Theatre and TV stars are coming out to support Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS at the 24TH ANNUAL Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction to be held on Sunday, September 26 from 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM in Shubert Alley (Shubert Alley & West 44th Street).
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The event will be held outdoors in Shubert Alley and is free and open to the public. From posing with your favorite Broadway and Daytime stars for photos, to buying that lost cast recording, signed show posters and Playbills, rare costume sketches or special gift for a theatre-lover you can't find anywhere - this year's Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction promises to offer something for everyone.
The Grand Auction has always been the highlight of the Flea Market event and this year will not disappoint.
The following new lots are included in the auction and will be up for bidding!
· Attend the opening nights on Broadway for La Bête, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Importance of Being Earnest, Elling, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Driving Miss Daisy, The Scottsboro Boys and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
· Go backstage after a performance and meet Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane, Vanessa Redgrave, Cherry Jones, Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters.
· "Soon" musical phrase from A Little Night Music, handwritten and signed by Stephen Sondheim.
· Attend the impossible-to-get-tickets-to opening night party for the Signature Theatre's revival of Angels in America and take in Part 1 & 2 in one day on a subsequent date.
· Musical Phrases from American Idiot handwritten and signed by Billy Joe Amrstrong.
· Ozian Backstage Experience - From wardrobe call to final curtain, experience the various backstage workings of this blockbuster musical during an actual performance of Wicked.
· Set visits at "NCIS" and "Modern Family" in Los Angeles.
· A package to go to Las Vegas and see a Cirque du Solei show.
The following previously announced lots will also be available for bidding:
· Make your Broadway debut in one of Broadway's hit shows. Don't miss the chance to bid on the opportunity to have a walk-on role in Chicago, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Promises Promises & Rock of Ages.
· One of the prosthetic headpieces worn by Brian D'Arcy James in Shrek The Musical, signed by the entire original Broadway cast.
· "Good Morning Baltimore" musical phrase from Hairspray, handwritten and signed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
· The very last pair of tickets to the sold out New York Times "TimesTalks" featuring Frank Rich and Stephen Sondheim on Monday, November 22nd, with the chance to meet Mr. Rich and Mr. Sondheim afterward.
· The chance to conduct the orchestra of The Phantom of the Opera during the exit music at one performance.
· "When You're an Addams" musical phrase from The Addams Family, handwritten and signed by Andrew Lippa.
· Dinner with Anthony Rapp.
· "Walk Like A Man" musical phrase from Jersey Boys, handwritten and signed by Bob Gaudioand Frankie Valli.
· "For Good" musical phrase from Wicked, handwritten and signed by Stephen Schwartz.
· The opportunity to have Jonathan Freeman, who voiced the villainous "Jafar" in the Aladdin film, to record your phone message.
· Daniel Craig's tank top that he wore during a performance of A Steady Rain, autographed byDaniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.
· A poster from Susan Sarandon's Exit The King dressing room that was signed by over 50 celebrities who visited her backstage during the show's run.
· A 2010 Tony Awards poster signed by all of the presenters and nominees.
· And autographed items from celebs such as Antonio Banderas, Corbin Bleu, Carol Channing,Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Raul Esparza, Green Day, Marvin Hamlisch, Angela Lansbury,Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Stephen Sondheim, John Stamos, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Barbra Streisand, ElizaBeth Taylor,Doris Eaton Travis, Vanessa Williams and many more.
