Adorable ursine stars will come out for Broadway Bears IX on February 12th, 2006 at B. B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street).
Hosted by Bryan Batt/> (La Cage aux Folles, Beauty and the Beast), the evening will continue in the Broadway Bears tradition of auctioning off stuffed bears dressed as Broadway characters, with all proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The event will begin with a private reception at 6 PM, general admission and display of the bears will follow at 7 PM. At 8 PM, the auction, led by Lorna Kelly, will kick off. In addition to bids at the actual auction, pre-bids, phone bids and internet bids will be allowed.The eighth Broadway Bears auction last year raised $116,817 for BC/EFA, with the Glinda bear raising the highest bid (the pink Wicked bear went for $6,000). This year's cast of forty bears features autographed bears representing such shows as 700 Sundays, Aida, Amadeus, Avenue Q, The Boy From Oz, The Boyfriend, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Carnival, Carrie, Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dance Of The Vampires, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Doubt, Fiddler On The Roof, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Julius Caesar, La Cage Aux Folles, The Light In The Piazza, Little Shop Of Horrors, Movin' Out, My Fair Lady, The Odd Couple, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Producers, Rent, The Rocky Horror Show, Shirley MacLaine on Broadway, Spamalot, and Sweet Charity.Videos