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Increases, Impact and a Tony: 10 Minutes with Tom Viola, Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Reproduced from the Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) website, published September 9, 2010 In 22 years, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) has given more than $53 million to HIV/AIDS and family service organizations through its annual National Grants Program. The program’s three grant-rounds include: #1) Food Service and Meal Delivery Programs; #2) Nationally Recognized Service […]
Two Musical Phenomena Pass Fundraising Milestones
In May, Broadway’s all-time longest running show celebrated another milestone as the now legendary musical, The Phantom of the Opera, surpassed the $4 million mark in fundraising for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. Phantomopened on Broadway on January 26, 1988, right at the same time that members of the Actors Equity Council were organizing […]
Broadway Barks 12 Lights Up NY Skies
Mayor Bloomberg proclaimed Saturday, July 10 “BROADWAY BARKS Day,” and The Empire State Building was illuminated in BARK’s official colors – purple, pink and yellow – to raise awareness for the 12th Annual BROADWAY BARKS adopt-a-thon.With founders Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters returning to host, even the heavens showed respect as predicted thunderstorms […]
Historic “Strip-opoly” Breaks the Bank
The iconic monocled millionaire “Rich Uncle Pennybags” would be in awe and feeling a bit avaricious —BROADWAY BARES XX: “Strip-opoly” was a landmark success, breaking all previous fundraising records, filling legendary Roseland Ballroom with nearly 6,000 ticket buyers and raising an astounding $1,015,985! BROADWAY BARES XX: “Strip-opoly” featured 216 of the sexiest dancers in town, […]
Broadway Bares: Classic
Sunday night’s BROADWAY BARES: CLASSIC brought back the best of the barest to where it all began – Chelsea’s hottest nightspot, Splash – for two performances featuring unforgettable burlesque acts from two decades of BROADWAY BARES. Dressed as a sequined ringmaster, Host Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid) led the enthusiastic crowd through “The Barest Show […]
Tom Viola Honored with Special Tony Award
On Saturday, June 12, 2010, in a special cocktail reception at the Manhattan Room at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel on the eve of The 2010 Tony Awards, The 2010 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre was presented to Executive Director of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, Tom Viola, as […]
Broadway Bares: Solo Strips “Naughty & Nice”
On Sunday, May 16th, things were heating up in Chelsea as the boys from BROADWAY BARES presented the latest edition of this year’s SOLO STRIPS series. Following the success of January’s “Solo Strips” and April’s “Around the World” evenings, the May edition, aptly named “Naughty and Nice,” scored a burlesque hat trick for the […]
A Celebration Of Ziegfeld And Broadway Cares’ Doris Eaton Travis
A publicity still of a teenage Follies girl Doris performs at The 19th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, longtime friend to the theatre community and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, Doris Eaton Travis, passed away at the age of 106. Doris was one of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies Girls, […]
The 24th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
Thanks to the tireless efforts of 59 Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tour companies, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ 24th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition raised an impressive $3,265,700. Since 1987, 24 editions of this highly-anticipated annual event have brought in more than $42 million. From centenarians to teen idols and precocious kids, the 2010 edition of EASTER […]
Broadway Bares: Solo Strips Returns
An ecstatic crowd cheers and tips as BROADWAY BARES returned to Chelsea’s hottest hot spot and the original location of the very first BROADWAY BARES in 1992, Splash, for SOLO STRIPS: AROUND THE WORLD on Sunday, April 11. Directed by Rachelle Rak, assistant directed by John Berno and costumes by Brad Musgrove, AROUND THE WORLD […]
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