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Record-breaking Red Buckets Return During 2022 Spring Fundraising Campaign
Broadway Cares’ traditional in-theater red bucket fundraising made its long-awaited return with 40 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions raising $4,288,994 to provide meals and medication, health care and hope for those living with HIV/AIDS, dealing with COVID-19 or facing other debilitating illnesses. Broadway Cares’ Spring Fundraising Campaign took place over a six-week period […]
Red Bucket Follies Celebration to Return in 2022
Each December, the theater community comes together to celebrate six weeks of competitive fundraising with skits, songs and presentations at the Red Bucket Follies. Two days of hilarious and heartwarming performances conclude with some of Broadway’s most beloved stars announcing the results of both the fundraising and presentations for an audience of theater insiders. As […]
Haunted Host of Villains Materialize for I Put a Spell on You: The Sanderson Variant
The bewitchingly cinematic extravaganza I Put a Spell on You, the annual over-the-top homage to the cult classic film Hocus Pocus, raised $175,543 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS over the 2021 Halloween weekend. Shifting from an in-person event to an online stream in 2020 because of the pandemic, this year’s I Put a Spell […]
Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Returns In Person to NYC’s Theater District
After a two-year in-person hiatus, fans gleefully filled the streets of New York City’s famed Theater District on Sunday, October 3, 2021, coming together in celebration and rejuvenation at the 35th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction. The daylong community reunion, which featured 36 tables filled with collectible keepsakes, 144 record-breaking silent auction […]
Theater Community Makes Every Little Step Count in Virtual 5K and NYC Marathon
Theater artists, industry members and fans from around the world made every little step count in the 2021 editions of the Broadway Cares Virtual 5k and New York City Marathon, running to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. To ensure the safety of those participating during the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway Cares’ annual event Broadway Run was […]
Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home Uncovers Fantasies and Newfound Pride
After more than a year of being homebound and Zoomed out, Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home turned its signature blend of dance and striptease into all-new cinematically filmed mini movies for a unique online premiere Sunday, June 20, 2021. Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home gave audiences a more up close and intimate Bares than […]
Adorable, Adoptable Animals Grab Broadway Barks Across America Spotlight
Broadway Barks Across America, the world’s most star-studded animal adoption event, trotted back to screens on May 23, 2021, for its second virtual edition, hosted by Barks co-founder Bernadette Peters. The streaming evening featured adoptable animals from shelters across the country with the stage and screen stars who love them. Throughout the stream, 34 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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