Photo Coverage: Broadway Bears Reception and Auction
By: Ben Strothmann May. 24, 2006
Broadway
lovers and teddy bear collectors came together on Sunday, May 21 at the
"Broadway Bears IX" auction, which raised a grand total of $114,638.The event was hosted by Bryan Batt
with Lorna Kelly reprising her role as auctioneer. Forty-three
specially made Broadway Bears - each dressed in original, handmade
costumes representing the theater's most legendary characters - were
auctioned to the highest bidder in support of Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS. Top bids for bears were the $8,250 Avenue Q bear, featuring an "actor" bear with a smaller puppet bear of Rod, the Republican with a secret, signed by John Tartaglia; $5,500 The Color Purple Sophia bear signed by Felicia F. Fields and Oprah Winfrey, the $4,800 Spamalot King Arthur bear signed by Broadway's original King Arthur Tim Curry and the $4,000 Doubt Sister Aloysius bear signed by Cherry Jones. Several Broadway stars also dropped by to lend their support to the event including John Lloyd Young, Elizabeth Parkinson, and Kerry Butler among others. Other stars participating by lending their autographs to the various bears that were auctioned off included Julie Andrews, Matthew Broderick, Billy Crystal, Sandy Duncan, Elton John, Angela Lansbury, Rosie O'Donnell, Chita Rivera, and Barbra Streisand.
For more information, visit www.BroadwayCares.org.
The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson bear
Shirley MacLaine on Broadway Bear
John Lloyd Young with Jersey Boys Frankie Valli Bear
The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Bear
The Rocky Horror Show Magenta Bear
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life Bear
Doubt Sister Aloysius Bear
42nd Street Dorothy Brock Bear
Carrie Carrie White Bear
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee William Barfee Bear
Sam Hill (Little Shop of Horrors) with Audrey II Bear
Fiddler on the Roof Bottle Dancer Bear
Spamalot King Arthur Bear
Robert Fowler (The Producers) and Brionna McMahon with The Producers Showgirl Bear
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Miles Gloriosus bear
Krisha Marcano with The Color Purple Squeak Bear
The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daae Bear
Savannah Wise, Elizabeth Parkinson, James Wise and Bryan Batt
John Tartaglia with Avenue Q Rod Bear
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Freddy Benson Bear
Funny Girl Fanny Brice Bear
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Caractacus Potts Bear
Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Bear
Harvey Evans and Beth Fowler
Will Taylor, Marty Thomas and Greg Casciato
Harvey Evans and Sondra Lee
Marty Thomas (Colin in The Secret Garden) with Lily Bear
Sondra Lee (Original Tiger Lily) with Peter Pan Michael Darling Bear
Todd Buonopane and Marty Thomas
Marty Thomas, Todd Buonopane and Rhett George
"Broadway Bears" Host Bryan Batt
Auctioneer Lorna Kelly
Bryan Batt and Richard Jay-Alexander with Amadeus Salieri Bear
Bryan Batt and Elizabeth Parkinson with Movin' Out Brenda Bear
Bryan Batt with Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Bear
Bryan Batt and Richard Jay-Alexander with Funny Girl Fanny Brice Bear
Kerry Butler with Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II Bear
Marty Thomas with The Secret Garden Lily Bear
Bryan Batt with Tea and Sympathy Laura Reynolds Bear
My Fair Lady Henry Higgins Bear
Daphne Rubin-Vega with Rocky Horror Show Magenta Bear
Felicia Finley with Aida Amneris Bear
Carnival Bear
Bryan Batt and Kerry Butler with Hairspray Edna Turnblad Bear
Beth Fowler with Over Here! Paulette DePaul Bear
Kurt Peterson with Dear World Countess Aurelia Bear
Bryan Batt and Jennifer Smith with Gorgeous Teitlebaum The Sisters Rosensweig Bear
John Tartaglia with Avenue Q Rod Bear
Todd Buonopane with Spelling Bee William Barfee Bear
Bryan Batt and Cynthia Onrubia with Cats Mr. Mistoffeles Bear
Bryan Batt and Rhett George with Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Bear
Bryan Batt and Dance of the Vampires Dancing Gargoyle Bear
Rent Joanne Jefferson Bear
Bryan Batt, Patti Cohenour and The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daae Bear
Harvey Evans with The Boyfriend Polly Browne Bear
Bryan Batt and Patti Cohenour auction The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson Bear
Patti Cohenour--who outbid the audience on Margaret Bear!
Bryan Batt, Sara Gettelfinger and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Freddy Benson Bear
Larry Cook, Tom Viola, Tim Connell, and David McKeown
Nancy Opel
Patti Cohenour with Margaret Bear
Jennifer Smith
Sara Gettelfinger
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