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Year: 2020
Michael Urie Shines in Buyer & Cellar Online Benefit
The incomparable Michael Urie brought joy and delightful irreverence into homes around the world with his live-streamed, site-specific performance of Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar on Sunday, April 19, 2020. The performance raised $209,262 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The performance starred Urie as Alex, the sole employee of Barbra […]
Disney on Broadway Concert Reborn as Livestream
COVID-19 Fundraiser Helps Theater Community
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has launched a special online fundraising campaign to create the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. This special fund, which launched March 17, 2020, and is administered by The Actors Fund, assists those in the entertainment community – onstage, backstage and behind the scenes – who are facing health care crises and other […]
Update on 2020 Grants Round in April and June
Canceled: Easter Bonnet Competition
The 2020 performances of the Easter Bonnet Competition, scheduled for 4 pm on April 20 and 2:30 pm on April 21 at the Minskoff Theatre, are canceled. It would be our fondest wish for these much-loved performances to occur on schedule. But even in the best of circumstances – and with the sincere interests of […]
2020 Food Grants Fund 135 Vital Organizations
As part of its first grant round of 2020, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded a record $2,317,500 to 135 food pantries, congregate meal and meal delivery programs across the country including in Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The grants were awarded by a committee made up of actors and stage managers who were integral […]
Australia Wildfire Relief Gets $100,000 in Emergency Grants
As the worst wildfires seen in decades continue to ravage Australia, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, on behalf of all of Broadway, Off-Broadway and the national tours involved in our recent fall fundraising campaign, is awarding $100,000 in emergency grants to help provide immediate assistance to organizations doing vital, lifesaving, on-the-ground work in the region. […]
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