Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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Year: 2020
Fans Around the World “Zoom In” to First-ever Stream of Broadway Bares
Donate Now Tens of thousands of fans around the world “Zoomed In” to watch sensational striptease when the first-ever digital edition of Broadway Bares streamed August 1, 2020, and raised $596,504 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Bares: Zoom In featured all-new opening and closing numbers, performed and filmed individually by socially distanced […]
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, […]
Every Artist Insured Launch Boosted by Broadway Cares Gift
With the news that Broadway will be shut down until at least January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Actors Fund launched the Every Artist Insured initiative with a lead gift of $1 million from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The effort expands on The Actors Fund’s free and confidential health insurance counseling and enrollment […]
Quarantunes Zoom Concert for Broadway Cares Breaks Fundraising Record
A Pride month edition of Quarantunes, a series of invite-only online concerts hosted by WME Partner Richard Weitz and his daughter Demi Weitz, on Saturday, June 27, 2020, raised $867,767 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This is the highest ever single fundraising total raised by a Quarantunes Zoom stream. The stream for more than 600 […]
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 […]
Broadway Cares Sends $5 Million to Actors Fund in Response to COVID-19
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced that it has sent $5 million from its COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund to The Actors Fund, ensuring thousands who work in theater and the performing arts receive vital, lifesaving support during and after this devastating pandemic. Broadway Cares’ $5 million represents nearly half of what The Actors Fund has awarded […]
Emergency Grants for Pandemic Relief to Support HIV/AIDS and Service Organizations
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is launching Emergency Grants for Pandemic Relief, a one-week fundraising initiative to provide $2 million in grants to vital organizations across the country whose resources are stretched dealing with immediate needs heightened by the COVID-19 crisis. Gilead Sciences Inc., the M•A•C Viva Glam Fund, ViiV Healthcare and the P. Austin […]
30th Anniversary of Broadway Bares Postponed
Broadway Bares‘ 30th anniversary event, scheduled for Sunday, June 21, 2020, is being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual striptease spectacular will return to New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom when it is safe again to do so. If you purchased tickets for 2020 and have not been contacted by email, please reach out […]
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 […]
COVID-19 Fundraiser Helps Theater Community
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has launched a special online fundraising campaign to create the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. This special fund, which launched March 17, 2020, and is administered by The Actors Fund, assists those in the entertainment community – onstage, backstage and behind the scenes – who are facing health care crises and other […]
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