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Easter Bonnet Competition Sets All-time Fundraising Record
Records were shattered and inspiring, comical and soul-stirring performances were shared at the 33rd annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised $6,594,778, the highest amount ever for a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS event. The record-breaking number was raised by 69 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions and was announced April 23, 2019, by Bryan Cranston, […]
Record-Breaking Broadway Backwards Celebrates and Motivates LGBTQ Community
Get tickets to the 2022 in person edition of Broadway Backwards A bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved show tunes, spectacular choreography and a record-breaking fundraising total at Broadway Backwards. The 14th […]
Denyce Graves Brings World-Class Opera to Intimate House Concert
Breathtaking vocals and a mesmerized audience filled a stunning New York City loft when celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves launched the 2019 Hamlen-Palm Series with an exclusive house concert on Thursday, January 31, 2019. Graves has become most beloved to operatic audiences for her portrayals of the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. The […]
Broadway Community Awards $2.1 Million in Essential Food Grants
The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS food grants committee of actors and stage managers met January 24, 2019, and awarded $2,143,000 to 125 organizations nationwide, ensuring healthy meals will continue being served to the most vulnerable among us. “These food service grants from Broadway Cares will reach hundreds of thousands of men, women and children across […]
Red Bucket Follies Breaks Records and Celebrates Broadway Community
Equality, inclusion and joy permeated the performances at this year’s poignant and record-breaking Red Bucket Follies. The show celebrated six weeks of enthusiastic fundraising by 67 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Red Bucket Follies, which was held December 3 and 4, 2018, raised $6,113,301 for Broadway Cares, the […]
Saks & Broadway Cares Create Holiday ‘Theater of Dreams’
Broadway moved a few blocks east for an evening when Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled its storied holiday window display and light show with the razzle-dazzle of 124 shimmering, high-spirited Broadway dancers. The magical, traffic-stopping performance on November 19, 2018, ushered in New York City’s holiday season as the dancers kicked off Saks’ holiday theme, […]
Emergency Grants to Help California Wildfire First Responders and Victims
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is awarding $225,000 in emergency grants to immediately help those battling and affected by the historically devastating wildfires spreading in California. On behalf of the entire theatre community – those onstage, offstage and in the audience – Broadway Cares is providing a $100,000 grant to Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, […]
Broadway Run Breaks Records as Stars and Fans Run to Make a Difference
Broadway enthusiasts and stars were greeted with blue skies and frosty temperatures when they met November 3, 2018, for the fourth annual Broadway Run. The philanthropic runners – and walkers – raised a record-breaking $69,584 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They participated in the New York Road Runners’ Dash to the Finish Line 5K, a […]
Violinist Joshua Bell Celebrates Legendary Life of Charles Hamlen at House Concert
Joshua Bell, one of classical music’s most celebrated violinists, honored the life of industry luminary and devoted philanthropist Charles Hamlen in a house concert on October 1, 2018. Hamlen, Bell’s first manager, was the founding director of Classical Action and passed away from leukemia in August 2018. Set in a stunning TriBeCa loft, Classical Action […]
32nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Celebrates Generosity of Broadway
Broadway’s most sensational onstage and offstage stars, passionate fans, avid collectors and animated bidders celebrated the biggest day for Broadway fans on Sunday, September 30, 2018, as the 32nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $906,825 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Nearly every inch of the NYC Theater District’s West 44th and […]
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