You still have time to get your Broadway pre-Christmas fix, as the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction runs until 7:00 pm tonight. You could win a tee shirt worn by Hugh Jackman or Ricky Martin. VIP tickets to the ultimate voice….Barbra Streisand. How about a walk-on in Newsies, The Book of Mormon, Wicked and more? Lunch with Angela Lansbury sounds inviting.
Times Square’s Shubert Alley has never been more alive. Raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, theatrical memorabilia donated by the theatrical community is just one of the gifts the community gives to help others. You can meet celebrities up close and personal, purchase autographs or get a photograph with one of your favorite stars from Broadway and Off-Broadway. The Grand Auction offers walk-on roles in Broadway shows, television programs and films to the highest bidder.
Participants included: Ann Harada, Bebe Neuwirth, Colman Domingo, Corey Cott, Ed Asner, Elle McLemore, Jan Maxwell, Jeremy Kushnier, Jill Paice, Karen Mason, Kate Arrington, Malcolm Gets, Michael Shannon, Robert Cuccioli, Stephanie J. Block, Tyne Daly, Aaron Lazar, Adam Chanler-Berat, Ari Graynor, Brent Barrett, Chandra Lee Schwartz, Felicia Finley, Judy McLane, Kara Lindsay, Kate Rockwell, Lauren Cohn, Matthew Saldivar, Neil Haskell, Patrick Page, Quinn VanAntwerp, Steve Kazee, Adrienne Warren, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jackie Burns, Jason Gotay, Jenn Harris, Jessie Mueller, Judy Kaye, Kyle Dean Massey, Mario Cantone, Michael McGrath, Rob McClure, Ryann Redmond, Taylor Louderman, Will Swenson, Anthony Rapp, Bernadette Peters, Capathia Jenkins, Charles Busch, Christopher Sieber, Danny Burstein, Debra Monk, Derek Klena, Donna Murphy, Harvey Fierstein, Karen Olivo, Laura Osnes, Lindsay Mendez, Nick Adams and Rebecca Luker.
The live grand auction, will be hosted by John Bolton, Lorna Kelly and Tasha Lawrence, which begins at 4:30 PM.
Here’s what’s up for grabs:
Laura Osnes signs autographs at the 2011 Flea Market
photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN
• Walk-on roles and backstage experiences at The Book of Mormon, Bring It On: The Musical, Chicago, Mamma Mia!, Newsies, Once, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Wicked
• VIP visits to the sets of TV’s Emmy Award-winning comedy “Modern Family,” hit drama “NCIS: LA” and the popular inside-theater drama “Smash” (with each show featuring its own Broadway stars-turned-TV-favorites)
• Shirts worn by Hugh Jackman and Ricky Martin during their Broadway performances, autographed and dated by each actor
•The ultimate Barbra Streisand experience, featuring VIP tickets to her upcoming concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, a backstage meet and greet with Streisand and her band, a souvenir book and a signed copy of her new CD
• One-of-a-kind show memorabilia signed by Daniel Radcliffe, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Nick Jonas, Hal Prince, Neil Patrick Harris, Sutton Foster and more
• An unforgettable lunch with stage-and-screen legend Angela Lansbury, winner of five Tony Awards and three-time Oscar nominee and 18-time Emmy nominee
• Opening night VIP tickets and party passes to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Anarchist (starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger), Dead Accounts (starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Kinky Boots and Matilda, with more to be announced
• Musical phrases written by and signed by Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Billie Joe Armstrong, Maury Yeston and more
Among the Broadway shows scheduled to have tables are Bring It On, Evita, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Naked Boys Singing, Newsical the Musical, Newsies, Once, The Phantom of the Opera, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Wicked, among others.
A mobile-friendly map of the Flea Market tables as well as complete lists of all silent and live auction lots are available for smartphone users at broadwaycares.org/flea.
Last year, the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $547,658, bringing the event’s 25-year total to $9,185,327.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s 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 $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
For more information, visit BroadwayCares.org.
Look for a pictorial of the event to follow
Posted by Suzanna Bowling
on September 23, 2012. Filed under ENTERTAIMENT,NEWS,Theatre,Times Square Community.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
You must be logged in to post a comment Login