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Broadway Backwards Makes Triumphant Return to In-person Performance

  Broadway luminaries and cheerful audience members united in full and jubilant force May 23, 2022, lending their light to celebrate LGBTQ+ lives, culture and contributions with the in-person return of Broadway Backwards. The 16th edition of the show, which had not been performed live since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic, raised a record-breaking […]

Record-breaking Red Buckets Return During 2022 Spring Fundraising Campaign

  Broadway Cares’ traditional in-theater red bucket fundraising made its long-awaited return with 40 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions raising $4,288,994 to provide meals and medication, health care and hope for those living with HIV/AIDS, dealing with COVID-19 or facing other debilitating illnesses. Broadway Cares’ Spring Fundraising Campaign took place over a six-week period […]

$2.5 Million in Food Grants Awarded to 127 Programs Nationwide

Theater lovers and theater artists rallied together to help Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provide a record $2,532,500 in grants to 127 food service and meal delivery programs in New York City and nationwide. Despite the absence of full in-theater fundraising efforts for more than two years, this remarkable first step in Broadway Cares’ 2022 National […]

Fred Ebb Legacy Grows with Largest Gift Ever, Again

  The foundation created by legendary lyricist Fred Ebb awarded $2.6 million to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS as 2021 ended, topping the foundation’s previous record donation in 2020 and cementing its place as the largest single donor in Broadway Cares history. The year-end gift was put to work immediately with $1.5 million in additional support […]

Audra McDonald Stars as New Broadway Cares’ Holiday Legends Ornament

For the 2021 holiday season, six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald joins the ranks of Broadway legends immortalized as holiday ornaments benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Captured as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, McDonald glistens as a 6″ glass ornament draped in the jewel-adorned gown she wore onstage at Circle […]

Red Bucket Follies Celebration to Return in 2022

Each December, the theater community comes together to celebrate six weeks of competitive fundraising with skits, songs and presentations at the Red Bucket Follies. Two days of hilarious and heartwarming performances conclude with some of Broadway’s most beloved stars announcing the results of both the fundraising and presentations for an audience of theater insiders. As […]

Seven Dynamic Voices Join Broadway Cares Board of Trustees

The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees added seven dynamic new members whose dedication and devotion to Broadway and the theater community reach from center stage to backstage and beyond. Joining the board at its annual fall meeting on October 7, 2021, were music director Ted Arthur, City National Bank Executive Vice President Linda […]

Red Bucket Audience Appeals on Hiatus until Spring 2022

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ traditional in-theater red bucket appeals will be on hiatus until spring 2022 as shows diligently work to return to their theatrical homes and welcome back audiences in New York City and across the country. The appeals typically take place twice a year – in the spring and fall – during six […]