Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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Year: 2021
Audra McDonald Stars as New Broadway Cares’ Holiday Legends Ornament
For the 2021 holiday season, six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald joins the ranks of Broadway legends immortalized as holiday ornaments benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Captured as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, McDonald glistens as a 6″ glass ornament draped in the jewel-adorned gown she wore onstage at Circle […]
Red Bucket Follies Celebration to Return in 2022
Each December, the theater community comes together to celebrate six weeks of competitive fundraising with skits, songs and presentations at the Red Bucket Follies. Two days of hilarious and heartwarming performances conclude with some of Broadway’s most beloved stars announcing the results of both the fundraising and presentations for an audience of theater insiders. As […]
Seven Dynamic Voices Join Broadway Cares Board of Trustees
The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees added seven dynamic new members whose dedication and devotion to Broadway and the theater community reach from center stage to backstage and beyond. Joining the board at its annual fall meeting on October 7, 2021, were music director Ted Arthur, City National Bank Executive Vice President Linda […]
Red Bucket Audience Appeals on Hiatus until Spring 2022
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ traditional in-theater red bucket appeals will be on hiatus until spring 2022 as shows diligently work to return to their theatrical homes and welcome back audiences in New York City and across the country. The appeals typically take place twice a year – in the spring and fall – during six […]
Haunted Host of Villains Materialize for I Put a Spell on You: The Sanderson Variant
The bewitchingly cinematic extravaganza I Put a Spell on You, the annual over-the-top homage to the cult classic film Hocus Pocus, raised $175,543 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS over the 2021 Halloween weekend. Shifting from an in-person event to an online stream in 2020 because of the pandemic, this year’s I Put a Spell […]
Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Returns In Person to NYC’s Theater District
After a two-year in-person hiatus, fans gleefully filled the streets of New York City’s famed Theater District on Sunday, October 3, 2021, coming together in celebration and rejuvenation at the 35th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction. The daylong community reunion, which featured 36 tables filled with collectible keepsakes, 144 record-breaking silent auction […]
Supporters Fuel Fiscal Year 2021 Grant-making Past $13 Million
While theaters on Broadway and across the country were forced into darkness because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS supporters shined brightly, fueling an extraordinary $13,024,000 in grants to The Actors Fund and 424 other social services agencies across the country during fiscal year 2021, which ends September 30. “Even with theaters […]
Theater Community Makes Every Little Step Count in Virtual 5K and NYC Marathon
Theater artists, industry members and fans from around the world made every little step count in the 2021 editions of the Broadway Cares Virtual 5k and New York City Marathon, running to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. To ensure the safety of those participating during the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway Cares’ annual event Broadway Run was […]
Hamlen-Palm Series Finds Virtual Life with Classical Conversations
The importance of connection, artistry and the influence of music has been made ever-more clear in the uncertainty of the world influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hamlen-Palm Series, a signature collection of intimate house concerts at a dazzling New York City loft that traditionally features celebrated artists and musicians, needed to be adapted for […]
Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home Uncovers Fantasies and Newfound Pride
After more than a year of being homebound and Zoomed out, Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home turned its signature blend of dance and striptease into all-new cinematically filmed mini movies for a unique online premiere Sunday, June 20, 2021. Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home gave audiences a more up close and intimate Bares than […]
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