Photo Flash: The Broadway Bears (Even More) are Here!

The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is here! Each year, "Broadway Bears: A Costumed Teddy Bear Auction" is a much-anticipated BC/EFA event. These specially-designed bears (often using actual material from their respective Broadway productions, and autographed by the stars) raised $130,000 last year. BC/EFA hopes to reach even higher this winter!

CLICK HERE for the Broadway Bears 2008 Collection!

The auction will take place Sunday, February 17 at 7PM, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on West 42nd Street. Over 40 Broadway Bears are available for online bidding at BC/EFA's website (pre-bids and phone bids are also accepted).

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.

The complete list of productions in Broadway Bears XI include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Beauty and the Beast, The Capeman, Cats, Chicago (1996 Revival), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Color Purple, Curtains, Cymbeline (2007 Revival), Cyrano de Bergerac (2007 Revival), Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Dreamgirls, The Drowsy Chaperone, Grease (2007 Revival), The Great White Hope, Gypsy (2003 Revival), Jersey Boys, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Music Man, Nine (2003 Revival), Peter Pan (1979 Revival), The Pirate Queen, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Ragtime, Rent, Seussical, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, Sunday in the Park with George, Tarzan, Titanic, Urinetown, West Side Story, Wicked, Xanadu, Young Frankenstein. Special lots include: Die Mommie Die, Lord of the Rings – London and Victor/Victoria.

Visit www.broadwaycares.org for more information.

Chip Tolentino (from The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee) signed by Jose Llana

Miss Celie (from The Color Purple) signed by Fantasia Barrino

Cyrano (from Cyrano de Bergerac 2007 Revival) signed by Jennifer Garner, Kevin Kline and Daniel Sunjata

Elle Woods (from Legally Blonde) signed by Laura Bell Bundy

Angela Arden (from Die Mommie Die) signed by Charles Busch

Sandy (from Grease 2007 Revival)

The Monster (from Young Frankenstein) signed by Shuler Hensley

The Centaur (from Xanadu) signed by Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts and Andre Ward

Queen Elizabeth (from The Pirate Queen)

Genghis (from Cats)

Deena Jones (from Dreamgirls)

Old Max (from Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas) signed by Rusty Ross

Frankie Valli (from Jersey Boys)

Fantine (from Les Miserables 2006 Revival)

Pumbaa (from The Lion King)

Bert (from Mary Poppins) signed by Gavin Lee

Sir Robin (from Spamalot) signed by David Hyde Pierce

Elphaba (from Wicked) signed by Idina Menzel

Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings) signed by Laura Michelle Kelly, Rob Howell and Matthew Warchus

Liliane La Fleur (from Nine) signed by Chita Rivera

John Darling (from Peter Pan) signed by Sandy Duncan

Maureen (from Rent) signed by Idina Menzel

Gertrude McFuzz (from Seussical) signed by Janine LaManna

Moritz (from Spring Awakening) signed by John Gallagher Jr.

George (from Sunday in the Park with George)

Alice Beane (from Titanic) signed by Victoria Clark

Maria (from West Side Story) signed by Carol Lawrence

Jack Jefferson (from The Great White Hope) signed by Jane Alexander and James Earl Jones

Marian Paroo (from The Music Man) signed by Barbara Cook

Gaston (from Beauty and the Beast)

The Three Kings (from The Capeman)

Baroness Bomburst (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) signed by Jan Maxwell

Mr. Bojangles (from Fosse) signed by Ann Reinking

NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE 2008 COLLECTION

Georgia Hendricks (from Curtains) signed by Karen Ziemba

Cymbeline, King of Britain (from Cymbeline) signed by John Cullum

The Drowsy Chaperone (from The Drowsy Chaperone) signed by Beth Leavel

Nala (from The Lion King) signed by Heather Headley

Pruddie and Rhetta Cupp (from Pump Boys and Dinettes) signed by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan

Sarah (from Ragtime) signed by Brian Stokes Mitchell

Terk (from Tarzan) signed by Josh Strickland

Penelope Pennywise (from Urinetown) signed by Nancy Opel

The Bad Idea Bears (from Avenue Q) signed by Rick Lyon and Jennifer Barnhart