Broadway Barks has set a 2025 return. The 27th annual event, which aims to find forever homes for adoptable animals from New York City-area adoption agencies, will take place on July 12 at 3 p.m. in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The event, which is free and open to the public, will be hosted by Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel, who are currently featured in “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.” Broadway Barks is being produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The event will begin with a meet-and-greet of all adoptable pets, followed by all adoptees making an appearance on a Broadway stage accompanied by a slew of Broadway performers and industry professionals.
On hand to escort the animals will be 2025 Tony Award winners Natalie Venetia Belcon and Jak Malone, 2025 Tony nominees Jeb Brown, David Cumming, Andrew Durand, Natasha Hodgson, Julia Knitel and Jasmine Amy Rogers, in addition to Alana Arenas, Jeannette Bayardelle, Erich Bergen, Emily Bergl, Sophie-Carmen Jones, Florencia Cuenca, Stephen DeRosa, Jacob Dickey, Kevin Earley, Paige Faure, Molly Griggs, Claire-Marie Hall, Erika Henningsen, Mylinda Hull, Andy Karl, Gavin Lee, Kecia Lewis, Alexa Lopez, Alison Luff, Lesli Margherita, Peter Neureuther, Greg Mills, Hagan Oliveras, Michele Pawk, Orville Peck, Amanda Reid, Kyle Selig, Steven Skybell, Lili Thomas, Allie Trimm, Jessica Vosk, Michelle Williams, Maria Wirries and Daniel Yearwood.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the participating shelters and rescue groups, which includes 1 Love 4 Animals, Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniels Rescue, Adopt a Boxer Rescue, Animal Care & Control, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Best Friends Animal Society, Bideawee, Bobbi and the Strays, Catstoria Cat Rescue, City Critters, Francis’s Friends, Hearts and Bones Rescue, Husky House, Linda’s Cat Assistance, Little Shelter, Long Island Bulldog Rescue, Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, North Shore Animal League, Pet ResQ Inc., SaveKitty Foundation, SPCA of Westchester and Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue.
In the 26 years since Broadway Barks was founded by Peters and the late Mary Tyler Moore, over 2,500 dogs and cats have been included. Approximately 85 percent of those animals have successfully found a home.
