Beloved stars from All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite for ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway, a one-night-only streaming concert benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The free streamed event can be viewed on the Broadway Cares website beginning at 8 pm Eastern on Thursday, February 11.
Additionally, the event can be seen on Broadway Cares’ YouTube Channel, ABC-owned television stations’ 32 connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku and each of the eight stations’ websites around the country, including abc7ny.com and Good Morning America’s Facebook page..
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The star-studded lineup will include performances by All My Children’s Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey, One Life to Live’s Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam and Brittany Underwood; and General Hospital’s Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash and Anthony Geary..
For the February 11 streaming special, viewers can expect to hear a bevy of Broadway classics and jazzy standards. The streaming event will be directed by John Dietrich, who also directed each of the live stage performances.
Dedicated fans also will have the opportunity for one-on-one virtual meet-and-greets with their favorite soap stars on Saturday, February 13. Further information on tickets and the lineup of special guests will be announced later this month.
From 2005-2011, the stars of ABC Daytime took the stage at New York City’s Town Hall one night each year for ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares. The evening featured dynamic production numbers, heartfelt ballads and hilarious skits. Now, 10 years after that final performance, the iconic ABC Daytime actors revisit their performances as they help raise money for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the event began in 2005. it was for a one-night benefit concert to celebrate All My Children’s 35th Anniversary. With overwhelming support from fans, the event continued for six more years and included cast members from One Life to Live, General Hospital and co-hosts of The View. Over its seven-year run, ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares raised an incredible $1.85 million.
“This event is truly one of a kind,” Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said. “We are so thankful to the stars from ABC Daytime for joining us again as we relive moments from this delightful tradition, while helping to provide lifesaving medication, healthy meals and emergency support to those struggling during this ongoing pandemic.”
“It was such an incredible privilege and joy to join my fellow co-stars to perform in the seven ABC Daytime Salutes concerts to benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS,” said former All My Children star Susan Lucci. “There are no fans like ABC Daytime fans. Their love and support continue to astonish us. We can’t wait to share these special performances with them and help raise money for so many in need during this difficult time.”
Lucci also shared her excitement on her Instagram account expressing: “We’re getting the fans and cast back together!!! Join us on Thursday, February 11 at 8pm for “ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway”—a fabulous online event revisiting seven years of singing, dancing and plot twists, featuring your favorite ABC Daytime stars. And it’s all to help Broadway Cares support our friends and neighbors who are struggling during this pandemic. Watch the stream at
broadway-cares.org, to join the fun! I hope to see you there!”
So excited to hear about the ABC Daytime Back to Broadway event? Let us know in the comment section, and check out the announcement from The View’s Whoopi Goldberg below.
BREAKING! Queen of @theview @WhoopiGoldberg announces ABC Daytime: Back on #Broadway will stream on February 11. Theatre and Soap fans alike are sure to swoon over performances of Broadway hits and parodies by @Susan_Lucci and stars from AMC, OLTL, and GH. https://t.co/Nxa3X2oJcx
— Broadway Cares (@BCEFA) January 14, 2021
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I need the marvelous VI/David if I’m to continue with AMC 2.0! 🙂
I certainly hope he stays on and at least he seems open to it but like everyone on the shows right now, they seem to be as in the dark about what the transition will entail as the public. Truthfully, i don’t think Prospect Park had all the details worked out and the news got leaked before they were quite ready. Hopefully when they get everything ironed out and have a chance to get with the cast about offers, we will be seeing many of our favs including Vincent Irizzarry’s David Hayward!
i certainly hope vincent stays with all my children when it transitions to the web – i love this awesome actor – i followed him to y&r and back to amc
VI is the ONLY reason to watch this show to begin with, so if he doesn’t transition to the online version, its really got a tough battle to be successful.
I am so sorry, but it is time for David to go! He has done too much, to too many people. VI is a great actor, and I have followed him from his GL days. But, enough is enough!!
I think Vincent and Dr. Hayward should go straight to prime time. He could be the next “House”.
Vincent Irrizarry is why I started watching AMC and will continue to watch it online or anywhere. This being said, I hope that he tries to find other work to showcase his talent because I think he is worth a great deal more than an online show where many of the fans dislike him because he played such a great evil doctor. I watched him on GL and AMC and he is a talented diverse actor that is better than the soaps in my opinion. I hope that he does not disappear because I think he is AMC. Good Luck… Read more »
I HOPE THAT PROSPECT PARK WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO KEEP EVERYONE!
THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FINANCIAL REALITY! THERE WILL BE FOUR (4) SHOWS LEFT ON T.V. THAT MEANS THEY CAN NOT OFFER EMPLOYMENT TO THE WHOLE CAST OF AMC & OLTL!! THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM PLUS THEIR REGULAR CASTS!!
I HOPE AMC & OLTL REMAIN INTACT ON-LINE.
I LOVE VINCENTS “DAVID” BUT, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THE EVIL DOCTOR DAVID CAN DO WITHOUT FINALLY PAYING FOR HIS CRIMES!
Hello Vincent, Read your comments about AMC and was so hoping that the show will go on with the internet! I am from Naples, Florida living in Fiddlers Creek and saw your name on the members list; do you still own the home? I certainly hope you remain with the show and that it will give us some new and devious plots involving Dr. Hayward! I have been watching the show for 25 years and want it to continue; I understand you are planning your future with or without the show; don’t make plans too soon, we want the dastardly… Read more »