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Salon: A Broadway House Concert
All of BC/EFA events are unique, but the intimate rapport between the performers and guests at Ron Pobuda’s annual Salonis hard to duplicate. It’s a special feeling that keeps loyal fans coming back and makes new friends every year. In four short years this event has raised almost $100,000 for BC/EFA. Monday, November 2’s Fourth […]
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By Scott Tucker “Don’t You Know Me? I’m the new Berlin Wall Baby! Try and tear me down!” declared the East German slip of a ‘girlyboy’ to a sold-out audience of her hard-core fans at New World Stages on Wednesday, October 28th, as Hedwig (David Brian Colbert), along with band members Yitzhak (Petra DeLuca) […]
The 23rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction
Against All Odds The 23rd Annual BROADWAY FLEA MARKET and GRAND AUCTION Raises $403,000! A dismal forecast and heavy showers in the morning drove 64 tables from across Broadway, 75 celebrities, scores of auction items, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of theatre fans indoors. But to tweak a line from Funny Girl, “nobody was gonna […]
Broadway Barks 11
July 11th was a special day for a lot of adorable but for the moment down on their luck dogs and cats, as 26 New York area shelters/rescue organizations and all of Broadway came together on a cool, breezy day in Shubert Alley to help homeless animals find forever homes at Broadway Barks 11. “I’ve […]
Broadway Bares 19.0: Click It!
BROADWAY BARES 19.0: “CLICK IT!” was a great success, raising $808,819 with tickets for both performances selling out faster than ever before. Presented for the 11th consecutive year at the legendary Roseland Ballroom, a record-breaking 5,902 tickets for the 9:30 and midnight shows on June 21 were sold out by Friday, June 19, elevating […]
NYU Student Programming Raises Awareness & Funds for BC/EFA
For over five years, New York University has brought HIV/AIDS awareness education to its students through creative programming, specifically though two initiatives, one for freshmen class members called “FYRE* fights AIDS and one for sophomores called ‘More Goes Red.’ #1 Thanks to the efforts of a diligent student planning committee (image #1), the school’s 2008-2009 […]
23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $3,402,147
Fonda, Irons, Sarandon, Minnelli Headline at the Minskoff The 23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised an astounding and unexpected $3,402,147 through the combined efforts of 58 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies. Since 1987, when the first Easter Bonnet Competition raised $18,000, 23 editions of this now extraordinary, highly-anticipated annual event have brought in more […]
ABC Daytime & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares
It’s hard to believe that our ABC Daytime event is already five years old and that what started out as a one-time celebration of All My Children’s 35th birthday has become a highly anticipated annual tradition. This year’s sold-out event – The 5th Annual ABC & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares – generated a record $325,000 in […]
Broadway Bears 12
The saying goes, “Give the public what it wants and they’ll turn out!” That maxim proved true on Sunday, February 15, as dedicated bear collectors and bidders, loyal sponsors and an incredible amount of creative effort from Broadway’s top designers, costume shops, individual wardrobe personnel and teddy bear and doll artists all helped The Broadway […]
The Who’s Tommy 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert
A pumped up, sold-out crowd leapt to its feet repeatedly as performers from the original Broadway production of The Who’s Tommy commanded the stage at the August Wilson Theatre on Monday, December 15th for The 15th Anniversary Concert of this modern pop-opera. Based on The Who’s 1969 rock opera – which included the […]