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Stream of Songs from an Unmade Bed Brings Fresh Take to Virtual Theater
Tony Award winner BD Wong and videographer Richert Schnorr re-imagined the one-man theatrical show Songs from an Unmade Bed into a pandemic-inspired series of imaginative and artistic music videos benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Presented as a stream for four days beginning August 10, 2020, the event raised $111,159. Songs from an Unmade Bed explores […]
Fans Around the World “Zoom In” to First-ever Stream of Broadway Bares
Donate Now Tens of thousands of fans around the world “Zoomed In” to watch sensational striptease when the first-ever digital edition of Broadway Bares streamed August 1, 2020, and raised $596,504 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Bares: Zoom In featured all-new opening and closing numbers, performed and filmed individually by socially distanced […]
Legendary Bernadette Peters Dazzles in Streamed Concert
The legendary Bernadette Peters’ powerhouse performance at her 2009 one-night-only event, Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert, was streamed online for the first time ever Friday, July 10, 2020, and raised a spectacular $252,575 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Peters took fans through a lineup of beloved Broadway show-stoppers, performing numbers from Carousel, Company, Follies, Gypsy, […]
Every Artist Insured Launch Boosted by Broadway Cares Gift
With the news that Broadway will be shut down until at least January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Actors Fund launched the Every Artist Insured initiative with a lead gift of $1 million from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The effort expands on The Actors Fund’s free and confidential health insurance counseling and enrollment […]
Quarantunes Zoom Concert for Broadway Cares Breaks Fundraising Record
A Pride month edition of Quarantunes, a series of invite-only online concerts hosted by WME Partner Richard Weitz and his daughter Demi Weitz, on Saturday, June 27, 2020, raised $867,767 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This is the highest ever single fundraising total raised by a Quarantunes Zoom stream. The stream for more than 600 […]
Broadway Cares Provides $125,000 in Grants to Social Justice Organizations
On behalf of Broadway and the entire theater community, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other organizations on the front lines of the social justice and anti-racism movement. The grants were announced June 8, 2020. Broadway Cares is making a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway […]
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Stream of Chita Rivera Celebration Supports COVID-19 Relief
The illustrious Chita Rivera illuminated screens around the world with a stream of her one-night-only concert Chita: A Legendary Celebration. The evening, which streamed on May 29, 2020, and benefited Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 relief efforts, raised a spectacular $100,036. The original concert celebrated Rivera’s birthday in 2013, taking fans through her storied career […]
Broadway Cares Sends $5 Million to Actors Fund in Response to COVID-19
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced that it has sent $5 million from its COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund to The Actors Fund, ensuring thousands who work in theater and the performing arts receive vital, lifesaving support during and after this devastating pandemic. Broadway Cares’ $5 million represents nearly half of what The Actors Fund has awarded […]
Emergency Grants for Pandemic Relief to Support HIV/AIDS and Service Organizations
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is launching Emergency Grants for Pandemic Relief, a one-week fundraising initiative to provide $2 million in grants to vital organizations across the country whose resources are stretched dealing with immediate needs heightened by the COVID-19 crisis. Gilead Sciences Inc., the M•A•C Viva Glam Fund, ViiV Healthcare and the P. Austin […]
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