Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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Year: 2020
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 […]
From Executive Director Tom Viola
November 7, 2020 Today, there is finally a hard-won reason for joy and hopeful celebration. After four years of the denigration of empathy and compassion, there is change on the horizon. Now is the time to make sure that our hopes and dreams for the next four years become a reality. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS […]
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 […]
Broadway Cares Awards Record-breaking Grants Despite Pandemic Setbacks
When Broadway and theaters across the country went dark in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS moved to be a light for those in the industry and beyond facing immediate health and economic hardship. Thanks to the generosity of the theatrical community and dedicated supporters, Broadway Cares is proud to […]
Six Celebrated Leaders Join Broadway Cares Board of Trustees
Six Broadway leaders and stalwarts – Adam Krauthamer, Kimberly Marable, Brian Moreland, Javier Muñoz, Billy Porter and Schele Williams – today joined the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Board of Trustees. “This group of impressive leaders in our industry have time and again shown up and dedicated themselves to those who’ve been marginalized, silenced and overlooked, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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