Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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Masterpiece Turns Living Art Into Million-Dollar Evening
Flipping the traditionally staid art auction into a racy, risqué and altogether sexy parade of art-come-to-life provocative paintings and seductive statues, Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece served up a modern-day burlesque spectacle with 192 sexy and scintillating Broadway dancers. Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece delivered as none others have in the past, raising $1,103,072, the highest […]
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and pianist Jeremy Denk 2010-11 Michael Palm Series
Following the third and final Michael Palm house concert of the 2010-11 season in New York, a distinguished singer and vocal teacher was heard to exclaim: I was a fan of Joyce’s before, but the opportunity to hear her close-up has just sent me over the edge. I was wishing that all my students could […]
25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $3,706,085
Six weeks of enthusiastic audience appeals, unique memorabilia sales and one-of-a-kind auctions by 52 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies pushed Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition fundraising grand total to an extraordinary $3,706,085. Since the Easter Bonnet Competition began in 1987, the event has raised more than $46 million for Broadway Cares. The […]
Stephanie Blythe, Mezzo-Soprano and Warren Jones, Piano at Classical Action’s 2010-11 Michael Palm Series
Ms. Blythe belts one out for the audience! There was a day when the “Three Bs” were acknowledged to be Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. On Wednesday evening, April 6, Brahms was still in evidence, but the other members of the evening’s Trio of B’s were the irrepressible Irving Berlin and the incandescent Stephanie Blythe. And […]
Broadway Cares Celebrates The Life And Mourns The Passing Of Elizabeth Taylor
On March 23, 2011, the world lost an icon, an actress and an outspoken champion for people living with HIV/AIDS. Elizabeth Taylor became the voice for the voiceless thousands, speaking tirelessly and working actively on behalf of people with AIDS and their families for nearly 30 years. She died of congestive heart failure at age […]
Grand Finale Celebration Brings ABC Daytime’s Seven-Year Total to $1,850,000
In a memorable evening packed with unforgettable song and dance from two dozen of daytime television’s most talented actors, the Grand Finale Celebration of ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares on March 13, 2011, raised an astounding $302,690. The emotional evening ended with a surprise appearance by the queen of daytime television, Susan Lucci, rushing onto […]
BC/EFA Partners With Audemars Piguet & Tony Awards For Special Memphis Performance
The company of Broadway’s 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Memphis had their audience singing and dancing in the aisles more than usual recently as 1,100 underserved kids from public schools and AIDS service organizations across New York City collectively jumped to their feet and surprised the cast by performing the choreography during the show’s finale, […]
Grants From BC/EFA to South African Organizations Top $3 Million Thanks to Companies of Disney’s The Lion King
At the end of February, BC/EFA awarded $140,000 to 17 AIDS service organizations across South Africa, bringing the cumulative total to more than $3 million in grants to 51 South African organizations made since 1998 through the tireless fundraising efforts of Disney’s acclaimed production of The Lion King. This marks a significant milestone in a […]
The Broadway Bears XIV Raises $103,905
For every bear that ever there was, Will gather there for certain because Today’s the day the teddy bears have their … auction. The teddy bears were on display March 6, 2011, for The Broadway Bears XIV, the annual grand auction of one-of-a-kind, museum quality, theatrically costumed and celebrity autographed teddy bears, which this year […]
Broadway Backwards 6 Raises Record-Breaking $281,243
Laughter, longing and liberation combined with songs of love to fill the Longacre Theatre for the exhilarating 6th edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS, a star-packed benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York.The only Broadway event custom-made for the gay and lesbian community, our friends […]