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Gods, goddesses, and fabulous creatures of legend took over Roseland last night as Broadway Bares XVII: Myth-Behavior was presented for two performances, raising big bucks for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Among those on hand were the Amazons, seen here with a prize catch...
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...and the Centaurs, who did some horsing around with this beautiful youth.
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Legally Blonde's Leslie Kritzer (right) provided a hilarious through-line for the show, which included guest appearances by such stars as Bebe Neuwirth and David Hyde Pierce, both alums of TV's Frasier.
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One of the evening's most gorgeously choreographed numbers was this one, simply titled "Heroes."
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Other roof-raisiers offered fanciful takes on the tales of Pan...
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...and Medusa, who at least got to have some fun before going down that stoney end.
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Here's a handsome young sailor boy caught by the power of Poseidon...
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...here's the hot-hot-hot Daphne Rubin-Vega, singing in praise of Icarus...
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...and here's Narcissus, one celebrity who obviously does not have a problem with the paparazzi.
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As the show drew to a close, Harvey Fierstein turned up in drag (what a shocker)...
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...and the audience was granted a vision of Hades that, to some people, looked a lot more like Heaven.
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Among the show's many other participants, caught backstage, were the lovely Nancy Anderson...
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...Ashley Brown, the star of Mary Poppins...
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...Capathia Jenkins, who was a mighty Aprhrodite in Broadway Bares...
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...and hunky Christopher Sieber.
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