A six-week fundraising campaign kicks off October 25 with the return of Broadway Cares' iconic Red Buckets. Casts of shows all across Broadway will be making post-curtain call appeals for donations鈥攁ny and all, large and small鈥攁s audiences leave the theatres.
This fundraising cycle will culminate with the Red Bucket Follies, an annual celebration featuring bespoke songs, dances, and original skits鈥攑lus the all-important reveal of which shows raised the most for Broadway Cares. This year's performances are planned for 4:30 PM December 9 and 2 PM December 10 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Tickets are available at .
Find out more about where the money raised from those Red Buckets goes here.
Shows participating beginning this weekend include Broadway's Back to the Future; The Book of Mormon; Chicago; The Great Gatsby; Hadestown; Hamilton; Hell's Kitchen; The Hills of California; The Lion King; McNeal; The Notebook; Oh, Mary!; Once Upon a Mattress; Our Town; The Outsiders; Six; Water for Elephants; and Wicked; Off-Broadway鈥檚 Little Shop of Horrors, The Play That Goes Wrong, and 罢颈迟补苍矛辩耻别; and the national tours of Beetlejuice, Les Mis茅rables, MJ, Some Like it Hot, and Wicked. Next week, Broadway's & Juliet, Aladdin, Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard, and Yellow Face will join, along with national tours of Clue, Hamilton, and Kimberly Akimbo.
鈥淭he enthusiasm from our theatrical community as we start another #RedBuckets fundraising season makes my heart swell,鈥� says Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola in a statement. 鈥淓very dollar dropped in a bucket will provide essential meals, lifesaving medication, life-affirming health care, and hope to so many in need this holiday season and beyond. I鈥檓 endlessly grateful to those onstage, behind the scenes and in the audience, in addition to our beloved volunteers, who make this essential fundraising possible.鈥�
The fall campaign is the second of Broadway Cares two annual fundraising drives, with another held in the spring.
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