Gypsy Kings

Carolee Carmello Is One of the Family

Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman join Bernadette Peters, Michael McKean, Julie White, Seth Rudetsky, Ryan Kasprzak, Christopher Sieber, the cast of Naked Boys Singing and more for the 21st annual Gypsy of the Year.

By Tristan Fuge,Brian Scott Lipton • Dec 9, 2009 • New York City

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The 21st Annual Gypsy of the Year competition, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held on December 7 and 8 at the Palace Theatre. The show's opening number spoofed FOX's So You Think You Can Dance, and featured Christopher Sieber as judge Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Birdsong as judge Mary Murphy, former contestant Ryan Kasprzak as himself, Paul Canaan as host Cat Deely, and casting director Bernie Telsey as himself.

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The cast of Chicago, featuring Ryan Lowe, won the competition's talent competition with their "9th Avenue Story" skit.

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The cast of West Side Story was named first runner-up in the talent competition for their dazzling dance number, "Gypsy Nation."

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The Off-Broadway cast of Naked Boys Singing showed off their bodies and their vocal skills in "Something Better Than Naked."

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The cast of Hair (including star Gavin Creel, left) delighted audiences with their number, "The Trip."

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The cast of Superior Donuts -- including stars Jon Michael Hill and Michael McKean -- took their best shot at the recently closed A Steady Rain in "Pigs-Malion."

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The cast of Billy Elliot spoofed their use of understudies in "Good Night and Thank You."

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Bye Bye Birdie's cast offered their own take on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

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Wicked's Carrie Manolakos performed her own song "In Your Own Grace" while fellow cast members Kenway Kua and Samantha Zack danced a gorgeous pas de deux.

The casts of In the Heights and Avenue Q joined forces to present an excerpt from Shafrika, The White Girl starring co-creator Anika Larsen.

Michael West, Christine Pedi, Rory O'Malley, and Christina Bianco of Off-Broadway's Newsical performed the song "Boy in the Balloon."

Jersey Boys co-stars Russell Fleischer and Taylor Sternberg paid homage to the poetic stylings of William Shatner.

Keigwin + Company, which represented Dancers Responding to AIDS, was a crowd favorite with the charming "Fly."

Co-hosts Julie White and Seth Rudetsky were joined by two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters in announcing the winners of the fundraising competition.

A Steady Rain co-stars Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman received a special award from BC/EFA for raising $1,549,952 in a six-week period. In total, Gypsy of the Year raised $4,630,695 for the organization.

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