To Play Your Part

For this group of Broadway's most celebrated stars, the role of a lifetime isn't one that is performed onstage or gets much applause. But it might be the most meaningful of all.

- BY ADAM RATHE PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHILIP MONTGOMERY STYLED BY JASON REMBERT SET DESIGN BY KELLY FONDRY

ON STOKES MITCHELL: RALPH LAUREN PURPLE LABEL WOOL TOPCOAT, SPORT COAT, AND TROUSERS, CASHMERE SWEATER. CARTIER SANTOS DE CARTIER WATCH. ON GROFF: DIOR MEN COAT, SWEATER, AND PANTS. ON GOLDSBERRY: RALPH LAUREN COLLECTION JACKET, TUXEDO SHIRT, AND PANTS; GUCCI TIE. DE BEERS DUSK REFLECTIONS DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE; CARTIER PANTHERE DE CARTIER RING. ON KEENAN-BOLGER: DIOR DRESS. POMELLATO NUDO EARRINGS. VAN CLEEF & ARPELS MAGIC ALHAMBRA NECKLACE IN BRACELET AND VINTAGE ALHAMBRA RING. ON LEGUIZAMO: LOUIS VUITTON MEN'S JACKET, VEST, SHIRT, PANTS, AND MONOGRAMMED TIE, DAVID YURMAN PETITE CHATELAINE STUD EARRING Nails by Kayo Higuchi for Chanel Les Vernis at Bryan Bantry Agency. Tailoring by Griffin Jarrett. Production services by Pix Productions. Shot at Pier59 Studios

Maybe you buy a table at a gala. Maybe you paint sets for your community theater’s run of Guys and Dolls. Maybe you drop a fiver in the red bucket in the theater lobby. Or you tell friends about an under-the-radar show they simply must rush to see. There are any number of ways to give back to the theatrical community near you—but the responsibility to do so doesn’t rest only with audiences. These five performers have found fame in multiple mediums, but they have found home on Broadway amid the tight-knit drama community in New York City. Fittingly, each has made a mission of giving back in ways both large and (seemingly) small, from launching scholarship funds and chairing boards to— you guessed it—holding a red bucket in the lobby. Here, some of the stage’s greatest stars share how they practice philanthropy in their community, and how doing so benefits us all. Everybody, rise!

AMIRI JACKET, SHIRT, AND TIE Grooming by George Kyriakos at Honey Artists

JOHN LEGUIZAMO