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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 […]

Three Hotels Stream Serves Emotional Wallop
Two-time Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale and Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei delivered tour de force performances in a streamed reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s lauded and deeply stirring play Three Hotels. The special presentation on January 26, 2021, was directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman and produced by Tectonic Theater Project. […]

Home for the Holidays Stream Salutes Stars’ Festive Traditions
Holiday spirit was all around when viewers tuned into Home for the Holidays, a joyous, star-studded celebration of holiday traditions produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares. The stream raised an impressive $126,141. From the heart of South Africa with the cast of The Lion King to the snowy shores of Newfoundland with the cast […]

Stirring Stream of Elegies Honors Those Lost to AIDS on World AIDS Day
On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2020, 51 stars of stage and screen joined forces to honor those lost to AIDS through song and spoken word during the online revival of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. The streamed series of free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score benefited Broadway Cares and […]

NBC’s One Night Only Celebrates and Supports Theater Community
Theater fans across the country last week celebrated an industry shuttered during the pandemic by watching NBC’s primetime special One Night Only: The Best of Broadway and donating an incredible $3,263,848 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The two-hour, star-studded special, which aired December 10, 2020, was hosted by Mean Girls‘ creator Tina Fey. The […]

I Put a Spell on You Bewitches Audience with a Thrilling Halloween Extravaganza
The spooktacular, fantastical stream of I Put a Spell on You, an over-the-top and cinematic homage to Hocus Pocus, raised $239,241 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS over the Halloween weekend. A collection of highly produced music videos woven together through the story of the Sanderson Sisters breaking the internet, the stream remains available to watch […]

Online Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Brings Community Together
The inability to gather in person in New York City’s famed Theater District didn’t keep fans, stars and insiders from coming together to celebrate all things Broadway at the first virtual edition of the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction on Sunday, September 20, 2020. The digital day of auctions, meet-and-greets and theatrical treasure hunting […]

Broadway Cares Virtual 5K Celebrates Community While Social Distancing
Fundraisers hit streets, trails and treadmills around the world as they ran, walked, hiked, biked or danced the first Broadway Cares Virtual 5K. The socially distanced event raised $81,854 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and its COVID-19 emergency efforts. The 255 fundraisers in the Broadway Cares Virtual 5K, presented in partnership with Playbill.com, were invited […]