As midnight approached, Ms. Bartsch shimmied onstage with the roller-skater, a woman in a green froglike bodysuit and a drag queen in a red party dress. Mr. Barton, who was by the bar, looked up at his wife dancing onstage and studied the room for a few minutes. He seemed pleased by the turnout; the party netted 15,000 toys, including some that Madonna had dropped off earlier.
“You know, tonight is about the kids,” Mr. Barton said, deflecting any question about his personal life. He paused for a moment. “And you know, we’re still doing this toy drive together,” he said, adding that he expected Ms. Bartsch to co-host next year ...