A Celebration Of Ziegfeld And Broadway Cares’ Doris Eaton Travis

  A publicity still of a teenage Follies girl Doris performs at The 19th Annual EASTER BONNET Competition On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, longtime friend to the theatre community and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, Doris Eaton Travis, passed away at the age of 106. Doris was one of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies Girls, […]

Inspired Student Creates A-List

Commack High School junior Simon Pincus (who has appeared on Broadway in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas), has created ALIST, the Alliance of Long Island Students of Theatre, to raise funds for theatre-related charities.  Although the organization is guided by Simon’s mom, a Hauppauge theatre teacher, ALIST is entirely student-driven, including nine who […]

Jackman and Craig Raise $1.5 Million, Shattering All BC/EFA Records

When the actors best known as Wolverine and 007 teamed up as Chicago cops in Keith Huff’s drama A Steady Rain, no one expected Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig to raise more than $1.5 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, breaking every conceivable BC/EFA fundraising record. But the combination of their star power, generosity of […]

NYU Student Programming Raises Awareness & Funds for BC/EFA

For over five years, New York University has brought HIV/AIDS awareness education to its students through creative programming, specifically though two initiatives, one for freshmen class members called “FYRE* fights AIDS and one for sophomores called ‘More Goes Red.’ #1 Thanks to the efforts of a diligent student planning committee (image #1), the school’s 2008-2009 […]

Constantine Maroulis Presents Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS with $25,000

Rock of Ages’ star Constantine Maroulis endorses a giant check for $25,000 before presenting it to Broadway Cares. The check represents Constantine’s winnings from an episode of Fox Network’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.” On Thursday, November 20, “American Idol” finalist Constantine Maroulis presented BC/EFA with a check for $25,000, representing the versatile performer’s winnings from […]

With $1.1 of $4.5 Million Total, Gazelle Tour’s Cabaret Benefit Shows HelpLion King Fundraising Totals Soar

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 […]

Signs of New Orleans: Revisiting Louisiana after Katrina

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, […]

Florida Thespians Break Their Own Record

For the past few years, the Florida Thespians have raised more money for BC/EFA than any other education-based organization, donating a record $33,000 last year as a result from statewide efforts on our behalf. So, when BC/EFA campaign coordinator Sara Conklin announced at their recent festival closing ceremony that the students had fallen $300 short […]