BC/EFA's Easter Bonnet Competition Returns! Annual Event to be Held Next Month at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre

The 29th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be held at 4:30 PM on Monday, April 20, 2015, and at 2 PM on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street, NYC), home to Disney's long-running smash hit musical The Lion King.

The Easter Bonnet Competition (#bwaybonnets) is a two-day Broadway spectacular that celebrates six weeks of intensive fundraising efforts by dozens of Broadway, Off?Broadway and national touring productions. This season's fundraising begins Friday, March 6, 2015, at select shows and continues through Sunday, April 19.

Performers from participating shows sing, dance, and wear strikingly creative and elaborate Easter bonnets made especially for the event. The winner of the Easter Bonnet Competition will be the company that raises the most for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Awards also are given for best bonnet design and best presentation during the performances on April 20 and 21.

Hosts, judges, and special guests for this year's Easter Bonnet Competition will be announced in the spring.

Tickets for the Easter Bonnet Competition are available now at broadwaycares.org. Tickets are $375 for VIP orchestra; $250 priority center orchestra; $130 side orchestra and front mezzanine; $50 rear side orchestra and middle mezzanine; and $30 rear mezzanine.

Last year's Easter Bonnet Competition raised $4,532,129. Since 1987, the 28 editions of this highly anticipated annual event have brought in more than $58 million.

The Easter Bonnet Competition is generously sponsored by The New York Times and United Airlines.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $250 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

Broadway Cares is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic and the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states.