Holiday Specials - Shopping with BC/EFA... 'Attention All Shoppers!!!'

Happy Holidays Everyone! I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and, as there are only 27 shopping days left (and counting)...we wanted to bring your attention to this year's Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS Holiday Catalog and web site. 

There are SO many great things to buy for the theatre fan or afficionado on your list...and most importantly...really reasonably priced. There are many items to choose from and your purchase dollars go to support a great cause and organization. We thought we'd bring your attention to a number of these items, as you begin your holiday shopping. 

Also, be sure to visit the web site as there are many more great gifts and stocking stuffers. 

Have fun shopping!

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American Theatre community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $140 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV or HIV-related illnesses.

All of the below items and MUCH more can be purchased at http://www.bcefa.org 

BROADWAY LEGENDS: Angela Lansbury

Trim your tree with this extraordinarily beautiful ornament. This is my absolute favorite item from this year's catalog and just makes me think of Bea Arthur yelling out "tell her to get her ass on that moon!" This is truly a winner and couldn't be more glittery if it tried.

BC/EFA is proud and excited to introduce a new line of collectable ornaments, the Broadway Legends series. Each holiday season, they will introduce a new hand-made glass ornament of a beloved Broadway performer. So, "light the candles, get the ice out"... their first in the series is the legendary four-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury! Lounging on the moon with trumpet in hand and stunningly costumed as Mame Dennis, this 6" tall ornament was created by Mia exclusively for BC/EFA. Start your collection this year and add some star quality to your holiday tree!

 

2008 CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT

A "sure bet" to bring, when you're a guest invited to any holiday party.

Trim your tree in classy Broadway style with this exclusive, white glass ornament which features the logos of more than twenty Broadway musicals.

Logos include:

Avenue Q, Billy Elliot, Chicago, Godspell, Grease, Gypsy, Hairspray, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Passing Strange, The Phantom of the Opera, Shrek the Musical, South Pacific, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, A Tale of Two Cities, [title of show], Wicked, Xanadu, and Young Frankenstein.

 

BROADWAY HOLIDAY LEGENDS: Box of 12

BC/EFA Christmas Cards have always been a staple for me. It's a "no-brainer" buying these and sharing the love, sentiment and glamor of Broadway and its popular performers. This collection will not disappoint and there are many assortments of cards to choose from. This particular one is a classic. 

Legendary Broadway characters Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Peter Pan, the King and Anna, Harold Hill, Momma Rose, Dolly Levi and Nellie Forbush are all on hand to ring in the holiday season in this lovely illustration by Jay Lefkowitch. Inside message: "Seasons Greetings"

All cards are 5" x 7" and include the message: "This card is a loving gift and represents a generous donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS"

SINGING PLUSH GOAT

This makes a great gift for a child, your childish adult friends or pets...I am SO NOT KIDDING! I took it over to my friend's apartment and put it down on the floor with her dog, who went insane with joy and I never got to bring it back home with me. 

This croonin' critter is the "must-have" gift of the year. Not only is the 10" goat soft and cuddly, but press her leg and she'll break into "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music- key-change and all! Her mouth and head animate when she sings, and you'll be amazed and die laughing at the same time! Batteries included.

 

 

BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION 2008 SNOW GLOBE

The BC/EFA Snow Globes have now become a tradition and achieved "collectible" status. This year's is particularly beautiful and you cannot go wrong with this as a gift or a thank you for a holiday invitation, if you want to be the perfect guest.

Remember the opening of those old black and white movies, when the world spun around the words "Universal Pictures"? Well, since the world really revolves around Broadway musicals, for the first time ever, their latest globe revolves, too! Over twenty-five Broadway musical logos circle the globe in a nod to those glorious old black and white films. Tony Award®-nominated scenic designer Anna Louizos (In the Heights) came up with a dazzling circular piano-key stairway that literally leads to a world of Broadway! Wind it up to see the world turn and to hear the classic Stairway to Paradise. Standing 6 ½" tall and 6" wide, this globe is an elegant addition to your collection.

 

BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION 2008 SERVING TRAY-

This is the perfect way to serve up your appetizers...or to have breakfast in bed when you have a nice holiday hangover. 

Serve up your favorite Broadway shows with this brand new 15" x 9 ½" melamine serving tray featuring over twenty musical logos. Perfect for serving drinks in your new set of Broadway Cares Collection Glasses!

Logos include: Avenue Q, Billy Elliot, Chicago, Godspell, Grease, Gypsy, Hairspray, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Passing Strange, The Phantom of the Opera, Shrek the Musical, South Pacific, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, A Tale of Two Cities, [title of show], Wicked, Xanadu, and Young Frankenstein.

 

BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION 2008 WALL CLOCK

This clock will always remind you that "It's Show Time!" 

"It's quarter past Hairspray." "The show starts at Wicked o'clock!" You may have to get used to telling time a different way once you hang this 11 ½" clock on your wall. The shows taking the place of numbers include Avenue Q, Chicago, Hairspray, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Shrek the Musical, Spring Awakening and Wicked.

 

 

BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION 2008 GLASSES- Set of 4

These glasses are fantastic and perfect for cocktails or as a water glass at the dinner table. Because of all the logos, these should be given special care and washed by hand, which will make you appreciate them all the more. That said, if one of your "tipsy" (as in The Drowsy Chaperone) guests breaks one, there are plenty more that you can always find here at BC/EFA. 

"Make it another Old-Fashioned"....or another Vodka Stinger....or two Dulce de Leche...Even if your drink of choice isn't from one of the many shows featured on their new set of glasses, you're gonna love them just the same! Each 14 oz. glass in this gift-boxed set of four is decorated with over twenty Broadway musical logos and can be used for any beverage. Hand-washing recommended.

 

 

BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION 2008 WATCH

In the fashion style of the Swatch plastic watch, this is a winner!

You'll have the time of your life when you don this colorful new unisex watch adorned with over twenty Broadway musical logos on its band. Watch measures 8 1/2" long minus clasp; clasp side of band measures appx. 2 3/4" and other band side measures 4".

 

 

 

 

BROADWAY BARES: BACKSTAGE PASS: Hardcover

This book is fantastic and I reviewed it back in July, click here. I can't think of a more perfect gift, in the coffee table tradition. 

The book you've all been waiting for-- a titillating photographic chronicle of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS's annual Broadway Bares event! Event creator and Executive Producer Jerry Mitchell's book features sizzling behind-the-scene photos, performance shots, and stunning studio stills of men and women from the Broadway stage who have been a part of this spectacular burlesque event over the years. It includes as little text as costumes worn in the show, but the history is succinctly outlined and mentions the names of the A-list celebrities who have proudly participated in the proceedings, including Cyndi Lauper, Alan Cumming, David Hyde Pierce and Nathan Lane.

Backstage Pass is the photographic chronicle of how one bright young man in a loincloth, dancing atop a giant drum on a Broadway stage, began one of the Great White Way's most worthy and exciting traditions! Future Tony®-winner Jerry Mitchell was amazed at the tremendous attention his nearly naked body garnered in Tommy Tune's production of The Will Rogers Follies in 1990. He quickly capitalized on this fascination with exposed skin to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Over the next 18 years, this "ah-ha" moment grew into the annual tradition that is Broadway Bares -an event where the most beautiful bodies of New York City's theatre community take it all off and do what they do best-strut their stuff!

BROADWAY MONKEY

I gotta tell you, I love this Broadway monkey SO MUCH!!! 

You won't be able to resist taking this adorable monkey to the theatre with you, especially when his cute red tie declares "I Love Broadway!" With red hearts on his feet and a leatherette nose that's good enough to pinch, this 10 ½" heartbreaker is soft, cuddly and loveable!

 

 

2008 TONY T-SHIRT

If you dream about Broadway...and who doesn't?...this t-shirt is the perfect sleep t-shirt, particularly for high school and college age kids. 

Now in its 21st year, the BC/EFA Tony Award® nominee t-shirt continues to be a collector's item! The nominated show titles form a frame in mocha lettering which contains the signatures of the nominees printed in black along with the mocha-inked Tony Award® symbol. The BC/EFA logo also appears on this hot red 100% heavyweight cotton tee and is available in five sizes. There are 100 signatures (the most ever!) including Patti LuPone, Patrick Stewart, S. Epatha Merkerson, Faith Prince, Laurence Fishburne, Raul Esparza, Tom Stoppard, Bobby Cannavale, Laurie Metcalf, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alan Menken, Tom Wopat, Stew, Tracy Letts, Boyd Gaines and Andrea Martin.

 

I have to tell you, the more that I look through the catalog and the web site, the more great gift ideas I get. Great items like travel mugs, hats, bags, notepads, jewelry, umbrellas, candles...just about ANYTHING that one could want. 

In addition, it's the only place I know of where you can buy CDs of your favorite stars, and for a little additional charge, can have them signed, which makes them a perfect gift for the perfect fan.

You can find books here, you can find DVDs, baby bibs (yep, you read that right), Rosalie O'Connor's gorgeous photographs from DRA's Fire Island Dance Festival as beautiful cards, baby gifts, watches, bracelets, posters, scarves, jackets, calendars, pillows, pens, backpacks, even champagne and gift baskets. 

I am telling you, this is ONE STOP SHOPPING! Take advantage and get it done early, on-time...and in the spirit of giving, from BC/EFA.

And, oh yeah, don't forget to tell them that BroadwayWorld.com sent you.