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Six Celebrity Supporters Lead Red Bucket Match-Up
A spirited two-week competition among six of Broadway and Hollywood’s most charitable stars raised $1,919,254 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ annual National Grants Program, supporting organizations nationwide that provide lifesaving medication, health care and emergency assistance for those affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses. The first Red Bucket Match-Up online fundraising campaign, […]
Broadway Luminaries Celebrate Anniversary of RWQuarantunes
Three dozen of the best from Broadway and the entertainment industry saluted the one-year anniversary of RWQuarantunes, a pandemic-inspired series of invite-only online concerts, by coming together April 11, 2021, for a five-hour celebration of Broadway and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. To celebrate RWQuarantunes‘ one-year anniversary – and it’s 44th edition, the Weitzes selected […]
Stream of Broadway Backwards Breaks All-time Fundraising Record
The 2021 virtual edition of Broadway Backwards provided an emotional and exuberant evening of musical theater performances as it explored how an isolated New Yorker faced the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately found hope. The unprecedented stream, which included new performances blended with favorite onstage numbers from the past, raised a record […]
Record-breaking Food Grants Reach 131 Programs Nationwide
Despite pandemic-induced challenges to traditional fundraising efforts, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided a record $2,452,500 in grants to 131 food service and meal delivery programs as part of its 2021 National Grants Program. The 2021 total tops the 2020 pre-pandemic support of $2.3 million, a notable 6% increase over what was then a record […]
ABC Daytime Stars Reunite, Revisit Favorite Performances
The fan-inspiring, steamy stream of ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway, a nostalgic evening of song and conversation with the stars of All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital, raised a stellar $130,565 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the philanthropic heart of Broadway. The online event, which debuted February 11, 2021, and […]
Three Hotels Stream Serves Emotional Wallop
Two-time Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale and Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei delivered tour de force performances in a streamed reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s lauded and deeply stirring play Three Hotels. The special presentation on January 26, 2021, was directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman and produced by Tectonic Theater Project. […]
Home for the Holidays Stream Salutes Stars’ Festive Traditions
Holiday spirit was all around when viewers tuned into Home for the Holidays, a joyous, star-studded celebration of holiday traditions produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares. The stream raised an impressive $126,141. From the heart of South Africa with the cast of The Lion King to the snowy shores of Newfoundland with the cast […]
Stirring Stream of Elegies Honors Those Lost to AIDS on World AIDS Day
On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2020, 51 stars of stage and screen joined forces to honor those lost to AIDS through song and spoken word during the online revival of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. The streamed series of free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score benefited Broadway Cares and […]
NBC’s One Night Only Celebrates and Supports Theater Community
Theater fans across the country last week celebrated an industry shuttered during the pandemic by watching NBC’s primetime special One Night Only: The Best of Broadway and donating an incredible $3,263,848 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The two-hour, star-studded special, which aired December 10, 2020, was hosted by Mean Girls‘ creator Tina Fey. The […]
From Executive Director Tom Viola
November 7, 2020 Today, there is finally a hard-won reason for joy and hopeful celebration. After four years of the denigration of empathy and compassion, there is change on the horizon. Now is the time to make sure that our hopes and dreams for the next four years become a reality. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS […]
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