John Waters and Hairspray Cast Members at Broadway Belts for PFF
The 2018 edition of Julie Halston's Broadway Belts for PFF! took place Monday, March 12, at the Edison Ballroom.
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Broadway Belts for PFF! raises money to fight pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a devastating and progressive disease involving scarring in the lungs. PF affects 200,000 Americans and results in more than 40,000 deaths annually. Halston created Broadway Belts for PFF! in 2010. Her husband, newscaster Ralph Howard, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis a short time later and has received a lung transplant.
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The evening, directed by Carl Andress, honored Hairspray producer Margo Lion and reunited cast members Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Andrew Rannells, Jackie Hoffman, Julie Halston, Jenn Gambatese, Adam Fleming, Clark Thorell, John Hill, Judine Somerville, and Hollie Howard with John Waters, Josh Bergasse, David Rockwell, and Bernie Telsey.
Performers also included New York Yankees legend and Latin Grammy nominee Bernie Williams, whose father passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, along with Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton), Robert Creighton (Frozen), Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Matilda), Stephanie Gibson (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Chester Gregory (Motown the Musical), and Alex Getlin.
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