Broadway Backwards is an annual benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. It's a concert in which male Broadway performers favor the audience with songs normally performed by females and vice-versa.
At the 2014 edition, the show was stopped by film and Broadway star Patricia Morison with a stirring rendition of a song from Kiss Me, Kate. Ms. Morison starred in the original Broadway production of that show in 1948, interrupting a stellar film career to return to the stage. Here is her performance for Broadway Backwards — an impressive one for an actress of any age but especially memorable since she was 99 years old at the time. This coming Saturday, she will celebrate her 101st birthday.
Ms. Morison is introduced by Tony-winning actress Julie White. Stay tuned after the thunderous ovation at the end to hear what White has to say…