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Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland

With a big boost from event sponsor M·A·C AIDS FUND, on Sunday, June 22nd, two performances of Broadway Bares XVIII: Wonderland raised $874,372 – a new record and more than $130,000 above 2007’s total of $743,787.   Since its inception in 1992, when Tony Award®-winning choreographer and director Jerry Mitchell – then in the ensemble […]

Broadway Bares Stripathon 2008

2008’s Strip-a-Thon – the online pledge drive that lets Broadway Bares dancers, performers and production staff raise money online – brought in $127,000 of Wonderland’s record-setting total, a greater than 50 percent increase over the $84,170 generated in 2007. Billed as a Battle-of-the-Sexes, this year’s drive attracted more participants and better results among the girls, […]

Christopher Sieber Hosts Broadway Bares Launch Party

BC/EFA announced the theme and officially began selling tickets for our 2007 edition of the highly anticipated Broadway Bares fundraiser on Tuesday, March 13, at the bar in Chelsea where the event began. The party was part of the monthly “NextWorks” event hosted by Next Magazine at the popular Chelsea nightspot SBNY (Splash). Broadway Bares […]

Broadway Bares XVII: Myth Behavior

With a $115,000 boost from event sponsorM·A·C AIDS FUND, June 17th’s twoperformances ofBroadway Bares XII: Myth Behavior raised $743,787 breaking last year’s record result of $659,500. The first BROADWAY BARES (1991) – at which founder Jerry Mitchell and six friends danced for tips at a bar in Chelsea –raised $8,000. Since then, this must-see event […]

Broadway Bares ‘Strip-a-Thon’

In just a few short years, the online pledge drive known as the Strip-a-Thon has become an important component of Broadway Bares’ annual fundraising success. This year’s drive featured 109 dancers and raised $84,170, $26,292 more than in 2006. “It’s the BC/EFA version of a Dance-a-Thon tailored especially for our cause where dancers get pledges […]

Broadway Bares 16: New York Strip

It was the hottest day of the year on Sunday, June 19 and temperatures were rising at BC/EFA’s hottest event of the year, BROADWAY BARES. Held in the famed Roseland Ballroom, the house was packed for both the 9:30 and Midnight shows as thousands watched over 200 performers take it off for a good cause. […]

Broadway Bares 15: RXXX

$654,000 Raised by Record-Setting Bares Broadway Bares 15 “outstripped” last year’s event, raising $654,000 and setting a new fundraising record, well above the previous benchmark of $525,000, set in 2004. In 15 years, Bares has raised a total of $3,479,000. Titled “Rxxx, Take Two and Call Me in the Morning,” 2005’s medically-themed evening featured 196 […]

Broadway Bares 14: Now Showing Raises $525,000 for BC/EFA

Broadway Bares 14: Now Showing, the 2004 version of the spectacular that grins and bares it, brought in $525,000 for BC/EFA, $18,000 of which was collected in sweaty dollar bills tucked into the sparkling g-strings of 200 of Broadway’s hottest dancers. This success tops last year’s total by a whopping $75,000, and culminates in a […]

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 […]

Broadway Bares 12: A Comic Strip

Broadway Bares XII: A Comic Strip played to two packed-to-the-rafters, sold out houses on Sunday, June 16th. The event raised a record $400,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and featured 167 of Broadway’s finest and fiercest dancers. Conceived and directed by Jerry Mitchell, the production celebrated the themes and characters of comic books as costumes […]