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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It will be nice to see shows that were cancelled way to soon #OLTL #AMC
and alot of people will tune in because we still want to see ooltl and amc.
They show 2 episodes of AMC and OLTL weekdays from midnight to 4 am i believe i set My DVR so i could be wrong on the times but i watch what i can
Im sorry, this doesnt impress me ,abc is killing soapnet in march there doing this so everyone watches and gets the ratings up so they dont loose.we are the ones loosing ,we lost one life to live and all my children not once but twice ,were loosing soapnet and abc cant tell us whether or not they are canceling general hospital,Ill pass ,as much as I want to see my friends from landview and pine valley ,Im not supporting anything abc ,disney ,soapnet or anything else that comes from them that they are showing.3 0clock ,general hospital ,monday thru friday… Read more »
Will watch so I can see AMC and OLTL.
ABC JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH SOAP FANS EMOTIONS. WHY DO THIS ON A DAY THAT IS FOR LOVE AND THOUGHTFULNESS. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE HOW MANY WATCH. ABC DO THE RIGHT THING AND BRING BACK ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND ALL MY CHILDREN BACK FOR GOOD YOU IDIOTS.
Probably will watch to support the Soaps but I am so against ABC/Disney now that I am just plain angry! I will never get over losing OLTL! and good point about them doing this a month before Soapnet goes off to Wasteland too!
Mr. Fairman,
your article says Sunday, the 13th @3pm. is the day wrong or the date?
I guess they are having a GH marathon as well, it says Sunday the 12th @3pm for it…..I just want to make sure that I do not miss the AMC and OLTL ones 🙂 please let me know thank you very much 🙂
Everyone, this marathon was on last year (the date on the article is from January 27, 2011 not 2012). The Patrick/Robin GH marathon is airing this year this Sunday from 3 – 7 P.M.