Red Bucket Follies

Monday, December 8, 4:30 pm
Tuesday, December 9, 2 pm
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 West 42nd Street, NYC

The generosity and compassion of the theater community will once again take center stage as iconic #RedBuckets return to theater lobbies in New York City and across the country. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ in-theater fundraising tradition returns to unite audiences, casts and crews in a shared act of creativity and kindness. 

The six weeks of fundraising will culminate in Red Bucket Follies, the beloved industry legacy of unforgettable performances and original numbers created by the best of Broadway.

Kicking off #RedBuckets fundraising this weekend are Broadway’s & Juliet, Art, The Book of Mormon, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Hamilton, Hell’s Kitchen, The Lion King, Maybe Happy Ending, Oh, Mary!, The Outsiders, Six, Waiting for Godot and Wicked; Off-Broadway’s Heathers, Little Shop of Horrors and The Play That Goes Wrong; and the national tours of A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical; Beauty and the Beast; Hamilton – Angelica; Kimberly Akimbo; The Notebook; Six – Boleyn; Some Like it Hot; The Sound of Music and Wicked – Munchkinland.

Participating starting next week are Broadway’s Aladdin, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Mamma Mia!, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Operation Mincemeat and Stranger Things: The First Shadow, as well as the national tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. More Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows will join in the coming weeks.

Donate to Participating Shows

The #RedBuckets appear in theaters twice a year during six committed and compassionate weeks of competitive fundraising in the spring and fall. This year’s Fall Fundraising Campaign continues through Sunday, December 7. 

Since 1989, the 33 editions of the Fall Fundraising Campaign have raised $104 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 2024