Photo Coverage: Broadway Bears 2008

By: Feb. 18, 2008
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The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held Sunday, February 17 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on West 42nd Street.

Each year, "Broadway Bears: A Costumed Teddy Bear Auction" is a much-anticipated BC/EFA event, this year featuring over 40 specially-designed bears (often using actual material from their respective Broadway productions, and autographed by the stars).

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fund raising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American theater community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States. Since it's founding in 1988, BC/EFA has distributed over $100 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV, or HIV-related illnesses.

Visit www.broadwaycares.org for more information.
CLICK HERE for the Broadway Bears 2008 Collection!

Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy


Welcome to Broadway Bears 2008


Fantine Bear of Les Miserables


The Centaur Bear of Xanadu


Cyrano de Bergerac Bear


Marion Paroo of The Music Man


Georgia Hendricks of Curtains


Jose Llana of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with Chip Tolentino


Baroness Bomburst of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


Terk of Tarzan


Maureen Johnson Bear of Rent


Alice Beane Bear of Titanic


Sunday in the Park with George


Host Bryan Batt with Ursula of The Little Mermaid


Kiss of the Spider Woman


Cymbeline


Sarah of Ragtime


Lisa Lambert (lyricist) with The Drowsy Chaperone Bear


Troy Britton Johnson with The Drowsey Chaperone Bear


Penelope Pennywise of Urinetown


Mr. Bojangles Bear of Fosse


Deena Jones Bear from Dreamgirls


Noel Noblitt, the designer of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast


Gaston from Beauty and the Beast


Cats


Celie of The Color Purple


Stephanie J. Block of Wicked with Elphaba


Pumbaa from The Lion King


Pumbaa from The Lion King


Jack Jefferson from The Great White Hope


Liliane LaFleur of Nine


John Darling of Peter Pan


Maria of West Side Story


Peter Gregus and Sebastian Arcelus of Jersey Boys with the Frankie Valli Bear


Frankie Valli Bear of Jersey Boys


Pump Boys and Dinettes


Moritz Bear of Spring Awakening


Elle Woods Bear of Legally Blonde


Sir Robin Bear of Spamalot


Brionna McMahon, creator of the Sir Robin Bear from Spamalot


Sandy Bear of Grease with designer


Bert Bear of Mary Poppins


The Pirate Queen Bear


Linda Balgord and Stephanie J. Block present The Pirate Queen


Young Max from How The Grinch Stole Christmas


Nancy Palmatier, designer of Young Max


The Monster from Young Frankenstein


The Bad Idea Bears of Avenue Q


Angela Arden of Die Mommie Die!


Lolly Totero, creator of Nala from The Lion King


Focus on the beadwork on the back of Nala


Galadriel from the West End's The Lord of the Rings


Victor/Victoria Special Lot Julie Andrews Doll


Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus


Sarah Gettelfinger and Nikki Renee Daniels


John Treacy Egan, Christine Pedi and Michael Lavine


Christine Pedi


John Treacy Egan and Christine Pedi


John Treacy Egan and Christine Pedi


Jennifer Smith presents the Les Miserables Bear


Andre Ward (Xanadu) and Bryan Batt


Sarah Gettelfinger, Bryan Batt and Gertrude McFuzz from Seussical, The Musical


Bryan Batt and Gertrude


Peter Gregus and Bryan Batt with Cyrano de Bergerac


Mike McGowan and the Curtains Bear


Bryann Batt and Nala


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


Host Bryan Batt and Auctioneer Lorna Kelly



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