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BROADWAY BEARS is an auction featuring a cuddly chorus line of one-of-a-kind teddy bears, each meticulously outfitted in original, handmade costumes by Broadway's leading costume designers and representing memorable characters from plays and musicals, past and present. The skill and imagination devoted to the creation of these coveted collectibles has been recognized worldwide, from The Museum of The City of New York - where 10 bear alumni reside as part of the permanent costume collection - to media acclaim as far away as England and Japan.

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ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1936, Fanny Brice as BABY SNOOKS, Signed by: Liza Minnelli

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, IGOR, Signed by: Christopher Fitzgerald and Mel Brooks

XANADU, SONNY MALONE, Signed by: Cheyenne Jackson

Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher, Signed by: Carrie Fisher

WICKED, CHISTERY

VICTOR/VICTORIA, VICTORIA GRANT, Signed by: Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, MUZZY VAN HOSSMERE, Signed by: Sheryl Lee Ralph

SUGAR, JOE, Signed by: Tony Roberts

SPAMALOT, THE LADY OF THE LAKE, Signed by: Marin Mazzie

SOUTH PACIFIC, BLOODY MARY, Signed by: Loretta Ables Sayre

SHREK THE MUSICAL, LORD FARQUAAD, Signed by: Christopher Sieber

THE ROYAL FAMILY, FANNY CAVENDISH, Signed by: RoseMary Harris

ROCK OF AGES, DREW, Signed by: Constantine Maroulis

RENT, Roger Davis, Signed by: Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp

PETER PAN, NANA, Signed by: Cathy Rigby

MY ONE AND ONLY, MISS CHIQUITA BANANA, Signed by: Tommy Tune

MERLIN, THE QUEEN, Signed by: Chita Rivera

MARY POPPINS, MARY POPPINS, Signed by: Ashley Brown

M. BUTTERFLY, SONG LILING, Signed by: B.D. Wong and John Lithgow

LIZA’S AT THE PALACE, Liza Minnelli, Signed by: Liza Minnelli

THE LION KING, JUNGLE FLORA, Signed by: Julie Taymor

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Tonner Doll), ALBIN as ZAZA, Signed by: Harvey Fierstein

L’IL ABNER, STUPEFYIN’ JONES, Signed by: Julie Newmar

JOURNEY’S END, LIEUT. OSBORNE, Signed by: Boyd Gaines

Irving Berlin’S WHITE CHRISTMAS, BETTY HAYNES

HAIR, BERGER, Signed by: Will Swenson, Gavin Creel and Michael McDonald

GISELLE, MYRTA-QUEEN OF THE WILIS, Signed by: Veronika Part

FINIAN’S RAINBOW, OG, Signed by: Christopher Fitzgerald and Toni-Leslie James

FELA!, EGUNGUN, Signed by: Bill T. Jones

EXIT THE KING, KING BERENGER, Signed by: Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon, Lauren Ambrose, AndRea Martin, William Sadler and Brian Hutchinson

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Janet Van De Graaff, Signed by: Sutton Foster

DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, DESTRY, Signed by: Andy Griffith

CURTAINS, CARMEN BERNSTEIN, Signed by: John Kander

CHICAGO, VELMA KELLY, Signed by: Chita Rivera and John Kander

CATS, GRIDDLEBONE, Signed by: Betty Buckley

BLITHE SPIRIT, MADAME ARCATI, Signed by: Angela Lansbury

BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL, MRS. WILKINSON, Signed by: Elton John, Haydn Gwynne and Stephen Daldry

BEATLEMANIA, Paul McCartney

A STEADY RAIN, JOEY and DENNY, Signed by: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, DESIREE ARMFELDT, Signed by: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stephen Sondheim

A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE, USHERETTE/GINO, Signed by: Priscilla Lopez and Tommy Tune

A CHORUS LINE, CASSIE, Signed by: Donna McKechnie

9 TO 5, DORALEE RHODES, Signed by: Dolly Parton

33 VARIATIONS, Ludwig van Beethoven, Signed by: Jane Fonda and Zach Grenier

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