)
Junior Labeija
(Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Caissie Levy
(Ragtime)
Alison Luff (&
Juliet)
Laurie Metcalf
(Death of Salesman)
Da’Von Moody (Buena
Vista Social Club)
Tempress Chasity
Moore (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Gaby Moreno (Hadestown)
Bebe Neuwirth
Eva Noblezada (The
Great Gatsby)
Paul Alexander Nolan
(The Lost Boys)
Brad Oscar (Schmigadoon!)
Benjamin Pajak (The
Lost Boys)
Zachary Noah Piser
(Maybe Happy Ending)
John Riddle (Titaníque)
Amanda Jill Robinson
(Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Victor de Paula
Rocha (Stranger Things)
Michael Shayan (Dog
Day Afternoon)
Carrie St. Louis
(Just in Time)
Dennis Stowe
(Aladdin)
Jake Termine (Death
of a Salesman)
Jordan Tyson (Hadestown)
Ben Vereen
Maria Wirries (The
Lost Boys)
Wesley Wray (Buena
Vista Social Club)
Subject to change
BARKS will feature
adoptable animals from the following New York City area
animal shelters and adoption agencies:
1 Love 4 Animals
Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniels
Rescue Adopt A Boxer Rescue
Animal Care Centers of NYC
Anjellicle Cats Rescue
Badass Animal Rescue
Best Friends Animal Society
Bideawee
Big Apple Cat Rescue
Bobbi and the Strays
City Critters
Every Last One
Give Me Shelter
Hearts and Bones Rescue
Hudson Paws
Husky House
Linda’s Cat Assistance
Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League
North Shore Animal League
NYC Second Chance Rescue
Pet ResQ Inc.
SaveKitty Foundation
SPCA of Westchester
The Animal Project
Urban Cat League
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue
Broadway Barks was
co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore in
1998. Over the past 27 years, more than 2,500 dogs and cats
have grabbed Broadway’s spotlight and the hearts of all who
come to the event. Approximately 85% of these furry friends
have successfully found forever homes.
Fetch Pet Insurance
is a leading tech-enabled pet wellness company helping pet
parents give their dogs and cats longer, healthier lives. As
the most complete pet insurance in North America, Fetch Pet
covers more types of injury and illness than other
providers, offering up to 90% coverage on unexpected vet
bills and 100% reimbursement on qualifying medications
through Fetch Pet Rx.
Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the philanthropic heart of
Broadway, is one of the nation’s leading industry-based,
nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations.
By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the
American theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential
services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical
illnesses across the United States.
Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the
social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund
(formerly The Actors Fund), including The Friedman Health
Center for the Performing Arts, the HIV/AIDS Initiative and
the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. Broadway Cares
provides annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family
service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and
Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy
meals, counseling and emergency assistance. At times of
crisis, Broadway Cares also awards one-time humanitarian
grants to provide emergency aid across the US and around the
world.
For more information
about Broadway Barks please visit:
www.broadwaybarks.org
For more information about Broadway Cares, please visit
www.broadwaycares.org
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