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Broadway’s First Post-Shutdown “Red Bucket” Spring Charity Drive Raises $4.2M, With ‘Music Man’ Setting Record Of $2M
The red bucket brigades so long-familiar to Broadway spring audiences were back this year after a two-year pandemic absence, and the results were heartening: donations across Broadway, Off Broadway and touring productions to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS totaled $4,288,994.
One musical in particular outdid itself…
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By Greg Evans
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Fred Ebb Foundation Awards Record $2.6 Million To Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
The foundation created by Cabaret lyricist Fred Ebb has awarded a record-setting $2.6 million to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The gift is the single largest in Broadway Cares history.
The year-end 2021 gift from The Fred Ebb Foundation, shepherded by Ebb's nephew Mitchell S. Bernard, will kick off Broadway…
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By Greg Evans
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Stars Of ABC’s ‘All My Children’, ‘One Life To Live’ & ‘General Hospital’ Reunite For Streaming Concert Benefit
Stars of ABC’s classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway will gather musical performances by soap stars including Susa…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway’s Annual ‘Hocus Pocus’ Halloween Spoof Fundraiser Going Virtual
EXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s annual I Put A Spell On You concert-slash-party event to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will go virtual this year due to the pandemic. The concert event, hosted by characters spoofing the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, will feature performers from such productions as Tina: The Tina Tur…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Grants Record $18.1M During Fiscal Pandemic Year
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided a record $18.1 million in grants to a pandemic-slammed industry during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, the most ever awarded in the organization’s 32-year history.
Cautioning that “any enthusiasm” about the record is “tempered with the recognition that continued…
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By Greg Evans
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Actors Fund Expands Insurance Education Campaign As Theater Workers Face Loss Of Health Benefits
With thousands of out-of-work theater professionals likely to become ineligible for their union insurance over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown continues, The Actors Fund is launching a campaign to enhance its health insurance counseling and enrollment support services.
A lead gift of $1…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway Cares Pledges $125K In Grants To Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Other Anti-Racism Groups
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other anti-racism organizations.
The grants include a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition as “a launch donation” for this week's three-day forum Broadway for Black Lives…
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By Greg Evans
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Bette Midler To Match Broadway Cares COVID-19 Assistance Fund Donations To $100,000
Bette Midler will personally match donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund up to $100,000, the charitable organization announced today.
"Between her awe-inspiring talent and boundless generosity, we are so grateful to have Bette as a loyal and true friend of Broadway…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway To Celebrate Mother’s Day With Digital Variety Show For COVID-19 Fund: ‘Moulin Rouge!’, ‘Tina’, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Casts Among Large Roster Of Guests
Cast members from Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Company, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicago, Diana, Mean Girls, Girl from the North Country, Six, and Mrs. Doubtfire will take part in Sunday’s Broadway Does Mother's Day, a digital variety benefitting Broadway Cares' COVID-19 Emergency…
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By Greg Evans
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Second Round Of Broadway Producers To Match $1M In Donations To COVID-19 Fund
A second round of Broadway producers has pledged to match $1 million in donations to the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, bringing the total producer-funded matching challenge to $2 million.
The second challenge includes producers of Hadestown, West Side Story, Company, The Phant…
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By Greg Evans
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Disney On Broadway Concert Sets New Streaming Date As Musicians Union Jumps Aboard – Update
UPDATE with streaming date, 3:33 pm: The Disney on Broadway benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will stream on Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m. ET, the charitable organization has announced.
Ryan McCartan (Frozen, TV's Liv and Maddie) will host from home and provide new interviews with various stars…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway Musicians Petition Union To Let Disney Concert Stream For COVID-19 Fund
Broadway musicians who performed at last November’s starry Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney On Broadway event want their union to back off and allow a streaming of the show to raise money for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.
In a petition posted Sunday on Change.org, 14…
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By Greg Evans
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