LaChanze, Fierstein, Etc. Join Flea Market; Auctions Added

More stars have been added to the Celebrity Table of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' 20th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, which will take place on Sunday, September 24th from 10 AM through 7 PM at Shubert Alley and 44th St. Some new auction items have been added, as well.

The new additions include: Jesse Martin (Rent, "Law and Order"), John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, "Johnny and the Sprites"), Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof), Julia Murney (Wicked tour, Lennon), Tony Award-winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once On This Island), Michael Arden (The Times They Are A-Changin'), Jill Haworth (original Cabaret), Milena Govich (Good Vibrations), Lea Michele (Spring Awakening, Ragtime), Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, In My Life), Zach Roerig ("As the World Turns"), and David Fumero ("One Life to Live").

"The Broadway Flea Market, held each September in Shubert Alley, brings out the biggest and brightest stars from Broadway, Off-Broadway, Dance and daytime television to greet fans and sell memorabilia. Casts and company members of dozens of shows are joined by theatrical unions and guilds, producing organizations, local merchants, and many other groups to sell costume pieces, autographs, original scripts, rare photographs, and so much more," according to notes on the BC/EFA website.

"The event also includes the Celebrity Table, where celebrities gather throughout the day to sign autographs and pose for photos in exchange for donations. The highlight of the Flea Market is the Grand Auction, in which singular items and opportunities such as walk-on roles in Broadway shows, television programs and films are available to the highest bidder."

The stars join the previously announced: (from 11 AM to noon) John Driscoll, Paige Davis, Felicia Finley, Andrea McArdle, Kevin Cahoon, Bebe Neuwirth; (from noon to 1 PM) Danny Burstein, Edie Falco, Robert Cuccioli, Jenn Gambatese, Richard Griffiths, Christian Hoff, Terri Ivens, Beth Leavel, Bob Martin, Daniel Reichard, Jesse Soffer, J. Robert Spencer, Josh Strickland, John Lloyd Young; (from 1 PM to 2 PM) Jeff Branson, Marj Dusay, Georgia Engel, Melissa Errico, Barrett Foa, David Garrison, Jose Llana, Richard Kind, Marian Seldes; (from 2 PM to 3 PM) Lucie Arnaz, Stephanie Gatschet, Crystal Hunt, Troy Pelphrey, Melissa Claire Egan, Patricia Clarkson, Jason Danieley, Connie Fletcher, Dana Ivey, Marin Mazzie, Matthew Morrison, Chrishell Stause; (from 3 PM to 4 PM) Trent Dawson, Jennifer Landon, Audra McDonald, Anthony Rapp, Phyllis Newman and Jacob Young. More stars will be announced, and there will also be surprise guests.

Theatre fans can also bid online for the Flea Market's auctions. To place a pre-bid on Grand Auction items, visit this link. To place a pre-bid on Silent Auction items, visit this one.

Previously announced auctions include chances to: make a walk-on appearance in Rent, meet Anthony Rapp, have dinner with Barrett Foa after catching a performance of Spelling Bee, spend a day with The Phantom of the Opera, be interviewed by Jiminy Glick at Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, win a Grey Gardens opening night package (not yet up for pre-bidding on the BC/EFA site), win a Sweeney Todd marquee photo autographed by Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris, and an Avenue Q Backstage Autograph Book, signed by over 60 celebrities, including Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Kate Winslet, Angela Lansbury, Hugh Jackman, Chita Rivera and more.

New Grand Auction items include Meryl Streep's Mother Courage hat, opening night packages for Butley, Grey Gardens, Les Miserables and The Little Dog Laughed and a "One Singular Sensational Night" A Chorus Line package. New Silent Auction items include Kevin Kline's Mother Courage wristwatch, a "Broadway Bares" t-shirt autographed by cast members (and a Carmen Miranda costume worn in 2004), and an ABBA 1978 "Voulez Vous" album, autographed by ABBA members Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Frida (the brunette).

Visit www.broadwaycares.org for more information.