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Annual Texas Hold ’em Tournament Shatters Fundraising Records
Broadway’s biggest names, legendary theatre insiders and devoted fans donned their best poker faces to help those in need on May 13, 2019, at this year’s spirited and record-breaking edition of Broadway Bets. The lively evening of Texas Hold ’em raised an astounding $315,200 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The full house buzzed with […]
Easter Bonnet Competition Sets All-time Fundraising Record
Records were shattered and inspiring, comical and soul-stirring performances were shared at the 33rd annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised $6,594,778, the highest amount ever for a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS event. The record-breaking number was raised by 69 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions and was announced April 23, 2019, by Bryan Cranston, […]
Record-Breaking Broadway Backwards Celebrates and Motivates LGBTQ Community
Get tickets to the 2022 in person edition of Broadway Backwards A bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved show tunes, spectacular choreography and a record-breaking fundraising total at Broadway Backwards. The 14th […]
Red Bucket Follies Breaks Records and Celebrates Broadway Community
Equality, inclusion and joy permeated the performances at this year’s poignant and record-breaking Red Bucket Follies. The show celebrated six weeks of enthusiastic fundraising by 67 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Red Bucket Follies, which was held December 3 and 4, 2018, raised $6,113,301 for Broadway Cares, the […]
Broadway Run Breaks Records as Stars and Fans Run to Make a Difference
Broadway enthusiasts and stars were greeted with blue skies and frosty temperatures when they met November 3, 2018, for the fourth annual Broadway Run. The philanthropic runners – and walkers – raised a record-breaking $69,584 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They participated in the New York Road Runners’ Dash to the Finish Line 5K, a […]
32nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Celebrates Generosity of Broadway
Broadway’s most sensational onstage and offstage stars, passionate fans, avid collectors and animated bidders celebrated the biggest day for Broadway fans on Sunday, September 30, 2018, as the 32nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $906,825 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Nearly every inch of the NYC Theater District’s West 44th and […]
Despite Stormy Weather, 24th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival Shines
Once-in-a-lifetime pairings of ballet and contemporary luminaries, three unmissable world premieres, an excerpt of a seminal piece that changed the history of modern dance and unpredictable weather conditions marked the sold-out Fire Island Dance Festival on July 20-22, 2018.
Broadway Barks Helps Find Forever Homes for Dogs and Cats
Massive yet gentle Great Danes, palm-sized feisty kittens and every variety dog and cat in between joined Broadway stars and enthusiastic fans on July 14, 2018, at the 20th edition of Broadway Barks, the annual pet adoption event founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters. This year’s event was hosted by Peters and […]
Broadway Bares: Game Night Wins Big and Breaks Records
Broadway’s hottest dancers and two explosively responsive audiences came together for a fierce and steamy evening of fun and sensational striptease at Broadway Bares: Game Night, this year’s record-breaking edition of the annual spectacular. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Bares: Game Night raised $1,875,090 with two standing-room-only performances on Sunday, […]
Show Tunes Inspire Tantalizing Broadway Bares Fire Island
Winsome waitresses, bodacious businessmen trying to succeed and fierce French revolutionaries all helped prove how show tunes can be sexy at this year’s Broadway-inspired Broadway Bares Fire Island. Twenty-six dancers direct from New York City arrived on the shores of the Fire Island Pines on June 2, 2018, and raised a record-breaking $59,207 for […]