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Register to Vote Alongside Broadway’s Best with #BeltTheVote
Never has there been a more important “save the date” than Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Broadway stars and theatre fans across the country, with the support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and in partnership with When We All Vote, are coming together to #BeltTheVote this fall. The nonpartisan social media campaign aims to encourage […]
Celebrating the Life of Classical Action Founding Director Charles Hamlen
Classical Action Founding Director Charles Hamlen – a visionary in the world of classical music management, a devoted friend and passionate advocate of the arts and people living with HIV/AIDS – passed away from leukemia in his Manhattan home on August 1, 2018. He was 75.
Despite Stormy Weather, 24th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival Shines
Once-in-a-lifetime pairings of ballet and contemporary luminaries, three unmissable world premieres, an excerpt of a seminal piece that changed the history of modern dance and unpredictable weather conditions marked the sold-out Fire Island Dance Festival on July 20-22, 2018.

Broadway Barks Helps Find Forever Homes for Dogs and Cats
Massive yet gentle Great Danes, palm-sized feisty kittens and every variety dog and cat in between joined Broadway stars and enthusiastic fans on July 14, 2018, at the 20th edition of Broadway Barks, the annual pet adoption event founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters. This year’s event was hosted by Peters and […]
BroadwayWorld interview with Tom Viola
As Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS reaches its 30th year in existence, Executive Director Tom Viola recently discussed the history of the organization with BroadwayWorld.com founder and editor in chief, Robert Diamond. Viola has been executive director since 1996 and has been a part of the organization since its inception in 1988. BroadwayWorld.com: Going back to […]

Broadway Bares: Game Night Wins Big and Breaks Records
Broadway’s hottest dancers and two explosively responsive audiences came together for a fierce and steamy evening of fun and sensational striptease at Broadway Bares: Game Night, this year’s record-breaking edition of the annual spectacular. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Bares: Game Night raised $1,875,090 with two standing-room-only performances on Sunday, […]

Show Tunes Inspire Tantalizing Broadway Bares Fire Island
Winsome waitresses, bodacious businessmen trying to succeed and fierce French revolutionaries all helped prove how show tunes can be sexy at this year’s Broadway-inspired Broadway Bares Fire Island. Twenty-six dancers direct from New York City arrived on the shores of the Fire Island Pines on June 2, 2018, and raised a record-breaking $59,207 for […]

Stars, Insiders and Fans Push Broadway Bets to Break Records
High energy, enthusiasm and a night of incredible fundraising were dealt in spades when Broadway stars, industry insiders and fans raised a record $295,100 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, May 14, 2018, at the fourth edition of Broadway Bets, Broadway’s official poker tournament. The jaw-dropping total was raised in a spirited evening […]

Buckets Bring in $5.7 Million at 32nd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
Humor, hope and heart were at the core of the performances at the 32nd annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised $5,721,879 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The near-record number was raised by 62 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions and was announced Tuesday, April 24, 2018, by Hello, Dolly!‘s Victor Garber and Bernadette Peters […]

Broadway Backwards Shatters Fundraising Records
Fundraising records and gender norms alike were smashed by stars of stage, screen and pop music on April 2, 2018, at the inclusive, dynamic and loving Broadway Backwards. The 13th annual edition of the show, which celebrates the LGBTQ community through gender-reversed renditions of beloved showtunes, raised an incredible $680,273 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity […]