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The 16th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

Monday and Tuesday, April 22 and 23, 2002 The awards for the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ 16th annual Easter Bonnet Competition were presented the afternoon of April 23, with the grand prize for fundraising going to Mamma Mia! with $162,037. All told, $1,826,392 was raised by the participating shows this year. Rosie O’Donnell was joined […]

Nothing Like A Dame

The Annual Thinking Woman’s Vaudeville to benefit the PHYLLIS NEWMAN WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE of THE ACTORS’ FUND OF AMERICA Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Directed by Kathleen Marshall Monday, March 18, 2002 8:00pm St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street New York City Angels Judith Ann Abrams    Maria Di Dia    Dasha A. […]

The Broadway Inspirational Voices Return To Times Square

After years away, the Broadway Inspirational Voices sang out in praise and returned to Broadway with sold-out, thrilling performances in the sanctuary of the beautifully restored Church of St. Mary the Virgin on W. 46th Street – just next to the Actors’ Equity Building. Founded and directed by Michael McElroy, the first Gospel Celebration was […]

The 13th Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition Raises $2,037,922

  Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raised $2,037,922 in their fall fundraising campaign, and a good deal of thanks goes to the new hit ABBA musical. The dancing queens and kings over at the Winter Garden brought in $174,088 for BC/EFA, topping The Producers ($144,331),42nd Street ($143,515), The Phantom of the Opera ($125,355) and The Lion […]

15th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction

It may have rained, but it didn’t rain on our parade or spirits, as hundreds of dedicated BC/EFA supporters came to the Shubert Alley in New York’s theatre district Sunday, September 30, 2001, to buy theatrical memorabilia and bid on priceless one-of-a-kind packages at BC/EFA’s 15th annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction. This year’s […]

Broadway Barks 3

Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore were hosts in Shubert Alley of BROADWAY BARKS III. Fifteen various animal shelters in NYC gathered and made available some of the “coolest canines and the most fabulous felines” for adoption. “Our lives have been touched by animals we have adopted from rescues and shelters and we know the […]

Broadway Bares: 2001 A Strip Odyssey

Eleven years ago, then-chorus boy Jerry Mitchell was getting a lot of attention for baring his butt nightly in The Will Rogers Follies when he thought, “Hmm…” That spark of inspiration has led to one of the most popular benefit events of every Broadway season, Broadway Bares, in which the theater world’s sexiest and healthiest […]

15th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $2,275,658!

Monday, April 23rd, 2001Tuesday, April 24th, 2001The New Amsterdam Theatre214 West 42nd Street 17 Companies Present Bonnets / 57 Companies Raise Funds The 15th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition ended with a triumphant bang when Mary Louise Parker, Bebe Neuwirth and Alan Cumming announced that a grand total of $2,275,658 had been raised by 57 participating […]