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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 […]
Stream of Songs from an Unmade Bed Brings Fresh Take to Virtual Theater
Tony Award winner BD Wong and videographer Richert Schnorr re-imagined the one-man theatrical show Songs from an Unmade Bed into a pandemic-inspired series of imaginative and artistic music videos benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Presented as a stream for four days beginning August 10, 2020, the event raised $111,159. Songs from an Unmade Bed explores […]
Legendary Bernadette Peters Dazzles in Streamed Concert
The legendary Bernadette Peters’ powerhouse performance at her 2009 one-night-only event, Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert, was streamed online for the first time ever Friday, July 10, 2020, and raised a spectacular $252,575 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Peters took fans through a lineup of beloved Broadway show-stoppers, performing numbers from Carousel, Company, Follies, Gypsy, […]
Stream of Chita Rivera Celebration Supports COVID-19 Relief
The illustrious Chita Rivera illuminated screens around the world with a stream of her one-night-only concert Chita: A Legendary Celebration. The evening, which streamed on May 29, 2020, and benefited Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 relief efforts, raised a spectacular $100,036. The original concert celebrated Rivera’s birthday in 2013, taking fans through her storied career […]
Michael Urie Shines in Buyer & Cellar Online Benefit
The incomparable Michael Urie brought joy and delightful irreverence into homes around the world with his live-streamed, site-specific performance of Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar on Sunday, April 19, 2020. The performance raised $209,262 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The performance starred Urie as Alex, the sole employee of Barbra […]
Benefit Celebrates 25 Years of Disney on Broadway
Theater’s beloved names and brightest stars joined a sold-out audience in honoring Broadway’s most fantastical anniversary at Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway. The sparkling silver anniversary event on November 4, 2019, raised an astounding $570,426 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway, presented at the […]
Deconstructing Patti Creates Once-in-a-Lifetime Memories
In an evening equally heartfelt and nostalgic, uncensored and hilarious, legend Patti LuPone evoked cheers and tears from an enraptured audience on Sunday, September 24, 2017, as she shared some of her greatest hits and dished inside-theatre tales at Deconstructing Patti, An Evening of Broadway Songs and Stories with Patti LuPone and Seth Rudetsky. […]
Christmas Eve’s Holiday Hunkfest Makes Season Merrier and Brighter
The incomparably endearing Ann Harada and 12 of Broadway’s leading men delighted a sold-out audience with hilarious and heartwarming holiday hits at the 2016 edition of Christmas Eve’s Holiday Hunkfest. Reprising her celebrated role as Avenue Q‘s original adorably inappropriate Christmas Eve, Harada asked Santa to grant her one wish: to sing alongside […]
Christmas Eve Makes Wishes Come True at Holiday Hunkfest
The incomparable Ann Harada returned to spread holiday spirit along with some of Broadway’s leading men at Christmas Eve’s Holiday Hunkfest, a one-night-only benefit December 14, 2015. Harada stepped back into the iconic character of Christmas Eve, the hysterically inappropriate yet sincere therapist fromAvenue Q she originated on Broadway. In an audaciously entertaining evening […]
Lillias White Wins Raves at Bucks County Cabaret
Shimmering in a sequined fuchsia cocktail dress, Tony and Emmy Award winner Lillias White raised the roof of the Bucks County Playhouse with a sassy, high-spirited evening of song and stories at the 2015 edition of Bucks County Cabaret. White effortlessly sang her way through a jukebox of Broadway’s classic composers, from Cy […]