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Heather Headley Home

  Broadway and pop star Heather Headley, best known to New York audiences for her performance as Nala in THE LION KING and her Tony-winning work in AIDA and a long-time friend of Broadway Cares, returned to the New Amsterdam Theatre May 24 for a one-night-only concert event entitled “Home”. Before a full house of […]

The 18th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

The 18th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition – presented once again at Disney’s beautiful New Amsterdam Theatre – raised a record-breaking $3,439,075 for BC/EFA in six week of fundraising. 44 shows participated in this fundraising success. 23 Broadway shows brought in a collective $2,694,372. 14 National Tours came in with $667,821 and 7 Off-Broadway shows raised […]

Nothing Like A Dame

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the Ninth Annual NOTHING LIKE A DAME on Monday, March 1 at the St. James Theatre to benefit The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of The Actors Fund. At the end of the show a check for $250,000 was presented by Nathan Lane and Zoe Caldwell to The Actors’ Fund’s […]

The 15th Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition

Palace Theatre Monday, December 8th / 4:30pm Tuesday, December 9th / 2:00pm   The whopping grand total of $3,359,533 was announced today at The 15th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition at the Palace Theatre. Broadway, off-Broadway and touring shows participated in the fundraising efforts. The Boy From Oz brought in the most money of […]

Auntie Mame Benefit

  Broadway’s legendary play AUNTIE MAME By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeA staged reading to benefit BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS Also starring: MARIAN SELDES as Vera Charles SWOOSIE KURTZ as Gooch ANTHONY EDWARDS as Beauregard Burnside RUE McCLANAHAN as Mother Burnside CHRISTOPHER SIEBER as Older Patrick VALERIE HARPER as the Master of Ceremonies and […]

Broadway Inspirational Voices

The BC/EFA fiscal year begins on October 1. On that day, every year, the “fundraising odometer” rolls back to zero and we start again. It seems somehow fitting that our first major event of every fiscal year is a musical prayer of gratitude and hope. This year, on Sunday, October 19th THE BROADWAY INSPIRATIONAL VOICESperformed […]

Broadway Barks 5

BROADWAY BARKS 5 – where you could find the coolest canines and the most fabulous felines up for adoption – was presented on Saturday, July 12th in Shubert Alley between the matinee and evening performances. More than 45 adorable dogs and cats found new homes! Hosted by founders Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore and […]

Broadway Bares XIII: Burlesque is Back, Raises $450K for BC/EFA

Ever year Broadway Bares keeps getting bigger. The 2003 version of the spectacular, hosted by Hairspray Tony winners Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winoker and entitled Broadway Bares 13: Burlesque is Back, raised approximately $450,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. That tops last year’s total by a whopping $50,000! Every year for 13 years, conceiver/director […]

Mamma Mia Ford Event

   Meet Mamma Mia’s Tina Maddigan and Joe Machota this Saturday, May 3rd. Manhattan Ford and Broadway Cares invite you to meet Tina Maddigan and Joe Machota from the Broadway smash musical Mamma Mia! on Saturday, May 3rd . Tina Maddigan (Sophie Sheridan) and Joe Machota (Sky) will be at the Manhattan Ford dealership greeting […]