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.

Tickets are no longer available online for either performance of Red Bucket Follies. A limited number of tickets will be available at our will call table located in front of the New Amsterdam Theatre on the day of the performance.

The will call table will open at 3 pm for Monday’s show and at 12:30 pm for Tuesday’s show. Tickets are not available at the New Amsterdam box office.

If you previously ordered tickets, they can be picked up at the will call table on the day of your performance. No tickets were mailed for this event.

Red Bucket Follies will feature special guests Darlesia Cearcy, Kim Exum, Dionne Figgins, Jennie Harney-Fleming and James Monroe Igelhart; Cole Escola; Julie Halston and Jim Parsons; Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams; Ruthie Ann Miles; Javier Muñoz; Nicole Scherzinger and David Thaxton; and Max von Essen. Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will make a special appearance to celebrate Broadway Cares’ newest addition to its Broadway Legends ornament series, which honors Buckley’s triumphant turn as Grizabella in Cats.

Broadway shows set to share original songs, skits and dances at Red Bucket Follies include Back to the Future: The Musical, Hamilton, Hell’s Kitchen, The Lion King, Six, Suffs, Titanique and Wicked, as well as the Grammy Award-winning choir Broadway Inspirational Voices. Representing Dancers Responding to AIDS, Parsons Dance will share the joyful and effervescent “Whirlaway.”

A panel of distinguished judges will award best presentation honors at Tuesday’s performance. This year’s judges are Tom Francis; Nikki M. James and Shaina Taub; Kimberly Marable and Bianca Marroquin; Mary Kate Morrissey and Alexandra Socha; Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell; and Conrad Ricamora. Also joining the panel are Wayne Vincent, Gary Wendlandt and Peg Wendlandt, who won their judging spots by bidding on exclusive VIP packages at the 38th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction in September.

#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.

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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