It’s Valentine’s Day! And On-Air On-Soaps has been surfing soapdom looking at the state of current couples, or almost couples, who are in desperate need of some love, hugs, suffering from aching or breaking hearts, or who just need a good romantic dinner or some fun hanky-panky on this day for lovers around the world.
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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Umm… definitely not Hope and Liam — it should be Hope and OLIVER. 😉
Jason and Elizabeth Cam and Jake deserve a Valentines day! and more
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Starr/James all the way. I mean its been like 10 months now. They are still not together. Hopefuly things will be changing soon.
DANTE n LULU baby!!
rafe &sami (the real rafe)
Voted SAFE (Sami and Rafe)
Sami and Rafe so deserve a Happy Valentine’s Day, too bad Days didn’t give us SAFE loving this Valentine’s Day 🙁
GO SAFE
LANTE!!!! They are finding their way back to one another!!! BRING ON THE SWEET, SEXY, HOT, FUN LANTE!!!!
Dante and Lulu all the way!
Dante and Lulu deserve the BEST Valentine’s Day…after him being in a hospital bed last year recovering from being shot to this year being separated …they are finding their way back to each other and what better way than a romantic Valentine’s Day reunion? Nothing would make me happier as a fan!
Sami&Rafe so deserve a Happy Valentines Day. They sure deserve one. With everything that they keep getting put through. To bad Days can’t give us what we want.
SAFE all the way!!!
Michael and Abby, all the way.
Dante and Lulu are finding their way back to each other – they DESERVE a Happy Reunion!!!!
Definitely, Jason and Sam deserve a Happy Valentine’s day. 2 People who never seem to be able to put their own needs first as individuals or as a couple. Viva la JASAM!!
Their love is Amazing!
Sandy, I agree totally.. Jason and Sam always seem to have to put their lives and romance on hold. Someones always knocking at the door. Today was a good start.
LANTE ALL THE WAY!!! THEY DESERVE TO BE HAPPY, AFTER EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH!!!
Dante and Lulu-without a doubt
I wrote in Billy and Victoria (Y&R), a loving couple, and deserving of all the happiness they can possibly get.
Dante & Lulu……Simply Perfection!
Lulu and Dante’ (Lante’) are the most romantic couple on GH and after all this couple has gone thru they and their fans deserve an awesome love filled Valentines Day!
Dante and Lulu deserve the best Valentines! They seem to be emerging from the “Brenda Vortex” which engulfed most of the males on the show last Fall/Winter. Dante and Lulu are the best soap couple that I have ever had the pleasure of seeing!! Cheers!
Starr and James all the way. 8 months in the making with all of their fantasies and almost moments. Time for the real deal.
SAFE all the way, Sami and Rafe are the most romantic couple on DOOL. And i mean the real Rafe not this imposter.
Sami and Rafe should have had a wonderful Valentine’s Day, they didn’t even had a wedding night so please give this couple a Happy Valentine’s Day.
After all the misery DOOL has put them through, the REAL Rafe & Sami deserve a Happy Valentines Day plus six months without any agnst or suffering….they’ve had everything thrown at them and now rape & torture! What gives with these sadistic writers! …….
Bo and Carly. After so many years apart; they should have had a fabulous Val’s Day!
Real Rafe and Sami deserve a romantic Valentine’s Day! When will TPTB leave them alone to enjoy each other???? So sick of all the angst thrown at them constantly!!!!!!!
Love my SAFE!!
Jason and Sam also deserve it!
GO SAFE! GO JASAM!
Rafe & Sami need Happy Everydays!!
Dante and Lulu deserve the best valentine day they are the most romantic couple on daytime tv
Sam and Jason deserve all the love and happiness in the world..they are so precious and so loving. What a beautiful family they would be if they could only have their love child together.
I so agree..the heart wants what the heart wants..and Jason’s heart wants Sam..its’ their DAY!
Jason & Sam are Valentines Day everyday. They are partners in everyway. Loving him loving her!!!
Dante and Lulu!!! The opera scenes today were priceless! And that kiss…swoon!!
Whip & Taylor of B&B..
Sick and tire of Logan Dictatorship!!!!
I love Bo and Carly because time stands still when they are together. “SHARE YOUR LOVE” #SaveBoandCarly
I just wanted to say Happy Valentine’s Day Michael Fairman!! I don’t see my couple (EJAMI)on the list this time around maybe soon !!!
Jason and Sam definitely deserves to have a wonderful Valentin’s day. They are always taking care of others, being interrupted and running around fixing everyone elses problem. I want for them to have a little peace and be able to concentrate on each other only.
And what a Valentine’s day we got for them! It was pure heaven. Stelly magic at it´s best! *woot woot*
Jason and Sam..StellyMagic” The Power of JaSam Nation!
I think if anyone needs a few minutes of alone time, it is Jason and Sam. These two have been so busy taking care of everyone else that they forget to find time for each other. Today, however, all that changed when they finally had their alone time, and it became crystal clear how absolutely in love these two are with each other. Jason can’t imagine his life without Sam, and she obviously feels the same. Love these two.
Dante and Lulu!!!! The most amazing couple I have ever witnessed on any tv. Cannot get enough of them and after all they and us have been through the past months…DANTE AND LULU deserve the best Valentines Day ever. Plus they promised us last year when Dante was in the hospital to make it up to us!!! LOVING DANTE AND LULU….DESTINY AT IT’S BEST!
Robin & Patrick! Swoon. I just watched Patrick and his bold kisses with Robin. That was a Happy Valentine for ME!!
Robin & Patrick deserve a very Happy V-Day!
Definitely John and Natalie, after last week, today and the coming days/months I think they deserve one Very Happy Valentine’s Day!! Maybe next year?? Fingers crossed.
I love Bo and Carly!
I love Bo and Carly because… Well, Crystal Chappell could not have stated it more perfectly,”… I think there’s a love there that’s so honest and so pure.” I love Bo and Carly for exactly this reason. They display love in it’s truest form. The love they have for each other is absolutely amazing– so refreshing and so rare. Love like that is the most beautiful thing in the world.
Cane and Lily. They have been to hell and back and deserve to be happy. Bring Daniel/Cane back….. NOW
I love. CANE AND Lily aka Lane.
Best couple on Y&R.
Rafe and Sami need to have good days i know they didn’t have a Happy Valentines Day this year but they do deserve it and I don’t mean Rafe2 and Sami. (Safe all the way)
Bo and Carly from Days of our Lives deserve a happy St. Valentine’s day because they share the only relationship on daytime TV that is soul based.
You got that right – they get each other on every level – a deep deep love.
Nothing compares to Bo & Carly. I wish they would have gotten to share a Happy Valentine’s Day together!
Dante and Lulu all the way!!!!
they are what TRUE LOVE really looks like <3
PERFECTION
I think Bo and Carly could use a little happiness….
Lante, Safe and Patrick and Robin
Jason and Sam all the way! And heres hoping johnny finds some love soon too! I keep hoping for so JoMax action.
Dante & Lulu all the way, bring on the sweet!