The successful fundraising efforts in the last months of 2009 will have a powerful impact on the support BC/EFA can offer to scores of AIDS and family service organizations in 2010 through its National Grants Program. In February, $1,235,000 was awarded to 118 Food Service and Meal Delivery Programs across the country, restoring over […]

When the actors best known as Wolverine and 007 teamed up as Chicago cops in Keith Huff’s drama A Steady Rain, no one expected Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig to raise more than $1.5 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, breaking every conceivable BC/EFA fundraising record. But the combination of their star power, generosity of […]

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 […]

Rock of Ages’ star Constantine Maroulis endorses a giant check for $25,000 before presenting it to Broadway Cares. The check represents Constantine’s winnings from an episode of Fox Network’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.” On Thursday, November 20, “American Idol” finalist Constantine Maroulis presented BC/EFA with a check for $25,000, representing the versatile performer’s winnings from […]

A decade after it debuted on Broadway, Disney’s The Lion King continues to shine in its efforts on behalf of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. through creative, consistent fundraising nationwide. Since 1998, this groundbreaking musical has raised $4,514,581 for BC/EFA with The Gazelle National Tour (launched in 2002) raising over $1.1 million of that grand […]

By Andy Smith All the casts of Jersey Boys – New York, Chicago and the national tour – continue to go the extra mile for Broadway Cares. Case in point, on Monday, April 7, the touring cast took the stage at Minneapolis’s Shout House for “Rock Like a Man,” a benefit which raised more than […]

June, 2007 Recently, Classical Action’s Associate Director Janice Mayer spent a sweaty week in Louisiana doing her part to help a volunteer organization rebuild housing in communities devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. During her trip, which included stops in New Orleans and the rural Bayou, Janice visited the offices of NO AIDS Task Force, […]

By Andy Smith The front lobby of the New Amsterdam Theater is covered large framed prints of Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, W.C. Fields and other stars of the lavish Ziegfeld Follies. Well-remembered or forgotten, most have been gone for half a century or more. Near the front doors—two frames past the photo of a young […]

At Gypsy of the Year on December 5, the Chicago-based “Shiz” company of Wicked brought home the top fundraising prize for a national production or touring show for the third straight time, collecting $175,000 for BC/EFA. The show’s collections coordinator explains how they work their magic. By Andy Smith It took Urinetown’s potty-mouthed urchin with […]