The 25th Annual EASTER BONNET COMPETITION raised $3,706,085, the result of six weeks of intensive fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by 52 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies. Broadway Beat was there to capture all of the fun, excitement, joy and humor of this very special event!

The 25th Annual EASTER BONNET COMPETITION raised $3,706,085, the result of six weeks of intensive fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by 52 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies. The grand total was announced at this year's EASTER BONNET COMPETITION, which ended in two shows featuring original presentations, songs and elaborate, custom-made bonnets from 17 of the participating shows. BroadwayWorld was of course on hand for the big event and brings you photo coverage below!

The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition has just wrapped at the Minskoff Theatre! The first acts were presented yesterday, April 25, with the show continuing today, Tuesday, April 26. The proceeds from the event will benefit BC/EFA.

The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition is now underway at the Minskoff Theatre! The first acts presented yesterday, April 25 and the show continues Tuesday, April 26. The proceeds from the event will benefit BC/EFA. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peek at the big event. Check back later for full, official coverage!

Broadway Kids Care (BKC), the organization of theater kids for kids (and others), will perform at the 2011 U.S. Fund for UNICEF Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 28 at Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers in New York City. UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.

Broadway Sessions is thrilled to welcome Rachel Potter, Amy Rutberg, Eric Michael Krop, Tracy McDowell and Marisela Thursday, April 7th.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Jerry Mitchell have announced the return of BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS, a benefit striptease event featuring some of the hottest men on and off Broadway. BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS will be held Sunday, April 3 at Splash (50 West 17th Street). There will be performances at 8 PM and 10 PM. Tickets are available in advance or a $10 donation will be accepted at the door.

Headed by Daniel Robinson, Alex Rolecek, and Steven Cutts, BARED is a new documentary that goes behind the scenes of the ever popular Broadway Bares event. Currently seeking financial assistance via their Kickstarter page, the project is trying to to put together 20 years of footage and complete the film.

BROADWAY BARES XXI: MASTERPIECE will be held on Sunday, June 19 with two performances only - at 9:30 pm & Midnight - at Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street in New York. A benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES XXI: MASTERPIECE will offer up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush. Here's a first look at the poster art, designed by SpotCo and shot by photographer Andrew Eccles.

BROADWAY BEARS XIV, an annual grand auction of one-of-a-kind, museum quality, theatrically costumed and celebrity autographed teddy bears, was held Sunday, March 6, and raised a grand total of $103,905 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Beat takes you inside the auction below, brings you an exclusive interview with SPIDER-MAN Reeve Carney and more!

'All My Children' stars Walt Willey and Bobbie Eakes co-hosted the Grand Finale Celebration of 'ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares' in New York City on March 13, 2011. Mr. Willey and Ms. Eakes have been part of the benefit since the very first production in celebration of 'All My Children's' 35th anniversary show.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that the organization has surpassed a cumulative total of $3 million in grants to South African HIV/AIDS organizations through the tireless fundraising efforts of Disney's The Lion King.

Morgan James (The Addams Family, Wonderland) will join a slate of outstanding artists from the worlds of Broadway, television, film and other mediums for "The Bridge: Where Hope and Respect Come Together," a benefit concert celebrating the work of the Crime Victims Treatment Center starting at 8:00pm on Monday, April 11, 2011 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will present the 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 25 (4:30 PM) and Tuesday, April 26 (2 PM) at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street), home to the long-running hit, Disney's The Lion King. The proceeds from the event will benefit BC/EFA.

Broadway Sessions is thrilled to welcome Anthony Hollock, Phil Putnam, BJ Scahill, Brandon Rubendall and more on Thursday, March 3rd.

Broadway's cuddliest cast kicks off a new year with the 14th edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS auction on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42 Street), produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

In its eight year history, Caruso's famous open mike night at Birdland has seen a huge number of major stars drop in unannounced. Fans pack the place hoping it might be the night that Michael Feinstein, Liza, Chita, Tony Bennett, Larry Gatlin, Lucie, Marilyn Maye, Paul Schaffer, Cheyenne Jackson, might pop in and sing a song or two. At Town Hall, last night, February 17th, Cast Party brought out the big guns for The Best of Jim Caruso's Cast Party in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs.

Let the bidding begin on the cuddly chorus line of one-of-a-kind teddy bears that make up this year's cast of THE BROADWAY BEARS XIV. Each bear is meticulously outfitted in original, costumes handmade by Broadway's leading designers. Check out the amazingly crafted bears from American Idiot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Hair, The Merchant of Venice, Pee Wee Herman's Playhouse, Phantom of the Opera and dozens more.

BROADWAY BACKWARDS 6, the one-night-only event held Monday at the Longacre Theatre, raised a record-breaking $281,243 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center).

Amor is in the air when the cast of the smash-hit "In The Heights" perform in a very special benefit concert for Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids and the John F. Kennedy School PTA in Ferndale.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that joining the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center) BROADWAY BACKWARDS 6, the only Broadway event custom-made for the gay and lesbian community, its friends and families, will be Bebe Neuwirth, Lillias White, F. Murray Abraham, Hinton Battle, Karen Olivo and Mandy Gonzalez, Brooks Ashmanskas, Ward Billeisen, Colman Domingo and Jason Tam.

R.Evolución Latina (www.revolucionlatina.org) is proud to present its Beyond Workshop Series. The BWS is a FREE educational workshop where renowned NYC teachers from various disciplines in the performing arts, lend their talent and time to teach dance, voice, and acting workshops.

For the first time in it's extraordinary eight-year history, Jim Caruso's Cast Party will burst from its steady Monday night home at Birdland to take on the big stage at Town Hall in a major benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Jim strikes hot sexy co -host poses, for a wonderful cause, a diversified cast and fabulous prizes for the audience!

'All My Children' stars Walt Willey and Bobbie Eakes will co-host the Grand Finale Celebration of 'ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares' in New York City on March 13, 2011. Mr. Willey and Ms. Eakes have been part of the benefit since the very first production in celebration of 'All My Children's' 35th anniversary show. Cameron Mathison had previously been announced as host but is now unable to travel to New York due to a scheduling conflict.