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Photo Coverage: Broadway Bears Reception and Auction

By: May. 24, 2006
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Broadway lovers and teddy bear collectors came together on Sunday, May 21 at the "Broadway Bears IX" auction, which raised a grand total of $114,638.

The event was hosted by Bryan Batt with Lorna Kelly reprising her role as auctioneer. Forty-three specially made Broadway Bears - each dressed in original, handmade costumes representing the theater's most legendary characters - were auctioned to the highest bidder in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Top bids for bears were the $8,250 Avenue Q bear, featuring an "actor" bear with a smaller puppet bear of Rod, the Republican with a secret, signed by John Tartaglia; $5,500 The Color Purple Sophia bear signed by Felicia F. Fields and Oprah Winfrey, the $4,800 Spamalot King Arthur bear signed by Broadway's original King Arthur Tim Curry and the $4,000 Doubt Sister Aloysius bear signed by Cherry Jones. Several Broadway stars also dropped by to lend their support to the event including John Lloyd Young, Elizabeth Parkinson, and Kerry Butler among others. Other stars participating by lending their autographs to the various bears that were auctioned off included Julie Andrews, Matthew Broderick, Billy Crystal, Sandy Duncan, Elton John, Angela Lansbury, Rosie O'Donnell, Chita Rivera, and Barbra Streisand.

For more information, visit www.BroadwayCares.org.

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The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson bear

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Shirley MacLaine on Broadway Bear

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John Lloyd Young with Jersey Boys Frankie Valli Bear

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The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Bear

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The Rocky Horror Show Magenta Bear

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Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life Bear

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Doubt Sister Aloysius Bear

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42nd Street Dorothy Brock Bear

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Carrie Carrie White Bear

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee William Barfee Bear

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Sam Hill (Little Shop of Horrors) with Audrey II Bear

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Fiddler on the Roof Bottle Dancer Bear

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Spamalot King Arthur Bear

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Robert Fowler (The Producers) and Brionna McMahon with The Producers Showgirl Bear

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Miles Gloriosus bear

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Krisha Marcano with The Color Purple Squeak Bear

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The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daae Bear

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Savannah Wise, Elizabeth Parkinson, James Wise and Bryan Batt

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John Tartaglia with Avenue Q Rod Bear

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Freddy Benson Bear

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Funny Girl Fanny Brice Bear

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Caractacus Potts Bear

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Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Bear

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Harvey Evans and Beth Fowler

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Will Taylor, Marty Thomas and Greg Casciato

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Harvey Evans and Sondra Lee

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Marty Thomas (Colin in The Secret Garden) with Lily Bear

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Sondra Lee (Original Tiger Lily) with Peter Pan Michael Darling Bear

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Todd Buonopane and Marty Thomas

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Marty Thomas, Todd Buonopane and Rhett George

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"Broadway Bears" Host Bryan Batt

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Auctioneer Lorna Kelly

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Bryan Batt and Richard Jay-Alexander with Amadeus Salieri Bear

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Bryan Batt and Elizabeth Parkinson with Movin' Out Brenda Bear

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Bryan Batt with Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Bear

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Bryan Batt and Richard Jay-Alexander with Funny Girl Fanny Brice Bear

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Kerry Butler with Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II Bear

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Marty Thomas with The Secret Garden Lily Bear

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Bryan Batt with Tea and Sympathy Laura Reynolds Bear

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My Fair Lady Henry Higgins Bear

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Daphne Rubin-Vega with Rocky Horror Show Magenta Bear

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Felicia Finley with Aida Amneris Bear

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Carnival Bear

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Bryan Batt and Kerry Butler with Hairspray Edna Turnblad Bear

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Beth Fowler with Over Here! Paulette DePaul Bear

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Kurt Peterson with Dear World Countess Aurelia Bear

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Bryan Batt and Jennifer Smith with Gorgeous Teitlebaum The Sisters Rosensweig Bear

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John Tartaglia with Avenue Q Rod Bear

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Todd Buonopane with Spelling Bee William Barfee Bear

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Bryan Batt and Cynthia Onrubia with Cats Mr. Mistoffeles Bear

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Bryan Batt and Rhett George with Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Bear

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Bryan Batt and Dance of the Vampires Dancing Gargoyle Bear

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Rent Joanne Jefferson Bear

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Bryan Batt, Patti Cohenour and The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daae Bear

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Harvey Evans with The Boyfriend Polly Browne Bear

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Bryan Batt and Patti Cohenour auction The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson Bear

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Patti Cohenour--who outbid the audience on Margaret Bear!

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Bryan Batt, Sara Gettelfinger and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Freddy Benson Bear

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Larry Cook, Tom Viola, Tim Connell, and David McKeown

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Nancy Opel

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Patti Cohenour with Margaret Bear

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Jennifer Smith

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Sara Gettelfinger




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