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Broadway Bares: Game Night Wins Big and Breaks Records
Broadway’s hottest dancers and two explosively responsive audiences came together for a fierce and steamy evening of fun and sensational striptease at Broadway Bares: Game Night, this year’s record-breaking edition of the annual spectacular. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Bares: Game Night raised $1,875,090 with two standing-room-only performances on Sunday, […]
Show Tunes Inspire Tantalizing Broadway Bares Fire Island
Winsome waitresses, bodacious businessmen trying to succeed and fierce French revolutionaries all helped prove how show tunes can be sexy at this year’s Broadway-inspired Broadway Bares Fire Island. Twenty-six dancers direct from New York City arrived on the shores of the Fire Island Pines on June 2, 2018, and raised a record-breaking $59,207 for […]
Stars, Insiders and Fans Push Broadway Bets to Break Records
High energy, enthusiasm and a night of incredible fundraising were dealt in spades when Broadway stars, industry insiders and fans raised a record $295,100 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, May 14, 2018, at the fourth edition of Broadway Bets, Broadway’s official poker tournament. The jaw-dropping total was raised in a spirited evening […]
Buckets Bring in $5.7 Million at 32nd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
Humor, hope and heart were at the core of the performances at the 32nd annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised $5,721,879 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The near-record number was raised by 62 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions and was announced Tuesday, April 24, 2018, by Hello, Dolly!‘s Victor Garber and Bernadette Peters […]
Broadway Backwards Shatters Fundraising Records
Fundraising records and gender norms alike were smashed by stars of stage, screen and pop music on April 2, 2018, at the inclusive, dynamic and loving Broadway Backwards. The 13th annual edition of the show, which celebrates the LGBTQ community through gender-reversed renditions of beloved showtunes, raised an incredible $680,273 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity […]
Paul Libin Retires as President After 24 Years of Extraordinary Service
The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees, at its February 22, 2018, meeting, honored Paul Libin, its president for the last 24 years, with a special $100,000 grant to The Actors Fund to create the Paul Libin Center. The center will be the New York City home for Looking Ahead, a program that helps […]
Donations Fuel More Than $2 Million in Essential Food Grants
Across the country, from coast to coast, people are receiving the meals they so desperately need from food banks and meal delivery services, thanks to the incredible efforts of the theatre community and supporters of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Broadway Cares food grants committee met February 8, 2018, and awarded $2,015,000 to 121 organizations, […]
Theatre Community’s Spirit Shines at 29th Annual Gypsy of the Year
The indomitable and generous spirit of the theatre community – those onstage, backstage and in the audience – shined brightly as the 29th annual Gypsy of the Year competition celebrated six weeks of fundraising work of 56 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies. Gypsy of the Year, which was held December 4 and 5, […]
Broadway Run 2017
Saturday, November 4, 8:30 am Midtown Manhattan, NY Hit the ground running by joining our Broadway Run team for the New York Road Runners Dash to the Finish Line 5K. For the third year, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will gather a team of runners and walkers to join Broadway stars and theatre fans to raise […]
Benevolent Bowlers Score Big at Up Our Alley
Performing arts, financial, media and pharmaceutical professionals joined forces at the 19th annual edition of Up Our Alley to raise $113,137 for Classical Action, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than 130 participants spent six weeks raising money by encouraging friends, family and co-workers to donate to Up Our Alley. The bowlers […]