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Broadway Stars Come Together For 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' On 'Maya & Marty' - Watch Here!

The stars of Broadway have come together to perform a live rendition of “What The World Needs Now Is Love” on Maya and Marty on Tuesday evening (June 21) following its official release in the wake of the tragic shooting that cost 49 people their lives and countless others injury at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub.

A majority of the original contributors – Roger Bart, Charles Busch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Paul Castree, Michael Cerveris, Kevin Chamberlin, Josh Colley, Lilla Crawford, Carmen Cusack, Darius de Haas, Carole Demas, Fran Drescher, Cynthia Erivo, Brian G Gallagher, Victor Garber, Frankie Grande, Joel Grey, Sean Hayes, Megan Hilty, Christopher Scott Icenogle, Bill Irwin, Julie James, Judy Kuhn, Anika Larsen, Liz Larsen, Norm Lewis, Jose Llana, Lorna Luft, Beth Malone, Andrea Martin, Janet Metz, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Debra Monk, Jessie Mueller, Lacretta Nicole, Rosie Perez, Billy Porter, BD Wong, Tony Yazbeck – reunited for the special live tribute performance.

100% of the proceeds from the digital download of “Broadway for Orlando” will benefit the LGBT Center of Central Florida – Watch the performance below!

Broadway for Orlando – Maya & Marty

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Tina Fey & Neil Patrick Harris Check Out 'Disaster' on Broadway!

Tina Fey walks the carpet at the opening night performance of Disaster! On Broadway on Tuesday night (March 8) at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City.

Other celebs in attendance included Neil Patrick Harris and his husband David Burtka, Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, and Fran Drescher.

The cast of the musical walked the carpet at the opening night celebration following the performance. See photos of Adam Pascal, Kerry Butler, Faith Prince, Rachel York, Kevin Chamberlin, Max Crumm, Jennifer Simard, Roger Bart, Lacretta Nicole, Travis Kent, and more in the gallery!

The show takes place on a cruise ship casino on the evening of a major disaster in the Big Apple and spoofs classic disaster movies while using a catalogue of ’70s music. Get tickets now on Ticketmaster.

FYI: Tina is wearing J Brand leather pants.

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Amy Smart & Common Make It A Special Night at Global Green USA's Pre-Oscar Party 2015!

Amy Smart and Missi Pyle hit the green carpet to attend Global Green USA’s 2015 Pre-Oscar Party held at the Avalon Hollywood on Wednesday (February 18) in Los Angeles.

The 38-year-old Justified actress and Missi, 42, were joined by performer of the evening Common, Fran Drescher, Billy Zane, Orange Is The New Black‘s Alysia Reiner, New Girl‘s Lamorne Morris, Heather McDonald, and Desert Dancer‘s Reece Ritchie.

Over 700 guests including celebrities, eco-luminaries, environmental companies, political leadership and headline press from around the world gathered to celebrate sustainable solutions and hear the latest green messages.

25+ pictures inside of Amy Smart, Common, and more at Global Green USA’s 2015 Pre-Oscar PartyMore Here! »

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Fran Drescher Marries Email Inventor Shiva Ayyadurai

Fran Drescher and her boyfriend Shiva Ayyadurai have tied the knot after one year of dating, according to People!

The 56-year-old actress married the 50-year-old email creator at their beach home in front of an intimate group of close friends and family.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Fran Drescher

Fran reportedly wore a Badgley Mischka wedding dress, while he wore Ralph Lauren.

Fran heard my talk and we fell in love, and we’ve been together since that talk,” Shiva recently shared to Huffington Post about his love. “Every day is a celebration with Fran. Every day is almost a romantic hangout with her. We’re always laughing, always enjoying ourselves.”

In case you didn’t know, Fran was previously married to Peter Marc Jacobson, but they divorced in 1999.

Congrats to the happy couple!

Fran Drescher Attends Tony Awards 2014 with Both Her Ex-Husband & New Boyfriend!

Fran Drescher is pretty in peach while making her entrance on the red carpet at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 56-year-old actress, who is currently starring on Broadway in the musical Cinderella, will be presenting on stage this evening.

Fran was joined at the event by both her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson (right) and her new boyfriend Shiva Ayyadurai (left).

In case you didn’t know, Fran and Peter got divorced back in 1999 after he revealed that he is gay, but they have remained best friends ever since and even turned their story into the TV Land series Happily Divorced.

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Carly Rae Jepsen Dons Wedding Dress for 'Cinderella' Curtain Call!

Carly Rae Jepsen is beautiful in a wedding dress for the curtain call for her new Broadway musical Cinderella held at The Broadway Theater on Tuesday (February 4) in New York City.

The 28-year-old entertainer was joined on stage by her co-star Fran Drescher, who plays her evil stepmother.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Carly Rae Jepsen

“It’s all a brave new world for me to take on not just the songs but to do them as much musical theater justice as I can,” Carly recently shared to Paper Mag about starring in Cinderella. “But I think we’ve all been figuring out the happy balance between sounding like me and still making it sound like a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.” Check out some pics from the feature below!

15+ pictures inside of Carly Rae Jepson in a wedding dress for CinderellaMore Here! »

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Adam Lambert & Nikki Reed: 'Bridegroom' Premiere!

Adam Lambert and Nikki Reed hit the red carpet at the premiere of Bridegroom held at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday (October 15) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 31-year-old entertainer and Nikki, 25, were joined by Cuba Gooding Jr., Lily Tomlin, Fran Drescher, Monique Coleman, Andrea Bowen, and star of the documentary Shane Bitney Crone at the event benefiting Love is Louder.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Adam Lambert

“Humbled to be part of this beautiful film!,” Adam wrote on his Twitter account. “Much respect to @ShaneBitney’s @BridegroomMovie.”

FYI: Nikki is wearing Catherine Deane.

10+ pictures inside of Adam Lambert, Nikki Reed, and others at the Bridegroom premiere…More Here! »

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