Broadway
Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS will present the 20th Annual Easter Bonnet
Competition on Monday, April 24th at 4:30 PM and Tuesday, April 25 at 2
PM at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street) to benefit
BC/EFA.The Easter Bonnet Competition is the two-day Broadway
spectacular that features the companies of more than 20 Broadway,
Off-Broadway and touring productions singing, dancing, and donning
specially created Easter bonnets. There will be two opportunities for
the public to see the Easter Bonnet Competition: Monday, April 24 at
4:30 PM and Tuesday, April 25 at 2 PM."The Easter Bonnet
Competition is the culmination of six intensive weeks of fundraising
efforts by Broadway and Off-Broadway company members as well as
numerous productions currently on national tour. Curtain speeches,
autographed poster and program sales, auctions, and cabaret
performances bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars from audiences
prior to the competition. The winner of the competition will be the
company that raises the largest amount of money for BC/EFA. A second
award is granted to the company with the best bonnet design and
presentation. Awards are also presented to the Broadway Play, National
Tour and Off-Broadway production raising the most money for BC/EFA,"
state press notes.
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 raised over $100
million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV, or
HIV-related illnesses.Tickets prices are as follows: $350 VIP
Orchestra (front and center) tickets; $200 Priority Orchestra (middle
and side); $100 Rear orchestra and Front Mezzanine; $40 Mezzanine and
$20 Balcony. Tickets are available now at www.broadwaycares.org
or by calling (212) 840-0770 Ext. 268. Tickets can also be purchased at
the BC/EFA offices at 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300 as of Monday,
April 10th.