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 […]

By Andy Smith With inspiration from sources as diverse as Elaine Stritch: at Liberty and memoirist James Frey, 27-year old Andrew Levitt created a sold-out AIDS fundraiser on his first try, selling out Columbus, Ohio’s Axis dance club and raising $5,000 for charity in the process. Of that, $2,500 went to Broadway Cares, the rest […]