NewsSee Broadway Biggest Stars Greet Fans and Have Some Fun Together in Fresh Pics From the 2015 Broadway Flea Market!The 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, the free outdoor event that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held Sept. 27 in and around Shubert Alley. Check out all the Broadway stars that came out to support the cause at the autograph line.
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Matthew Blank, Monica Simoes
September 27, 2015
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Inside the 2015 Broadway Flea Market! See Broadway Biggest Stars Have a Blast and Greet Fans For a Cause
Inside the 2015 Broadway Flea Market! See Broadway Biggest Stars Have a Blast and Greet Fans For a Cause
The 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, the free outdoor event that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held Sept. 27 in and around Shubert Alley. Check out all the Broadway stars that came out to support the cause at the autograph line.
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More than 70 tables full of Broadway memorabilia, collectible 半岛体育s and one-of-a-kind gems line West 44th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Among the shows scheduled to be represented at tables were , , , , Beautiful 鈥� The Musical, , China Doll, , , A Gentleman鈥檚 Guide to Love and Murder, , , , , Mamma Mia!, , , , The Phantom of the Opera, , and .
The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction took over the pedestrian plaza along Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets while lining West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues and filling the Flea Market鈥檚 original home in Shubert Alley. Dozens of items were available throughout the day at the Grand Auction鈥檚 silent and live auctions.
and Lorna Kelly hosted the live auction. Actors Stephen Wallem and co-hosted the silent auction.
Among the items being auctioned: lunch with ; ballet slippers autographed by ; a Phantom of the Opera mask signed by original Phantom ; a dance bag signed by ; walk-ons in , Beautiful, Kinky Boots, Lion King and others; opening-night tickets and cast party passes to Allegiance, On Your Feet!, , Fiddler on the Roof, and more. More than 60 Broadway actors were part of the Autograph Table and Photo Booth.
Scheduled stars included , , Bryan Batt, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Brian d鈥橝rcy James, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Christopher John O鈥橬eill, , , , , Chita Rivera, , , , , , , , , , Shanice Williams, and as well as , who will host.
Broadway shows represented at the Autograph Table and Photo Booth included Allegiance, , An American in Paris, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, The Book of Mormon, , Fiddler on the Roof, , Fun Home, , Jersey Boys, , Kinky Boots, School of Rock, !, , Sylvia and Tuck Everlasting.
Last year, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $713,986, bringing the event's 28-year total to more than $11 million.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation鈥檚 leading industry- based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $250 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
