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BC/EFA’s 21st Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition Breaks Fundraising Records

An enthralled Palace Theatre audience leapt to its feet when Bernadette Peters and Superior Donuts’Michael McKean(#1)announced that a record-breaking $4,630,695 had been raised during the six weeks of collections by Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tour companies. This astonishing total from 2009’s GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition surpassed the previous record of $3,927,000 raised in 2007 […]

The 23rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction

Against All Odds The 23rd Annual BROADWAY FLEA MARKET and GRAND AUCTION Raises $403,000! A dismal forecast and heavy showers in the morning drove 64 tables from across Broadway, 75 celebrities, scores of auction items, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of theatre fans indoors. But to tweak a line from Funny Girl, “nobody was gonna […]

Broadway Bares 19.0: Click It!

  BROADWAY BARES 19.0: “CLICK IT!” was a great success, raising $808,819 with tickets for both performances selling out faster than ever before. Presented for the 11th consecutive year at the legendary Roseland Ballroom, a record-breaking 5,902 tickets for the 9:30 and midnight shows on June 21 were sold out by Friday, June 19, elevating […]

23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $3,402,147

Fonda, Irons, Sarandon, Minnelli Headline at the Minskoff The 23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised an astounding and unexpected $3,402,147 through the combined efforts of 58 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies.   Since 1987, when the first Easter Bonnet Competition raised $18,000, 23 editions of this now extraordinary, highly-anticipated annual event have brought in more […]

ABC Daytime & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares

It’s hard to believe that our ABC Daytime event is already five years old and that what started out as a one-time celebration of All My Children’s 35th birthday has become a highly anticipated annual tradition. This year’s sold-out event – The 5th Annual ABC & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares – generated a record $325,000 in […]

Broadway Bears 12

The saying goes, “Give the public what it wants and they’ll turn out!” That maxim proved true on Sunday, February 15, as dedicated bear collectors and bidders, loyal sponsors and an incredible amount of creative effort from Broadway’s top designers, costume shops, individual wardrobe personnel and teddy bear and doll artists all helped The Broadway […]