Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS

06/09/2021

Whether it’s the thrill of a live orchestra’s downbeat, being moved by a pas de deux or the joy of watching your favorite Broadway singer bring the house down, the arts connect us. Check out this conversation from the first Classical Conversation in a discussion led by two-time Grammy Award winner Sasha Cooke between American composers Jake Heggie and Nico Muhly.

You're invited to dive into the world beyond the concert hall with Classical Conversations, featuring a conversation between jazz pianist Emanuel Ax and classical pianist Fred Hersch, led by arts presenter Ken Fischer.

Join us virtually at 7 pm on June 16. Claim your spot by 1 pm next Wednesay to share in the musical love: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3mtvnefZOi_SeTgvV7vjCJ6PebU2TwLD84quYSMalWczlwg/viewform

05/26/2021

06/27/2020

In the face of any global health crisis, knowing your status is the key to getting connected to the right care and treatment. Today is , and we encourage you to get tested, know your status, learn your prevention options and continue the momentum towards ending the HIV epidemic. And don’t forget to get tested for COVID-19. You’ll help track the virus’ spread and keep yourself and those in your community safe.

06/08/2020

On behalf of Broadway and the entire theater community, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Bway Advocacy Coalition and three other organizations on the front lines of the social justice and anti-racism movement. https://broadwaycares.org/broadway-cares-provides-125000-i…/

Broadway Cares is making a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a launch donation for this week’s “Broadway for Again” forum and the follow-up steps outlined by . The grant will support the coalition’s ongoing efforts to help Broadway heal, listen and become an anti-racist and equitable community.

Grants of $25,000 each are being sent to The Bail Project, Color Of Change and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which are all providing timely, on-the-ground action for racial equality and social justice.

These three organizations will also be added to Broadway Cares’ National Grants Programs, ensuring annual grants continue in 2021.

On behalf of Broadway and the entire theater community, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Bway Advocacy Coalition and three other organizations on the front lines of the social justice and anti-racism movement. https://broadwaycares.org/broadway-cares-provides-125000-in-grants-to-social-justice-organizations/

Broadway Cares is making a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a launch donation for this week’s “Broadway for Again” forum and the follow-up steps outlined by . The grant will support the coalition’s ongoing efforts to help Broadway heal, listen and become an anti-racist and equitable community.

Grants of $25,000 each are being sent to The Bail Project, Color Of Change and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which are all providing timely, on-the-ground action for racial equality and social justice.

These three organizations will also be added to Broadway Cares’ National Grants Programs, ensuring annual grants continue in 2021.

06/03/2020

In a country hurting from racism and oppression, the Broadway cast of Hamilton used the words of Langston Hughes, Bob Marley and Lin-Manuel Miranda to call for peace and equality. That was in 2016. Now, four years later, as we reel yet again in anger and despair, the impassioned pleas for justice continue to resonate.

We stand with those who walk in fear simply for being black. .

But with words must come action.

So, on behalf of Broadway and the entire theater community, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is donating $25,000 to Color Of Change (colorofchange.org), which is doing difficult, important and immediate work challenging injustice and holding leaders accountable. This now-annual donation is just one step in our long-standing commitment.

We will continue to listen and educate ourselves, and call out others, on how we can best lift up our black colleagues, artists, community members and supporters. Lives depend on it.

In "America," Javier Muñoz and Syndee Winters led the integration of song and word, with Karla Puno Garcia as the number’s choreographer. The performers included Hope Easterbrook, David Guzman, Gregory Haney, Roddy Kennedy, Kamille Upshaw and Zelig Williams with Robin Macatangay on guitar. The arrangement is by Kurt Crowley.

06/02/2020

05/31/2020

05/26/2020

Chita: A Legendary Celebration, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' one-night-only evening of song and dance celebrating the legendary Chita Rivera, returns this Friday, May 29, 2020, in an exclusive stream benefiting Broadway Cares and its COVID-19 emergency efforts.

The free stream is set for 8 pm Eastern and can be watched at broadwaycares.org/chita and on Broadway Cares' page and YouTube Channel.

Interspersed among remarkable performances will be new interviews with Rivera from her home conducted remotely by Richard Ridge, host of Broadway Beat and Backstage with Richard Ridge.

05/20/2020

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has sent $5 million from its COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund to The Actors Fund, ensuring thousands who work in theater and the performing arts receive vital, lifesaving support during and after this devastating pandemic.

Broadway Cares’ $5 million represents nearly half of what The Actors Fund has awarded in just two months to more than 9,300 entertainment professionals. That grant has provided basic living expenses including essential medications, housing, food and utilities.

Donations continue to be accepted at broadwaycares.org/help2020.

05/15/2020

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that Broadway legend and entertainment industry icon Bette Midler is personally matching donations to Broadway Cares’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund, up to $100,000.

Fans of The Divine Miss M and theater lovers everywhere can join Midler by donating at broadwaycares.org/help2020.

Your donation supports those onstage, backstage and behind the scenes who are facing health and financial challenges, which intensify each day as theaters remain dark and television and film production are shut down during this pandemic. Those supported by the emergency assistance fund include stage managers, ushers, ticket takers, hair and makeup artists, dressers, box office personnel, performers and everyone in the industry who makes the magic of live theater possible.