Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is sponsoring a brunch with Bye Bye Birdie's Nolan Funk for the highest bidder on eBay. 100% of the final sale price will support BC/EFA. The top bidder, on a Sunday of their choosing, gets to dine with Mr. Funk and a staff member of BC/EFA for brunch before his matinee. Brunch would begin at 12 noon and end at 1:30pm at a local Times Square area restaurant.

Members of the companies of Broadway shows including MARY POPPINS, THE LION KING, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and others will have the opportunity to show off their hidden, behind-the-scenes talents when their handiwork is featured in the 6th annual 'ActorCrafts' fair on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Holy Cross School (332 West 43 Street) in Manhattan.

Members of the companies of Broadway shows including MARY POPPINS, THE LION KING, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and others will have the opportunity to show off their hidden, behind-the-scenes talents when their handiwork is featured in the 6th annual 'ActorCrafts' fair on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Holy Cross School (332 West 43 Street) in Manhattan.

ABC and SOAPNet will present their annual 'Salute Broadway Cares' benefit on March 21, 2010. The benefit will support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids and will take place at Town Hall in Manhattan.

'RENT' fans around the world have a new chance to re-experience the show with some one-of-a-kind experiences - dinner with the stars, a walk-on role in the show and a guitar made especially for the tour.

'RENT' fans around the world have a new chance to re-experience the show with some one-of-a-kind experiences - dinner with the stars, a walk-on role in the show and a guitar made especially for the tour. These opportunities are being made possible through the theatrical industry's semiannual fundraising campaign to benefit the national nonprofit organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Members of the companies of Broadway shows including MARY POPPINS, THE LION KING, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and others will have the opportunity to show off their hidden, behind-the-scenes talents when their handiwork is featured in the 6th annual 'ActorCrafts' fair on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Holy Cross School (332 West 43 Street) in Manhattan.

Emerging playwright Marisa Wegrzyn is the recipient of the 2009 Wasserstein Prize for her play Hickorydickory. The Wasserstein Prize was established in memory of the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who died in 2006. The $25,000 prize is awarded for an outstanding script by a young woman who has not yet received national attention. The Wasserstein Prize is funded by the Educational Foundation of America (EFA) and administered by Theatre Development Fund. It will be presented by Wendy's life-long friend and EFA Board member Heidi Ettinger and TDF's Executive Director Victoria Bailey at a reception at The Players at 16 Gramercy Park South in New York City on Tuesday, December 1. In addition to the $25,000 prize, Ms. Wegrzyn's play, Hickorydickory, will receive a reading at Second Stage Theatre in New York City.

On Monday November 16th, the cast of JERSEY BOYS 1st National tour will present 'ROCK LIKE A MAN' an evening of classic rock and roll at the D.C Improv with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

'Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares' was an astounding success on Monday evening, raising $615,000 to benefit Broadway Barks and Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winning actress, and long-time BC/EFA friend and Trustee Bernadette Peters performed the special one night only concert at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre, produced by BC/EFA. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there for the very special evening of song.

Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, Bernadette Peters will pen a second children's book, Stella is a Star, set for publishing and release in the spring of 2010 by Blue Apple Books. The book, inspired by Peters' dog Stella, will feature illustrations by Liz Murphy. Proceeds will go to Broadway Barks, the charitable organization co-founded by Peters and Mary Tyler Moore over over 10 year ago in support of animal shelters.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has announced the exciting news that Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, and long-time BC/EFA friend and Trustee Bernadette Peters will perform a special one night only concert 'Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares' on Monday, November 9 at 8 PM at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway). This event is produced by BC/EFA with proceeds benefiting Broadway Barks and BC/EFA.

In-keeping with their series of once in a lifetime auction packages, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA)'s announces an ultimate Broadway Diva package

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has announced the exciting news that Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, and long-time BC/EFA friend and Trustee Bernadette Peters will perform a special one night only concert 'Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares' on Monday, November 9 at 8 PM at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway). This event is produced by BC/EFA with proceeds benefiting Broadway Barks and BC/EFA.

On Monday November 16th, the cast of JERSEY BOYS 1st National tour will present 'ROCK LIKE A MAN' an evening of classic rock and roll at the D.C Improv with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

Charity Buzz has partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids on an unbelievable Online Charity auction.

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will guest star on the popular talk show 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Thursday, November 5th. Peters will discuss her upcoming performance at the Minskoff Theatre on November 9th. The concert will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS as well as Broadway Barks. The show will air on ABC (channel 7) in the NYC area from 9:00am to 10:00am EST.

Charity Buzz has partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids on an unbelievable Online Charity auction.

Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner and native New Yorker, Bernadette Peters, revealed her 'New York City' favorites to the Sunday NY Post.

'Salon 2009' will be presented Nov. 2 at the residence of Ron Pobuda on Central Park South. The evening, the fourth annual in the 'Salon' series, will be comprised of songs and stories and will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.

BroadwayImpact is has announced that Broadway's Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll & Hyde) will run the 2009 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 to raise money for their marriage equality initiatives. Donations can be made at www.broadwayimpact.com/runshindlerun.

RGA Productions presents Frankenstein, a concert and rock music telling of the iconic Mary Shelley tale featuring a Grand Rock style that evokes the sound of Pink Floyd, Evanescense, Alan Parsons Projects, Metallica, Stravinsky & Bartok.

Throughout the years, the GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION has become one of the hottest and most anticipated tickets of the fall season. New York's most talented 'gypsies,' chorus members from Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, join in a competition/variety show as six weeks of intensive fundraising to benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) come to a close with the 21st ANNUAL GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION.

John Cameron Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's smash hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will storm the set of the Gazillion Bubble Show on Stage 2 of New World Stages at Worldwide Plaza.

John Cameron Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's smash hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will storm the set of the Gazillion Bubble Show on Stage 2 of New World Stages at Worldwide Plaza.