Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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The 16th Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition
The Neil Simon Theatre – home of HAIRSPRAY Gypsy of The Year Competition opening number Photo Credit: John Quilty Thanks to the efforts of 55 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Touring shows, volunteers, and generous theater audiences, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 16th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition raised an impressive $2,754,631 – second only […]
The 18th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Raises $419,464
We escaped the remnants of Hurricane Ivan and Sunday, September 19 proved to be quite a wonderful day for what some have come to call “Broadway’s Annual Company Picnic.” Over 30,000 enthusiastic theatre fans shopped, schmoozed and gawked their way through Shubert Alley as the best of NYC’s theatrical community came together to get BC/EFA’s […]
Broadway Barks 6
BROADWAY BARKS 6 – where you could find the coolest canines and the most fabulous felines up for adoption – was presented on Saturday, July 10th in Shubert Alley between the matinee and evening performances. More than 36 adorable dogs and cats found new homes! Hosted by founders Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore and […]
Broadway Bares 14: Now Showing Raises $525,000 for BC/EFA
Broadway Bares 14: Now Showing, the 2004 version of the spectacular that grins and bares it, brought in $525,000 for BC/EFA, $18,000 of which was collected in sweaty dollar bills tucked into the sparkling g-strings of 200 of Broadway’s hottest dancers. This success tops last year’s total by a whopping $75,000, and culminates in a […]
Heather Headley Home
Broadway and pop star Heather Headley, best known to New York audiences for her performance as Nala in THE LION KING and her Tony-winning work in AIDA and a long-time friend of Broadway Cares, returned to the New Amsterdam Theatre May 24 for a one-night-only concert event entitled “Home”. Before a full house of […]
The 18th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
The 18th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition – presented once again at Disney’s beautiful New Amsterdam Theatre – raised a record-breaking $3,439,075 for BC/EFA in six week of fundraising. 44 shows participated in this fundraising success. 23 Broadway shows brought in a collective $2,694,372. 14 National Tours came in with $667,821 and 7 Off-Broadway shows raised […]
Nothing Like A Dame
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the Ninth Annual NOTHING LIKE A DAME on Monday, March 1 at the St. James Theatre to benefit The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of The Actors Fund. At the end of the show a check for $250,000 was presented by Nathan Lane and Zoe Caldwell to The Actors’ Fund’s […]
The 15th Annual Gypsy Of The Year Competition
Palace Theatre Monday, December 8th / 4:30pm Tuesday, December 9th / 2:00pm The whopping grand total of $3,359,533 was announced today at The 15th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition at the Palace Theatre. Broadway, off-Broadway and touring shows participated in the fundraising efforts. The Boy From Oz brought in the most money of […]
Auntie Mame Benefit
Broadway’s legendary play AUNTIE MAME By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeA staged reading to benefit BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS Also starring: MARIAN SELDES as Vera Charles SWOOSIE KURTZ as Gooch ANTHONY EDWARDS as Beauregard Burnside RUE McCLANAHAN as Mother Burnside CHRISTOPHER SIEBER as Older Patrick VALERIE HARPER as the Master of Ceremonies and […]
Broadway Inspirational Voices
The BC/EFA fiscal year begins on October 1. On that day, every year, the “fundraising odometer” rolls back to zero and we start again. It seems somehow fitting that our first major event of every fiscal year is a musical prayer of gratitude and hope. This year, on Sunday, October 19th THE BROADWAY INSPIRATIONAL VOICESperformed […]
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