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23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $3,402,147

Fonda, Irons, Sarandon, Minnelli Headline at the Minskoff The 23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised an astounding and unexpected $3,402,147 through the combined efforts of 58 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies.   Since 1987, when the first Easter Bonnet Competition raised $18,000, 23 editions of this now extraordinary, highly-anticipated annual event have brought in more […]

ABC Daytime & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares

It’s hard to believe that our ABC Daytime event is already five years old and that what started out as a one-time celebration of All My Children’s 35th birthday has become a highly anticipated annual tradition. This year’s sold-out event – The 5th Annual ABC & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares – generated a record $325,000 in […]

Broadway Bears 12

The saying goes, “Give the public what it wants and they’ll turn out!” That maxim proved true on Sunday, February 15, as dedicated bear collectors and bidders, loyal sponsors and an incredible amount of creative effort from Broadway’s top designers, costume shops, individual wardrobe personnel and teddy bear and doll artists all helped The Broadway […]

The Who’s Tommy 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert

A pumped up, sold-out crowd leapt to its feet repeatedly as performers from the original Broadway production of The Who’s Tommy commanded the stage at the August Wilson Theatre on Monday, December 15th for The 15th Anniversary Concert of this modern pop-opera.      Based on The Who’s 1969 rock opera – which included the […]

The 20th Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition

Since 1989, Gypsy Of The Year’s 20 Editions Have Raised A Grand Total of $35 Million!! The 20th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced a total of $3,061,000 had been raised by the 63 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.  Since 1989, the 20 editions of Gypsy […]

Rockers on Broadway

  L to R) Darlene Love, Lala Brooks, Deborah Gibson – photo credit Kerry Long For more performance photos click here By Bobby McGuire It was an evening of classic R&B nirvana at BB King Blues Club and Grill on Monday October 22 for the 15th Rockers on Broadway concert event, which generated a record-breaking […]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 35th Anniversary Benefit Concert

A sold-out crowd filled Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre Monday night, October 20th for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John and Friends, a benefit concert celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s legendary double album. The event, produced by Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), raised over $1 […]

The 22nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction

On September 21, a glorious sunny Sunday, energized performers from Broadway and Daytime TV, fervent fans, theatre-lovers and bargain-hunters came together in the heart of the theatre district to raise over $496,000 for BC/EFA at the 22nd Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction. The “first annual” Broadway Flea Market was born in 1987 when […]

Broadway Barks 10

Celebrating its first decade of success, and with more shelters participating than ever before, July 12’s Broadway Barks 10 sparked an outstanding number of pet adoptions, with more interest and pending applications in the works at the many shelters represented. “We placed 62 animals that afternoon in less than 3 hours!” enthused Devera Lynn with […]

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 […]