A decade after it debuted on Broadway, Disney’s The Lion King continues to shine in its efforts on behalf of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. through creative, consistent fundraising nationwide. Since 1998, this groundbreaking musical has raised $4,514,581 for BC/EFA with The Gazelle National Tour (launched in 2002) raising over $1.1 million of that grand […]

By Andy Smith All the casts of Jersey Boys – New York, Chicago and the national tour – continue to go the extra mile for Broadway Cares. Case in point, on Monday, April 7, the touring cast took the stage at Minneapolis’s Shout House for “Rock Like a Man,” a benefit which raised more than […]

June, 2007 Recently, Classical Action’s Associate Director Janice Mayer spent a sweaty week in Louisiana doing her part to help a volunteer organization rebuild housing in communities devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. During her trip, which included stops in New Orleans and the rural Bayou, Janice visited the offices of NO AIDS Task Force, […]

By Andy Smith The front lobby of the New Amsterdam Theater is covered large framed prints of Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, W.C. Fields and other stars of the lavish Ziegfeld Follies. Well-remembered or forgotten, most have been gone for half a century or more. Near the front doors—two frames past the photo of a young […]

Although he passed away in September 2004, the generosity of legendary writer/lyricist Fred Ebb lives on through The Fred Ebb Foundation, which has given $850,000 to Broadway Cares since 2005. BC/EFA continues to benefit because, in his will, Ebb stipulated that at the end of each year, royalties earned on his works would be distributed […]

At Gypsy of the Year on December 5, the Chicago-based “Shiz” company of Wicked brought home the top fundraising prize for a national production or touring show for the third straight time, collecting $175,000 for BC/EFA. The show’s collections coordinator explains how they work their magic. By Andy Smith It took Urinetown’s potty-mouthed urchin with […]

For more than four years, Mamma Mia! – the Rodney Dangerfield of musicals – has been defying critical disrespect, selling out houses on Broadway and on tour. These sold-out crowds not only pay big dividends for the ABBA musical’s backers, but for Broadway Cares as well. Since Mamma Mia! hit the road in February 2002, […]

Broadway Cares and the entire New York theater community mourn the passing of actor and actors’ advocate Patrick Quinn, First Vice President of BC/EFA’s board of trustees and President of Actors’ Equity since 2000. Mr. Quinn, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his vacation home in the Poconos, was 56. A founding member […]

By Andy Smith From Ruby Keeler to Eartha Kitt to Patti LuPone – drop a theatrical celebrity’s name from the past 50+ years and BC/EFA’s Peter Neufeld probably knows where to find them, be it in Switzerland next door to Julie Andrews, or at the bar at Joe Allen on Broadway’s Restaurant Row. In a […]