Alan Cumming in "Broadway Backwards 2011". Photo by Peter James Zielinski.

If New York, New York is a town so nice they named it twice, then I like to think that the format for two upcoming benefits, Broadway Backwards and Broadway Miscast, is an idea so zen they thought it again. (I’ll work on that.)

My point is, at first blush, the two events sound remarkably similar. In both cases, popular Broadway stars sing songs that they would never get to sing in a show, all to benefit a great cause. However, on closer inspection, there are a few differences…

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