Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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$500,000 in Emergency Grants Sent to Help California Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced January 13, 2025, that it has awarded $500,000 in emergency grants, powered by the theater community’s generosity, to help Los Angeles-area residents and first responders as they continue to battle the barrage of wildfires devastating the region. Responding to one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in California’s history, Broadway […]
Broadway Celebrates 36 Years of Tom Viola’s Life-Affirming Leadership
Dedicated donors and cherished friends from across the Broadway industry gathered in New York City’s Edison Ballroom on December 16, 2024, to celebrate the retirement of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola. The evening’s host, the always-hilarious Christopher Sieber, guided the audience through a joyful array of performances, speeches and stories from Viola’s […]
Powerhouse Vocals and Stirring Dances Shine at Red Bucket Follies
Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. The heartwarming annual variety show, performed December 9 and 10, 2024, honored 53 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies that participated in the fall #RedBuckets fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Red Bucket Follies raised […]
From Executive Director Tom Viola
While there’s much for us all to process today, make time to embrace and support each other. Today and every day, we must lift each other up and continue fighting for those whose voices are marginalized or silenced – the women and people of color in our lives, the LGBTQ+ community, the underserved whom we […]
Emergency Grants Help Those Facing Devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced October 23, 2024, that it has awarded, fueled by the theater community’s generosity, $300,000 in emergency grants to nine food banks and community service organizations actively helping residents from Florida to North Carolina recover and rebuild from the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Eight local organizations, which […]
Hudson Valley Dance Festival Brings Dynamic Dance and Record Fundraising
Against a backdrop of radiant fall leaves and beauty of the Hudson River, world-class dance and the artistic spirit of the region converged at the Hudson Valley Dance Festival on October 13, 2024. Two sold-out performances of diverse, dynamic dance inside a converted 19th century warehouse raised a record-breaking $170,629. The generosity of festival supporters […]
Remembering Gavin Creel, Our Dear Friend and Broadway Cares Trustee
Today we lost not just one of the good ones, but the best one. Beyond the shining talent Gavin Creel shared with us all onstage, he mastered the ability to galvanize, mobilize and inspire others by sharing the best of himself which was simply, his loving, joyful heart. Gavin once said: “What I love about […]
Joy Radiates at Record-Breaking Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction
Thousands of Broadway fans, countless theatrical treasures and dozens of Broadway stars lit up New York City’s Theater District – and ushered in a record-breaking fundraising total – when the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction returned Sunday, September 22, 2024. The 38th annual edition of the biggest day for Broadway fans, produced by and […]
Broadway Barks Brightens Rainy Day as Pets Find Loving Homes
Even a sudden storm couldn’t rain on the parade of dozens of adoptable four-legged friends as Broadway’s best helped them find fur-ever homes at Broadway Barks in New York City’s Shubert Alley. The 26th edition of the annual event, founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, was hosted by Peters and Sutton Foster on […]
Fire Island Dance Festival Captivates with Seven World Premieres
Captivating world premieres and celebrated works shined within the awe-inspiring beauty of the Great South Bay’s expanse of sea and sky at this year’s record-breaking edition of Fire Island Dance Festival. The longest-running charitable and cultural event in Fire Island Pines raised a record $767,712 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity […]
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