Broadway Barks Manhattan Pet Adoption Event Returns with Bernadette Peters
Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, Broadway Barks features adoptable animals from New York City area adoption agencies and rescue groups along with Broadway’s biggest names who use their star power to help them find loving homes.
Broadway Barks is thrilled to return to Shubert Alley, New York City on Saturday, July 12, 2025, for the 27th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event.
Beth Leavel and Bernadette Peters, co-hosting this year, recently starred together in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.
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). Broadway 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. This is the perfect chance to meet the stars, and four-legged fur family in an iconic city. That’s a great meet-cute story.
Over the past 26 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. Broadway Barks is free and open to the public. Proceeds from the event benefit the participating shelters and rescue groups.
Celebrity participants already lending their support include:
Alana Arenas (Purpose)
Jeannette Bayardelle (& Juliet)
Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)
Erich Bergen (BOOP! The Musical)
Emily Bergl (Just In Time)
Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw)
Sophie Carmen-Jones (Chicago The Musical)
Florencia Cuenca (Real Women Have Curves)
David Cumming (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Stephen DeRosa (BOOP! The Musical)
Jacob Dickey (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw)
Kevin Earley (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Paige Faure (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Molly Griggs (John Proctor is the Villain)
Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Erika Henningsen (Just In Time)
Natasha Hodgson (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Mylinda Hull (Gypsy)
Andy Karl (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw)
Gavin Lee (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Kecia Lewis (Hell’s Kitchen)
Alexa Lopez (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Alison Luff (& Juliet)
Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Lesli Margherita (Gypsy)
Peter Neureuther (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Greg Mills (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Hagan Oliveras (John Proctor is the Villain)
Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club)
Amanda Reid (Hell’s Kitchen)
Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical)
Kyle Selig (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Steven Skybell (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club)
Lili Thomas (Gypsy)
Allie Trimm (Wicked)
Jessica Vosk (Hell’s Kitchen)
Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her)
Daniel Yearwood (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends)
Broadway 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 & Control (ACC)
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
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue
*Both talent and animals are subject to change
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 HIV Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards 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. Instagram: @BCEFA
For more information about Broadway Barks please visit: broadwaybarks.org. For more information about Broadway Cares, please visit them online at broadwaycares.org. Follow Broadway Barks on Facebook, Instagram.
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