A front-row seat for the hottest show in town-Broadway's finest strip down for a good cause.

This is your ticket behind the scenes to see Broadway's sexiest performers displaying some of their greatest assets. Gorgeous stage idols from the biggest shows strut their stuff as you've never seen them before. It's burlesque naughtiness lit up by the razzle-dazzle of the Great White Way. They tease, they titillate, they tantalize. And boy, do they deliver the goods. By the end of each number they're wearing little more than a smile. But at the end of the show comes the real payoff; hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the theatre community's unique fundraising and grantmaking organization.

Backstage Pass peeks behind the curtain at the famous event called Broadway Bares- conceived by Tony Award(R)--winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell-which sets New York City ablaze each summer. The hottest dancers in show business come together for this one-night-only sold-out Strip-A-Thon-a fundraising, eye-popping spectacle the likes of which Gypsy Rose Lee could never have dreamed. Now for the first time this luxurious keepsake album brings together all the sizzling posters, scintillating backstage shots, and scorching on-stage photographs from the past seventeen years of Broadway Bares, Sit back and enjoy the show.

Backstage Pass literally takes you behind the scenes to see Broadway's sexiest men in nothing but their birthday suits. In order to raise funds for one of show business's most respected charities, real actors and dancers have agreed to reveal all. Here are the stage heroes with whom thousands of theatergoers fall in love every night--performers from the hottest shows, including Chicago, Cabaret, The Color Purple, Wicked, and The Producers. But gone are the costumes and sets; these gorgeous idols are showing off some of their greatest assets. The book spans ten different themes from "New York Strip" to "Comic Strip." All the photographs retain a playful innocence. It's like modern burlesque--plenty of excitement but nothing hardcore. There's as much fun here for women as there is for gay men. And for those who are shy, there is a solid alibi: buying this book benefits a great cause. Proceeds are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

First there was Locker Room Nudes, which took you behind closed doors to see the hottest rugby players in the buff. Now, here's Backstage Pass, which literally takes you behind the scenes to see Broadway's sexiest men bare it all. In stunning black-and-white photography, here are seventy stage heroes, with whom thousands of theatergoers fall in love every night. But gone are the costumes and sets; nothing stands between you and these gorgeous idols. These guys include performers from the hottest shows, including Chicago, Cabaret, The Color Purple, Wicked, and The Producers, You'll spy them dropping their robes, caught in the dressing room, and warming up au naturel. All the photographs retain a playful innocence. It's like modern burlesque-plenty of excitement but nothing hardcore. There's fun here for everyone. If you're still shy, don't be; buying this book benefits a great cause. A portion of the proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which is the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fund-raising and grant-making organization.