Red Bucket Follies

Monday, December 9, 4:30 pm
Tuesday, December 10, 2 pm
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 West 42nd Street, NYC

Iconic #RedBuckets will return to theater lobbies in New York City and across the country with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ cherished tradition of in-theater fundraising. The generosity of audiences, theater companies and #RedBuckets volunteers will provide nutritious meals, medication, health care, emergency financial assistance and more lifesaving support.

The Red Bucket Follies Fall Fundraising Campaign continues through Sunday, December 8. 

The six weeks of fundraising will culminate in a variety show of songs, skits and dances at Red Bucket Follies on Monday, December 9, and Tuesday, December 10.

#RedBuckets appeals are occurring at Broadway’s & Juliet; Aladdin; Back to the Future – The Musical; The Book of Mormon; Cabaret; Chicago; The Great Gatsby; Hadestown; Hamilton; Hell’s Kitchen; The Hills of California; Left on Tenth; The Lion King; Maybe Happy Ending; McNeal; MJ; Moulin Rouge! The Musical; The Notebook; Oh, Mary!; Once Upon a Mattress; Our Town; The Outsiders; Romeo + Juliet; Six; Stereophonic; Suffs; Sunset Boulevard; Water for Elephants; Wicked; A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical and Yellowface. Off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors, The Play That Goes Wrong and Titanique; and the national tours of Beetlejuice, Back to the Future – The Musical, Clue, Hamilton – Angelica, Hamilton – Philip, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Kimberly Akimbo, Les Misérables, Lion King – Rafiki tour, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Six, Some Like it Hot and Wicked.

More companies of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows will join in the coming weeks.

Donate to Participating Shows

The Red Bucket fundraising takes place twice a year during six committed and compassionate weeks of fundraising in the spring and fall. 

Since 1989, the 31 editions of Red Bucket Follies (formerly called Gypsy of the Year) have raised $98.9 million to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Red Bucket Follies is sponsored by The New York Times.

Watch highlights from Red Bucket Follies in 2023