Photo Coverage: Inside the 2013 EASTER BONNET COMPETITION- Part 2
By: Stephen Sorokoff Apr. 24, 2013
The 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised a staggering $4,250,542 - eclipsing the previous high of $3,734,129 set in 2007. The grand total was announced Tuesday after six weeks of intensive fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by 47 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies. Check out photos from the festivities below and CLICK HERE for more!
Four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots), two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks (Lucky Guy) and Grammy Award winner Cyndi Lauper (Kinky Boots) were on hand to announce the grand total at this year's Easter Bonnet Competition, which ended in two shows featuring original presentations, songs, dances and 19 intricate, custom-made bonnets.
Click below to watch highlights from the show!
With a standing-room-only audience filling the Minskoff Theatre, home to Disney's The Lion King, Fierstein, Hanks and Lauper also presented awards to the top fundraising companies and the outstanding bonnet presentation. Jessie Mueller from Nice Work If You Can Get It ended the show with a memorable and stirring rendition of the Easter Bonnet anthem, "Help is on the Way," written by David Friedman.
Since the Easter Bonnet Competition began in 1987, the event has raised more than $53 million for Broadway Cares. Last year's event raised $3,706,085.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
Grand Total
Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Tom Hanks
Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Tom Hanks
Cast of THE LION KING
Cast of LUCKY GUY
Cast of AVENUE Q
Cast of AVENUE Q
Cast of AVENUE Q
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Cast of SPIDER-MAN
Deborah Cox, Constantine Maroulis
Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Tom Hanks
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