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Fiscal Year: 2017
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. […]
Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Breaks One Million Dollar Mark
The heart of New York City’s theatre district pulsed with the energy of thousands of theatre lovers on Sunday, September 24, 2017, as the 31st Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction blew past previous grand totals and raised $1,023,309 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway fans reveled in all things theatre as […]
Fire Island Dance Festival Features 10 Unforgettable Performances
Broadway’s Best Help Pets Find Loving Homes at Broadway Barks
The sun shined on Shubert Alley on July 8, 2017, as Broadway stars and fans reveled in their love of all things cute and cuddly at the 19th edition of Broadway Barks, the annual pet adoption event founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters. Broadway’s brightest stars and biggest pet lovers helped dozens […]
Broadway Bares: Strip U Makes the Grade with Sizzling Striptease
A spirited audience of thousands went back to campus with stripped-down collegians who offered a sexy lacrosse scrimmage, a Pavlovian psychology experiment, a pumped-up pep rally and a fierce feminist studies class at Broadway Bares: Strip U, this year’s edition of the annual highly choreographed, highly produced striptease spectacular. Produced by and benefiting Broadway […]
Broadway Bares Fire Island Heats Up the Pines with Broadway-Inspired Striptease
Beloved Broadway shows were stripped down, sexied up and given a Broadway Bares twist at this year’s edition of Broadway Bares Fire Island. Inspired by some of the theatre’s greatest hits and set to pop music, the evening brought Broadway style to classic striptease. Twenty-six of New York City’s best dancers came together in […]
Broadway Community Goes “All In,” Breaks Records at Broadway Bets
Exhilarating fun and incredible fundraising were in the cards as Broadway fans, stars and behind-the-scenes players raised a spectacular $286,900 on Monday, May 15, 2017, at the third annual edition of Broadway Bets, Broadway’s official poker tournament. The record-shattering total, more than double what was raised in the inaugural event in 2015, was revealed after […]
Add Sizzle to Your Summer at Broadway Bares Fire Island
Heat Up Your Summer with Broadway Bares Fire Island Two dozen of Broadway’s sexiest dancers will return to Fire Island Pines for this year’s sizzling edition of Broadway Bares Fire Island. The handsome hunks and alluring women will bring the heat to two performances at 7 pm and 9 pm Saturday, June 3, at Whyte […]
Theatre Community Rallies at 31st Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
Broadway’s best shared playful parodies, stirred emotions and delivered dance-driven delights at the 31st annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised a record-shattering $6,379,572 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. It’s the single highest fundraising total in Broadway Cares history. The staggering number, raised by 57 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions, was announced by Gavin […]
Sold-Out Broadway Backwards Embraces Solidarity, Empowerment
Equality, solidarity and warmth filled the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 13, 2017, when the biggest stars on Broadway proved gender doesn’t matter, but love does as they explored and embraced the great songs of musical theatre at the 12th annual Broadway Backwards. This year’s sold-out celebration, where men sing songs intended for women […]