Behind the Scenes - Spring 2023

RED BUCKETS

FA L L F U N D R A I S I N G C A M PA I G N

FRIEDMAN HEALTH CENTER

K E E P S B R O A D WA Y B E A T I N G

BROADWAY BACKWARDS N AT I O N A L F O O D G R A N T S

OVER $2.8 MILLION

HUDSON VALLEY DANCE FESTIVAL Behind the Scenes

WHO’S WHO

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends,

Behind the Scenes is published by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

We talk a lot about how Broadway Cares raises funds. Throughout this issue of Behind the Scenes you’ll read about several of them, from the powerful performances of Broadway Backwards to the legions of Red Buckets filled during our Fall Fundraising Campaign, from the autumnal beauty of Hudson Valley Dance Festival to the fundraising legacy left by The Phantom of the Opera’s historic Broadway run. And, as always, through the extraordinary personal generosity of our annual donors, the members of the Angels Circle and Visionary Circle.

info@broadwaycares.org Tom Viola, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lane Beauchamp, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Larry Cook, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Valerie Lau-Kee, PRODUCING DIRECTOR Ken McGee, PRODUCING DIRECTOR Danny Whitman, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS Robert E. Wankel, PRESIDENT Thomas Schumacher, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Ira Mont, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Schele Williams, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Tom Kirdahy, THIRD VICE PRESIDENT Philip Birsh, TREASURER Judith Rice, SECRETARY Paul Libin, PRESIDENT EMERITUS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ted Arthur Cornelius Baker Joseph Benincasa David Binder Chris Boneau Barry Brown Kate Burton Lisa Dawn Cave Kathleen Chalfant Sherry Cohen Gavin Creel Alan Cumming Maria Di Dia Linda Duncombe Mandy Gonzalez Amanda Green Tom Harris Richard Hester Richard Jay-Alexander Beverly Jenkins Cherry Jones Francis Jue Adam Krauthamer

Nathan Lane Peter Lawrence Joe Machota Kimberly Marable Kevin McCollum Jerry Mitchell Brian Moreland Javier Muñoz John Eric Parker Bernadette Peters Billy Porter Lauren Reid Chita Rivera Jordan Roth Nick Scandalios Robert Score Mark Shacket Kate Shindle Charlotte St. Martin David Stone Tom Viola (ex-officio) Channing Wickham

BEHIND THE SCENES Editors Tom Viola, Lane Beauchamp Layout & Design Dominic Grijalva Writers Mo Brady, Al Dawkins, Felicia Fitzpatrick Contributors Sarah Cardillo, Maureen “Mo” Fenninger, Melissa Magliula Photographers Curtis Brown, Jenny Garcia, Rebecca J. Michelson, Michaelah Reynolds, Monica Simoes, Allison Stock, Evan Zimmerman On the cover: Ben Crawford with Jason Forbach and Emilie Kouatchou by photographer Rebecca J. Michelson

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But just as important - perhaps even more so - is what that invaluable support makes possible.

How the money raised with your extraordinary, continued commitment and goodwill in dozens of remarkable ways is spun into lifesaving resources.

Already this year, Broadway Cares has awarded a record $2.8 million to 141 food pantries, congregate meal and meal delivery programs in New York City and across the country (including St. Clement’s Food Pantry which you can read about below). These grants - from as meaningful as $5,000 for the creation of a community garden to $40,000 to ensure delivered meals to thousands homebound by critical illness - stockpile into a massive and meaningful difference toward addressing food insecurity.

Most recently this spring, our grants committee awarded $1.1 million to 47 of the largest AIDS service organizations in major metropolitan areas as well as to nationally recognized LGBTQ+ health clinics and advocacy organizations. With your help, we were able to increase our support to organizations driving the national and local legislation, advocacy and public policy that affect the more than 450 social service providers funded by Broadway Cares from coast to coast.

Your participation in the success of the fundraising allowed us to share an additional $2,500 to each of the 14 local organizations in upstate New York we support in honor of Hudson Valley Dance Festival and to increase, also by $2,500, the 14 grants to South African HIV/AIDS organizations identified by company members of The Lion King to mark the 25th anniversary of the show.

Your support also fueled the $100,000 gift to Doctors of the World in the name of the Broadway community to support on-the-ground efforts in Turkey in response to the devastating February earthquake, following similar emergency support last fall to five food banks in hurricane-ravaged Florida and to the Hispanic Federation to assist the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona.

And that’s all in addition to the $5.9 million sent to the Entertainment Community Fund so far this year to help those in our own Broadway community and across all the performing arts.

Every dollar in a bucket, every gift from an Angels and Visionary Circle member, every ticket purchased is transformed into tangible acts of kindness. You make these essential, life-sustaining resources real and reachable. Thank you.

Happy Spring,

Tom Viola Executive Director

A Snapshot of Your Support in Action The food pantry at St. Clement’s Church is just down the street from Broadway Cares’ offices in Midtown Manhattan. One recent morning, Executive Director Tom Viola saw two pantry workers and these palettes of food – boxes of canned goods and pasta, sacks of potatoes and onions - being loaded into the church.

This food will become essential meals and welcome nutrition for individuals and families in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and Theater District. This is just one example of how this year’s grants to 141 food pantries, congregate meal and meal delivery programs manifest into resources for weeks and months later. And, of course, represents the extraordinary support and fundraising efforts of the Broadway community, our donors and audiences.

2022 GRANT-MAKING "Where does all that money go?"

Entertainment Community Fund Every Artist Insured

$ 2,000,000 $ 500,000

The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts

$

1,500,000

HIV/AIDS Initiative

$

1,000,000

Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC)

$

1,000,000

Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative

$

800,000

Addiction and Recovery Services

$

500,000

The Dancers’ Resource

$

250,000

Senior Services

$

200,000

The Career Center

$

150,000

Safe Workplace Initiative

$

100,000

Broadway Flu Shot Program

$

100,000

Looking Ahead – The Paul Libin Center

$

50,000

The Stage Managers’ Project

$

50,000

Miscellaneous Special event sponsorship, memorial donations

$

51,000

COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund

Entertainment Community Fund Total

$8,251,000

National Grants Food Service and Meal Delivery Programs 127 organizations in 37 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

$ 2,532,500

Local AIDS Service Organizations 318 organizations in 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing direct services and case management, supportive housing programs, emergency financial assistance, harm reduction programs and quality of life services

$

3,180,000

Emergency Grants for Pandemic Relief

$

750,000

Supplemental Grants and Shared Support

$

971,000

Theater Organizations Social Service Grants

$

367,500

Broadway Community Emergency Response Grants Ukraine, Reproductive Health Care, Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico

$

850,000

National Grants Total

$8,651,000

International Grants South African organizations in honor of The Lion King

$

150,000

Miscellaneous

$

77,050

International Grants Total

$ 227,050

2022 Grant-making Total $17,129,050

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

MISSION STATEMENT Approved by the Board of Trustees on May 27, 2010

• T o mobilize the unique abilities within the entertainment industry to mitigate the suffering of individuals affected by HIV/AIDS; • To ensure direct support specifically through social services and programs of the Entertainment Community Fund to all individuals in the entertainment industry affected by critical health issues, including but not limited to HIV/AIDS; • To support organizations across the country which provide treatment or services for people specifically affected by HIV/AIDS and their families; • To promote and encourage public support for national and international programs and services which benefit people with HIV/AIDS; • To increase public awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS through the creation and dissemination of educational materials; • To support efforts by the entertainment industry to address other critical health issues or respond to an emergency, in each case as approved by the Board of Trustees; • To support efforts by the entertainment industry in other charitable or educational endeavors, in each case as approved by the Board of Trustees.

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Where Does All That Money Go?

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Red Bucket Fall Fundraising Campaign

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The Phantom of the Opera Legacy

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Entertainment Community Fund

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South African Grants

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Broadway Backwards

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National Food Grants

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Hudson Valley Dance Festival

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Inside Dance Series

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Visionary Circle and Angels Circle

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A HISTORY OF GRANT-MAKING Entertainment Community Fund

1987-1992 Equity Fights AIDS 1987-1992 Broadway Cares

$2,775,250

National & International

Total

$ 1,067,000

$ 2,775,250 $ 1,067,000 $ 1,405,780 $ 2,838,119 $ 2,434,404 $ 2,498,916 $ 3,410,549 $ 3,589,700 $ 4,182,819 $ 5,739,841 $ 5,988,902 $ 6,068,265 $ 5,421,679 $ 6,138,469 $ 7,797,838 $ 7,986,298 $ 8,035,864 $ 8,824,046 $ 10,039,298 $ 7,892,489 $ 9,984,988 $ 9,320,200 $ 10,843,796 $ 10,490,056 $ 10,694,777 $ 11,956,096 $ 12,055,358 $ 13,373,709 $ 13,685,258 $ 14,814,199 $ 18,244,015 $ 15,003,380 $ 17,129,050

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Contributions

5/92-12/92 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 * unaudited

$ 634,000 $ 1,654,000 $ 1,758,000 $ 1,791,000 $ 2,010,000 $ 2,247,500 $ 2,471,000 $ 2,700,000 $ 2,955,336 $ 2,829,500 $ 2,732,000 $ 3,022,500 $ 3,360,500 $ 3,516,500 $ 3,517,500 $ 3,671,500 $ 4,302,000 $ 3,400,000 $ 4,160,000 $ 4,014,500 $ 4,625,000 $ 4,300,000 $ 4,603,000 $ 5,175,500 $ 5,602,550 $ 5,537,000 $ 5,898,000 $ 6,186,000 $ 11,225,000 $ 7,777,500 $ 8,251,000

$ 771,780 $ 1,184,119 $ 676,404 $ 707,916 $ 1,400,549 $ 1,342,200 $ 1,711,819 $ 3,039,841 $ 3,033,566 $ 3,238,765 $ 2,689,679 $ 3,115,969 $ 4,437,338 $ 4,469,798 $ 4,518,364 $ 5,152,546 $ 5,737,298 $ 4,492,489 $ 5,824,988 $ 5,305,700 $ 6,218,796 $ 6,190,056 $ 6,091,777 $ 6,780,596 $ 6,452,808 $ 7,836,709 $ 7,787,258 $ 8,628,199 $ 7,019,015 $ 7,225,880 $ 8,878,060

Grant-making Total 1988-2022

$ 128,703,136

$ 143,027,279 $ 271,730,405

Fall Fundraising Campaign

Broadway Community’s Creativity Inspires Spirit of Giving

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alendars and ornaments and homemade bread, oh my! Cast members of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows let their creativity flourish for the six-week Red Bucket Fall Fundraising Campaign.

$416,379, snagged the top Broadway musical fundraiser crown thanks to enthusiastic efforts, which included offering each night’s iconic monkey music box prop signed by current Phantom Ben Crawford.

During 2022’s in-theater fall efforts, 36 productions raised $5,107,791 by appealing to their audiences' innate goodwill and generosity, asking them to make a donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ iconic Red Buckets. It was the first fullscale Fall Fundraising effort since 2019.

Ten national tours also joined in, raising $432,206 by relying almost exclusively on QR codes and online donations after curtain appeals rather than in-person Red Bucket donations. COVID restrictions prevented tour cast members from holding buckets at theater exits.

New York City’s famed Theater District was bustling with unique items being offered at shows for donations, from prop roses at Hadestown to custom aprons at Aladdin. The Broadway company of Beetlejuice sold 2023 calendars featuring photos of cast members while Wicked offered always-green reusable tote bags. A Strange Loop offered signed sheet music of songs from the show while The Music Man tapped into the holiday spirit by selling themed ornaments created by dresser Caleb Howell. And Brent Bateman, a cast member of Off-Broadway’s The Play That Goes Wrong, even used his baking skills to auction off loaves of sourdough bread.

The Music Man topped all fundraisers, raising an astounding $2,002,612.

Broadway’s longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, made sure its final fall Red Buckets campaign ended on a high note ahead of its announced April 2023 closing. The show, raising ​​

“The spirit of giving was with so many audience members and shows who again readily and creatively embraced the decades-long tradition of Red Bucket fundraising,” Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said. “We are tremendously thankful to the theater owners, producers, casts, crews, musicians and, most especially, the stage managers who strategized behind-the-scenes and onstage efforts to engage audiences in appeals.”

The Six - Aragon tour topped all national tours, raising $160,043.

The Piano Lesson snagged honors as the top Broadway play fundraiser with $108,883. Little Shop of Horrors was the top Off-Broadway fundraiser bringing in $31,379.

The traditional two-day Red Bucket Follies performances, which feature songs, dances and skits by shows that fundraised and champions the Fall Fundraising efforts, were placed on hiatus until 2023 because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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In lieu of Red Bucket Follies, Broadway Cares presented the special event A Toast to You, a celebration for members of the Visionary Circle and Angels Circle, donors who generously support Broadway Cares year-round and traditionally attend Red Bucket Follies.

Led by Seth Rudetsky, the host of SiriusXM’s “On Broadway” channel and longtime friend of Broadway Cares, the evening featured his infamous and hysterical deconstructions and a captivating set by Broadway’s Jessica Vosk. Broadway Bares associate director and choreographer Jonathan Lee presented his Before the Fall, which premiered in October at Hudson Valley Dance Festival. Special guests Jewelle Blackman from Hadestown and Ann Harada from Into the Woods shared the impact of the donors and volunteers’ efforts.

The six-week Red Bucket appeals each fall and spring have become the lifeblood of Broadway Cares’ fundraising efforts, fueling Broadway Cares’ vital grant-making. In 2022, $8.65 million was awarded to 485 social service organizations in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, restoring grant amounts to pre-pandemic levels. An additional $8.25 million was awarded to the Entertainment Community Fund to support a safety net of social services for everyone in the performing arts and entertainment. Since 1989, the fall fundraising efforts have raised $91.4 million.

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FUNDRAISING AWARDS ALL-TIME RECORD-BREAKING CHAMPION

The Music Man..........................$2,002,612 BROADWAY MUSICALS Top Fundraiser The Phantom of the Opera.............$416,379 1st Runner-up Hamilton.......................................$217,652 2nd Runner-up A Strange Loop.............................$200,019 3rd Runner-up Six................................................$192,778 BROADWAY PLAYS Top Fundraiser The Piano Lesson..........................$108,883 1st Runner-up Death of a Salesman.......................$69,579 OFF-BROADWAY Top Fundraiser Little Shop of Horrors......................$31,379 1st Runner-up The Play That Goes Wrong...............$23,216 NATIONAL TOURS Top Fundraiser Six - Aragon company..................$160,043 1st Runner-up Wicked - Munchkinland company...$116,420 2nd Runner-up Hamilton - Philip company...............$61,431

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Hugh Jackman Leads The Music Man in a Fundraising Miracle Broadway’s The Music Man retained its title as the all-time top single-season Red Bucket fundraiser with back-to-back totals each topping $2 million.

After raising $2,071,806 during the Spring Fundraising Campaign - setting the single-season record - the musical nearly matched that total with a staggering $2,002,612 in the 2022 Red Bucket Fall Fundraising Campaign.

The company, led by stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, orchestrated exhilarating post-show live auctions. With Nicholas Ward as the cast’s exuberant auctioneer, Jackman enticed audience members to bid on a range of keepsakes. Winning bidders walked out of the Winter Garden Theatre with autographed gloves, prop whistles and boater hats.

One bidder’s donation for a Jackman-signed boater hat hit new heights and garnered national media attention.

Academy Award winner and Jackman friend Nicole Kidman attended the November 26 performance and, with true theatrical flair, offered a $100,000 bid. The spectacular act of generosity had cast members drop to their knees onstage and audience members roar with excitement.

It reigns as the largest donation for any one auction item in Broadway Cares history.

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Kidman made her way to the stage to collect her prize and embrace Jackman. After blowing kisses to the cast, she took a microphone and enthusiastically exclaimed, “I love you, I love Broadway, I love what they do, Broadway Cares!”

The Phantom of the Opera

Longest-Running Show Leaves Long-Lasting Legacy of Goodwill

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hen the curtain fell for the final time at Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera, it also marked the end of 35 years of impassioned fundraising by the show’s committed cast and crew.

Phantom was a smash hit when it opened in 1988 just as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS tentatively came into being. From those earliest days, the company of Phantom created a roadmap of generosity and dedicated efforts from which our Red Bucket campaigns blossomed across Broadway and beyond.

Along that journey, over 35 astounding years, The Phantom of the Opera raised $7.8 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The generosity came not just through dollars dropped in buckets and the sales of autographed posters, Playbills and all variety of specially created merchandise. It also came through auctions to conduct the Phantom orchestra during the show’s exit music and to appear onstage during the Hannibal Opera sequence in the first act.

This herculean impact was possible only with the enthusiastic support of producer Cameron Mackintosh, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the thousands of professionals onstage, backstage and front of house at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre.

For Howard McGillan, who played the Phantom on Broadway a record 2,544 times, the legacy of help will long resonate.

“It's especially gratifying to know that during my total of seven years at Phantom we were able to contribute so significantly,” McGillan said. “Every night during the fundraising we would sprint immediately after the curtain call out to the Majestic lobby bar,

where we'd set up shop with signed CDs and posters and Playbills, posing for photos and raising a ton of cash.”

The guiding spirit behind the fundraising for many of Phantom’s 35 years was Production Stage Manager Craig Jacobs, who joined the show in 1993 and remained until 2014 before passing away in 2021. Jacobs, also a founding Trustee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, ran the Phantom fundraising operation with precision and steely detail. And, as McGillan remembered, “reminding everyone how important all these fundraising efforts were to our entire community.”

Jacobs knew the best appeal was the simplest: “ Join us in doing something good.” And he did, again and again for three decades.

Over the years, countless others worked with and followed Jacobs lead. Like stage manager Gregory T. Livoti, who studied under Jacobs and continued the fundraising legacy through the show’s closing. And like actor Kris Koop-Ouellette, who’s nearly 12 years performing in the show was surpassed only by her tireless dedication to Red Bucket fundraising.

Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola was regularly among those who held a Red Bucket at the theater exits. He was back for the final night of appeals this spring.

“Over these last 35 years Broadway Cares has grown and thrived much thanks to Phantom’s enduring support,” Viola said.

“Phantom first set the example of how good fortune can be shared with those who need help and long for the same. Our deepest thanks to those who stood by us for so long.”

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Entertainment Community Fund

Health Care Worthy of a Standing Ovation

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estled 12 floors above the heart of Times Square, The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts provides a vital medical facility for the theater community with a show-stopping personality.

which to grow. “Health care is expensive and this practice is fully subsidized by the Entertainment Community Fund, so Broadway Cares’ support through the Fund is essential to The Friedman Health Center and so appreciated.”

Opened six years ago and backed by $5.9 million in support so far from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the center embraces its show business connection. The Friedman provides care that specifically addresses the needs of its patients from Broadway and the performing arts.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' connection to the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) reaches back three decades, first to the creation of the HIV/AIDS Initiative in 1988. Broadway Cares provided the initial funding for the initiative and continues to provide the majority of its annual budget.

In addition to three family medicine practitioners covering every health question and challenge, the center also offers an acclaimed podiatrist known for his care for professional dancers and powerhouse specialists focused on gynecology, sports medicine and more.

Though the center is open to the public, it’s specifically committed to providing medical care for the Broadway and performing arts community, even offering extended hours that are conscious of entertainment industry work schedules.

In 2022, Broadway Cares provided another $1.5 million in support to The Friedman Health Center, one of more than a dozen Entertainment Community Fund initiatives that receive Broadway Cares funding each year.

“We don’t exist without the generosity of the Broadway Cares donors,” Dr. Jason Kindt, Friedman Health Center’s medical director, said, noting that Broadway Cares’ initial support of $500,000 in 2017 helped give the center the foundation on

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In 1996, Broadway Cares expanded its support to launch the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. In 2022 alone, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded the Entertainment Community Fund $8.25 million, supporting The Friedman Health Center, the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, as well as Addiction and Recovery Services, Artists Health Insurance Resource Center, The Dancers’ Resource, The Stage Managers’ Project and a host of other vital services. (See page 10 for details of that support.)

Since that first funding in 1988, Broadway Cares’ donors and supporters have helped ensure $128.7 million has reached the programs of the Fund. Broadway Cares remains the single largest financial supporter of the safety net of social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund.

“Those early years of desperate triage have grown to providing sustained medical care, services, access to medications and the health insurance that ensures it all,” Broadway Cares Executive

Director Tom Viola said. “Our donors play such an important role in the unique collaboration of fundraising and services between Broadway Cares and the Entertainment Community Fund. That critical support is transformed into action and services. Simple as that. Both for those living with HIV and now many others facing all variety of health challenges and personal crises.”

Back at The Friedman Health Center, its dedication to Broadway resonates from the moment you walk in the door and hear showtunes filtering through the lobby. Instead of Highlights and Reader’s Digest magazines, you’ll find Playbills taking their rightful place on the waiting room table.

Kindt is one of three doctors who provide a full range of family medicine, including check-ups and preventive care, health screenings and immunizations. He’s joined in family medicine by Dr. Joey C. Fernandez, who has a fellowship in internal and sports medicine, and by Dr. Samantha Stimmel, who has a fellowship in For people who get insurance sexual reproductive health.

“Insurance is so complicated.

through their jobs, they might

They are joined by Dr. Louis C. not know how to navigate health Galli, a podiatrist with an impressive care once they are uninsured. tenure treating the New York City they need it. The lingering effects of the Rockettes, New York City Ballet COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate these That’s why we have and a host of other professional challenges. insurance counselors.” dancers, and Dr. Paula BrignoniBlume in gynecology. Friedman’s nurse With the creation of Every Artist Insured practitioner, Patrick Parsel, assists through an initial 2020 grant of $1 million from with general care, as well as LGBTQ+ health Broadway Cares at the height of the pandemic, those including PrEP. who are uninsured can still take care of their health needs.

The practice is run in partnership between the Entertainment Community Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors. Patients not only have quick referrals to specialists throughout the Mount Sinai Health System, they also have quick connections to the other services provided by the Fund.

Kindt and his team can quickly connect patients to a variety of the Fund’s programs, including Addiction and Recovery Services, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, The Dancers’ Resource and the HIV/AIDS Initiative.

“I have diagnosed a handful of clients with HIV and within 10 minutes, someone from the HIV/AIDS Initiative is up here with them, counseling and helping them with resources,” Kindt said.

“That doesn’t happen in other offices. Those referrals can take months.”

The clinic also addresses one of the biggest health care obstacles for those in the performing arts industry: inconsistent health insurance.

Due to the episodic nature of performing arts employment, it’s tough for industry professionals to secure and sustain health care in between contracts. Insurance is dependent on the amount of weeks worked in the previous year. If an industry professional hasn’t had a consistent gig, they are unable to access health care when

“If you're between work and have no insurance, we can still see you thanks to the subsidy funded through Broadway Cares and the Entertainment Community Fund,” Kindt said. “It helps continuity of care. Your health care needs are still able to be met and that’s a tremendous relief for people in the industry. Even the most talented in the business can be without health care.”

Broadway Cares’ donors provided another $500,000 of support to Every Artist Insured in fiscal year 2022.

The Entertainment Community Fund wants to prioritize not only offering health insurance, but that the community understands health insurance. Enter stage left: the Fund’s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center.

With an ever-shifting health care landscape, AHIRC provides comprehensive workshops, seminars and one-on-one meetings to help industry professionals understand the terrain, providing insurance enrollment assistance and other educational resources.

“It’s really important to us to keep the community educated,” Barbara S. Davis, the Fund’s chief operating officer, said.

“Insurance is so complicated. For people who get insurance through their jobs, they might not know how to navigate health care once they are uninsured. That’s why we have insurance counselors.”

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Called “the navigators,” these insurance counselors work with entertainment professionals and performing artists, assisting them in making an individualized insurance plan. After looking at medical needs and financial conditions, the navigators explain the client’s options, suggest discussions to have with doctors and advise how to best move forward.

sure any industry member who comes directly to the Fund also knows they have access to The Friedman Health Center. When coordinating the care and services with the physicians at The Friedman Health Center, team members of the Fund’s safety net of services have literally walked patients up to the clinic, which is just one floor above the Entertainment Community Fund’s offices.

It's not just patients at The Friedman Health Center who get connected to the Fund’s services, but Davis and her team make

“We do whatever we can,” Davis said, “to keep this community healthy and working.”

Supporting a Safety Net of Essential Services From an initial grant in 1988 to create the HIV/AIDS Initiative (the Fund’s first dedicated social service program), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has stood with the Fund as it expanded its range of initiatives to support everyone in entertainment and all the performing arts.

HIV/AIDS Initiative

Artists Health Insurance Resource Center

Helping men and women in the industry living with HIV/AIDS create confidential, holistic support systems that address emotional, medical and financial needs over the long term.

Working with individuals, unions and local performing arts organizations to connect entertainment industry workers to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act.

2022 grant: $1,000,000

2022 grant: $1,000,000

Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative

Addiction and Recovery Services

Providing a safety net for women who are coping with critical health concerns, creating a place where artists get help and advice without fear and stigma.

Helping entertainment professionals and their families cope with drug and alcohol abuse or addiction through intensive case management that addresses addiction and its causes.

2022 grant: $800,000

2022 grant: $500,000

Every Artist Insured

The Dancers’ Resource

Expanding the Entertainment Community Fund's free and confidential health insurance counseling and enrollment support services, which began with a $1 million lead gift in 2020 from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Addressing the unique challenges dancers face due to the physically demanding nature of their work, coupled with the financial challenges of earning a living in dance.

2022 grant: $500,000

Senior Services Helping performing arts professionals address the challenges of aging, including affordable housing, accessibility issues, health care access, and legal and emotional support.

2022 grant: $200,000

The Career Center Assisting those in the entertainment community identify and find meaningful sideline employment or a new career.

2022 grant: $150,000

The Stage Managers’ Project Maintaining a reliable directory of doctors, specialists and other health care providers in 28 cities for Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions.

2022 grant: $50,000

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2022 grant: $250,000

Safe Workplace Initiative Presenting trainings across the industry that address sexual harassment, bullying and unconscious bias in the workplace.

2022 grant: $100,000

Broadway Flu Shot Program Offering free, accessible flu shots to the theatrical community onsite throughout the Theater District.

2022 grant: $100,000

Looking Ahead – The Paul Libin Center Continuing support for the program that helps young performers and their families adapt and thrive while in the entertainment industry and beyond.

2022 grant: $50,000

South African Grants

The Lion King Actors Create a Bridge to Home

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or Lindiwe Dlamini, Bongi Duma and S’bu Ngema, trips back home to their native South Africa are not just for visiting family and friends. Traveling also gives the three longtime cast members of Broadway’s The Lion King an opportunity to see firsthand the impact they’re having when they hold Red Buckets for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. “We take it upon ourselves to be involved,” Duma said. "Every time we go home, we check and see what is needed.”

Since The Lion King opened 25 years ago, a portion of the proceeds the show raises for Broadway Cares has been shared with local social service organizations identified by the South African cast members. Earlier this year, Broadway Cares sent $175,000 to 14 organizations including health clinics, food pantries, orphanages and jobs programs. The 2023 awards pushed Broadway Cares’ all-time total support in South Africa to more than $5.9 million.

To celebrate our longtime friendship and collaboration with the actors on these grant-making efforts, $2,500 was added to each of the grants to mark the recent 25th anniversary of The Lion King.

When the South African cast members make their own various excursions home, they keep their ears open for communities and organizations in need of support.

Keeping in contact with the grantees means the actors see firsthand the difference they’re making. “Artists are suffering back home and some of these organizations help artists, especially ones who are sick,” Dlamini said. "It’s very private because the stigma against HIV/AIDS still exists. The difference is when the help comes from an organization like this, they still feel protected because they see it as a safe space for people living with HIV and AIDS.”

The investment of time from Dlamini, Duma, Ngema and the show’s other South African actors is a testament to their commitment to bringing the stories of their Pride Lands to a wider audience. “Broadway Cares has been such a big part of people being able to tell their stories,” Duma said. “It’s wonderful to see the good the money does at home. It’s a really great impact.”

The idea started simply enough in January 1998. A few weeks after The Lion King opened on Broadway, Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola was preparing to meet with the company to discuss their first fundraising campaign for the upcoming spring Easter Bonnet Competition.

“There were about a dozen South African actors in that original cast,” Viola said. “I could not imagine standing in front of them and talking about AIDS as if it was only happening here.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS couldn’t ask them to help us reach out to people living with AIDS across the United States without acknowledging what was happening to their friends and families back home.”

In this compassionate, 25-year collaboration between Broadway Cares and the South African actors, they serve as grants committee members. The performers are there every step of the way as dollars in Red Buckets translate into medication, food and other vital resources for people in need back home.

“People who donate at The Lion King don’t know the impact even $1,000 in support can have,” Ngema said. “It goes a very long way back home when exchanged into rand [the South African dollar]. It assures their next meal, continued medication or a safe haven off the streets.”

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Broadway Backwards

Stage and Screen Stars Celebrate LGBTQ+ Community

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he energy of a vibrant and loving community filled Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre as distinguished and emerging stars from the worlds of stage and screen came together in celebration of LGBTQ+ stories and musical theater at Broadway Backwards.

The evening is the only annual show on Broadway celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. This year’s Broadway Backwards was packed with beloved musical theater numbers stretching from Broadway’s Golden Age to more recent fan favorites, all re-envisioned as songs of love and affirmation through an LGBTQ+ lens.

The March 13 show raised a record $765,069 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City. The onenight-only event is produced by Broadway Cares.

Bleu. Bleu and the Broadway Backwards ensemble masterfully performed the original Bob Fosse choreography, restaged by Mimi Quillin.

Lea Salonga closed the evening with a stirring version of “Love Who You Love” from A Man of No Importance. Salonga’s tender performance with the Broadway Backwards ensemble made the heartfelt lyric "everyone's heart does exactly the same" ring true.

Les Misérables’ inspiring anthem “One Day More'' was set among a modern-day, ragtag group of activists preparing for an equality march in Washington. Philippe Arroyo, Bradley Dean, Jeigh Madjus, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Chris McCarrell, Turner Riley, Alexandra Silber and Paul C. Vogt led the emotive rendition that ended with Les Misérables’ iconic group march as a giant Pride flag behind them signaled the dawn of a new day.

Jenn Colella returned to host with her trademark charm and wit.

Colella led a cast of 67 performers, a 13-piece orchestra and a standing-room-only audience through a 17th edition of Broadway Backwards that few will forget.

Broadway star and former principal with New York City Ballet Robbie Fairchild led a seductive performance of “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” from Cole Porter’s Leave It to Me. An ensemble of dancers clamored for Fairchild’s attention. The electric, reggaetoninspired choreography was created by Luis Salgado.

Colella’s exuberant “Willkommen” from Cabaret set the tone for the evening with her declaration “in here, life is beautiful,” leading to a sultry opening performance of “Mein Herr,” led by Corbin

Robyn Hurder brought the house down with an interpretation of “Buddy’s Blues” from Follies that featured her own choreography.

With dazzling Follies-inspired costumes, Hurder, Samantha

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Gershman and Brinie Wallace delivered a girl-crazy romp about unrequited love to the absolute delight of the audience.

Broadway favorites Wayne Brady, Len Cariou, Dormeshia, Adrianna Hicks, Beth Leavel, Bonnie Milligan, Anthony Rapp, Ali Stroker and Paulo Szot enthralled the audience with impassioned solo performances. Dynamic duets from the night featured George Abud alongside Barrett Foa, Eden Espinosa with Samantha Pauly, and Kyle Scatliffe with A.J. Shively.

Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham made a special appearance to share the impact of supporting the lifesaving work of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Center.

Broadway Backwards creator Robert Bartley directed the production. Bartley joined Lauren Gemelli, Robyn Hurder, Mimi Quillin, Adam Roberts, Luis Salgado and Tony Yazbeck as the show’s choreographers.

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Music supervisors were Ted Arthur and Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Music directors were Nick Wilders and Nicholas Connors.

Jeff Brancato served as production stage manager.

What began as a small, grassroots concert performed in the community room at The Center in 2006 has grown into a highly anticipated Broadway event. In its 17 editions, Broadway Backwards has raised more than $7 million for Broadway Cares and The Center.

Broadway Backwards was generously supported by corporate sponsors City National Bank, The New York Times, United Airlines, Broadway Exchange, O'Melveny & Myers, Warner Media, Christopher Street Financial, Pandora, True Crime Obsessed Podcast, The New York Marriott Marquis, McDermott, Will & Emery, Mercer, as well as lead individual sponsor Ted Snowdon.

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National Grants

Nutritious Meals Provide Respite as Needs Increase Nationwide

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rma Almanza, who relies on the twice-monthly food pantry offered by AIDS Circle of Hope of North Central Texas, will have nutritious meals on her table, thanks to donors like you.

So will Ted Liso in Los Angeles, Tina Price in Atlanta and tens of thousands of others served by 141 food service and meal delivery programs across the country funded by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Cares’ National Grants Program awarded those 141 programs a record $2,827,500 in grants this February, surpassing last year’s record by $295,000. It’s the largest increase in any single grant round from one year to the next in Broadway Cares history.

The annual food grants ensure that those affected by HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses can get access to healthy meals through food pantries, meal deliveries and congregate food programs. These vital programs and organizations are too often underserved, overlooked or work with limited access to resources from larger funders, foundations and governments.

“As the food nourishes my body, your kindness feeds my spirit,” Almanza said in a recent interview. “The stigma of HIV, even from

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doctors, is still a reality. It's a comfort knowing that compassionate people like you care about me.”

The ultimate beneficiaries of the grants - the hundreds of thousands like Almanza who are served by the organizations - are relieved not having to decide between food or utility bills, freed from isolation thanks to daily home-delivered lunches and warmed by the joy of seeing their children fed.

“Food is medicine,” Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said. “Whether it ensures the effectiveness of daily medication for HIV or other chronic illness, helps in recovery from the challenges of long-term disability or homelessness, or simply sustains your own well-being, regular meals and sustained nutrition is necessary for people to live dignified, healthy lives.”

The 2023 annual grants were the product of the appeals made across Broadway, Off-Broadway and by national tours during Red Bucket Fall Fundraising and from Broadway Cares’ year-end campaign.

They were awarded by a committee of 20 Broadway stage managers and actors who were integral to the in-theater fundraising efforts.

Strategic increases were made in awards to 39 grantees that caught the eye of the committee because of particular hardship or expansion of much-needed services. The largest meal delivery programs in 13 cities - from New York to San Francisco, Atlanta to Los Angeles and nine metro areas in between - also received increases to address the growing challenges of food insecurity they so effectively address.

The 141 organizations receiving 2023 food grants are in 38 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Susan Sampliner, who recently retired as longtime company manager at Wicked and was a grants committee member, said she was struck by the reach of the organizations receiving grants.

“It was heartwarming to play a part in this process that goes such a long way.” Sampliner said. “Each of the organizations, regardless of size, intentionally serves these communities and is so specific about how the money is used.”

The food grants support organizations large and small, in cities, suburbs and rural areas nationwide. Some, like AIDS Circle of Hope of North Central Texas in Wichita Falls are entirely volunteer run, serving 11 counties and offering the twice-a-month food pantry that Almanza visits.

“It's such a relief to be able to concentrate on giving to the clients,” AIDS Circle of Hope Board President JD Todd said. “I don't know if we could stay open without the support Broadway Cares gives us.

We probably couldn't.”

Others, such as Open Arms in Minnesota, serve more than 2,100 meals every weekday. The grant Open Arms receives will support its daily food delivery program for people living across Minneapolis, St. Paul and the entire state.

“We are grateful to Broadway Cares’ supporters because you’ve been a stellar, constant partner for us,” Lisa Lane, chief external affairs officer at Open Arms, said. “The work you do to give people a little bit less stress, a little bit more ability to cope, a little bit more time with their family is just so important.”

Broadway Cares’ National Grants Program will award additional grants this spring to nationally recognized AIDS service organizations, health clinics and advocacy organizations and to theater and entertainment industry social service agencies. This summer, grants will be awarded to social service organizations whose work includes direct services, emergency financial assistance, harm reduction programs and quality of life services.

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“...regular meals and sustained nutrition is necessary for people to live dignified, healthy lives.”

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Hudson Valley Dance Festival

Audiences Fall for Dance at Long-Awaited Return

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he idyllic autumnal scenery of New York’s Hudson Valley set the stage for the two sold-out audiences who witnessed the in-person return of Hudson Valley Dance Festival.

The cherished dance event produced by and benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, raised a record-breaking $161,567.

With a backdrop bursting with orange, red and yellow foliage, the October 8 performances at Historic Catskill Point featured brilliant displays of contemporary, hip-hop, modern and tap dance styles, including world premieres by choreographers Jonathan Lee and Skyla Schreter.

Lee is no stranger to the Broadway Cares family, as he has long lent his talents to the annual spectacular Broadway Bares as associate director and choreographer. Audiences got a taste of more of his choreography—and forbidden fruit—with his Adam and Eveinspired hip-hop piece, marking his Hudson Valley Dance Festival debut.

In addition, Schreter, a Hudson Valley resident and former San Francisco Ballet corps de ballet member, presented a dynamic contemporary ensemble piece for her festival debut. The worldrenowned Limón Dance Company made its festival debut by honoring its 75th anniversary with founder José Limón’s 1942 solo Chaconne. Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective’s Khadijah Siferllah explored an uncensored mindstate of Black women in an excerpt from her thought-provoking choreopoem, SpeakMyMind, for her festival debut.

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Returning to the festival were Dorrance Dance, opening the show with a thrilling tap trio. Abdullatif presented an experimental pas de deux and celebrated Hudson Valley local choreographer Adam H. Weinert shared a contemporary number.

Stephen Petronio Company shared two ravishing performances: Love Me Tender, an excerpt from The King is Dead, and the festival’s finale, an excerpt from Bloom.

Since its premiere in 2013, Hudson Valley Dance Festival and its generous sponsors and supporters have raised nearly $1.2 million.

To celebrate the long-awaited return of the festival, discretionary grants of $2,500 were awarded to each of the 14 Hudson Valley organizations that are part of Broadway Cares’ National Grants Program: Albany Damien Center and Alliance for Positive Health in Albany; Animalkind, Columbia-Greene Community Foundation, Columbia County Recovery Kitchen and Hudson Valley SPCA in Hudson; Matthew 25 Food Pantry and Community Hospice in Catskill; Hudson Valley Community Services in Hawthorne; Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston; Rock Steady Farm in Millerton; Roe Jan Food Pantry in Hillsdale; TOUCH (Together Our Unity Can Heal) in Congers and Troy Area United Ministries in Troy.

Hudson Valley Dance Festival was made possible, in part, by support from corporate sponsor The New York Times.

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Inside Dance Series

Modern Dance Titan Pays Homage to African Diaspora

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ith her instantly recognizable blend of modern, hip-hop, African, tap and social dance styles, Camille A. Brown has established herself as one of the most singular forces in the world of dance.

Dancers Responding to AIDS welcomed the prolific dancer, choreographer, founder and artistic director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers to an installment of Inside Dance Series on February 2 at New York City’s Chelsea Factory.

"I had no choice but to MAKE MY OWN STAGE and to CREATE MY VOICE.” Brown’s extensive list of credits includes being the first Black woman in 67 years to direct and choreograph a work on Broadway with the 2022 revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf.

The audience was treated to a performance of “Turf,” an excerpt from her 2017 piece ink, which examines the culture of Black life that is often appropriated, rewritten or silenced. As typically done, the work was performed without music. The urgent and theatrical movement relied solely on percussive hand slapping, heavy panting,

jumping feet and other sounds from the bodies of dancers Eric Parra and William Roberson as a soundtrack.

Following the performance, Danni Gee, director of programming at The Joyce Theater, moderated a Q&A with Brown, who shared that the joy of movement and creation pushed her to keep going.

“Initially I did not want a dance company,” she said. “I didn’t know if I had the stamina to be a choreographer and in this other position of leadership but I realized I needed that space to create. I realized my voice was all I had. I had no choice but to make my own stage and to create my voice.”

Inside Dance Series is an evening exclusive to DRA and Broadway Cares Visionary Circle and Angels Circle members and provides an intimate look at dance with performances featuring acclaimed dance companies and choreographers, as well as a Q&A. Photos & Video

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Visionary Circle and Angels Circle The following are members of the Visionary Circle and Angels Circle as of March 28, 2023. Names in bold indicate Premier Visionaries and Archangels, donors who increased their gift by 25 percent or more over the previous year.

Contributions are not related to event ticket or merchandise purchases.

We thank these Visionaries and Angels who provide essential support for those affected by COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses across the country.

For more information about the benefits of the Visionary Circle or Angels Circle visit broadwaycares.org/angels or contact Sarah Cardillo at cardillo@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 275.

Visionary Circle Luminary gifts of $100,000 and above

Liz Armstrong Danny Baron in loving memory of Artie Gaffin Craig Newmark Philanthropies The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation The Dream Alliance The Fred Ebb Foundation Hugh Jackman & Deborra-lee Furness The Morison-Iwanowski Family in memory of Tom Fenaughty Marc & Mary Lou Seidner The Shubert Organization Peg & Gary Wendlandt

Beacon gifts from $50,000 to $99,999

Jerry & Terri Kohl Judith Light & Robert Desiderio Lee Perlman & Linda Riefberg Thomas Schumacher & Matthew White Brian S. Snyder Hollis Stern Lizzie & Jonathan M. Tisch Anonymous (1)

Trailblazer gifts from $25,000 to $49,999

John R. Alchin & Hal Marryatt Benard L. Maas Foundation Laura M. Boedeker James & Debbie Burrows The Coffey Family

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Gavin Corcoran in memory of Charles Wallace Collier Toni Downey Timothy J. Fazio Mary D. Fisher Judi Krupp in memory of Rebecca Luker Larry L. Luing Family Foundation Richard Lin & Evan Zazula Mary Lea Johnson Richards 1997 Charitable Trust in memory of Mary Lea Johnson Richards & Martin Richards Myrna & Freddie Gershon in memory of Steve Sondheim James L. Nederlander & Margo M. Nederlander Mary C. & Richard J. Parrish René Plessner The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, San Francisco Jeffrey Seller Amy Sherman-Palladino Kendrick Shope The Ted Snowdon Foundation The Terrence McNally Foundation Carter & Kim Strickland The Winston Foundation The Zarley Family Foundation Anonymous (2)

The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc. Terry & William Biggins Walter Bobbie & David Frye Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan Barbara Broccoli The Carl Jacobs Foundation The Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation Scott Dainton in memory of Andy Zerman Ken Davies The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation William W. Donnell Frank Duff & John Okuloski Doug Eichman & Michael C. Yount Robert Evers Jules Fisher & Graciela Daniele Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin The Fosdick Fund Ronald & Susan Frankel Kenneth R. Fulton Thomas Gentile in honor of James Raper George & Irina Schaeffer Foundation Valerie Gordon-Johnson & Doug Johnson John Gore & Lauren Reid/ The John Gore Organization Jill & Marty Handelsman Harriett D. Kittner Foundation Innovator Scott Hawley gifts from $10,000 to $24,999 Susan & Crystal Atkins-Weathers The John D. Evans Foundation Karen Johnston Ward Auerbach & Ilana Kameros Andy Baker* Bainbridge Foundation

Greg Kammerer & Frederick M. White Michael Kim & Caspar Sun Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation Emily J. Klopfer Joe Lanteri* Deirdre & Mark LeMire Joseph Levi Paul & Florence Rowe Libin Tom Lombardi Leslie Lyles Laura Anne Lewis Mantell, M.D. & Alan Mark Mantell Leslie & Jordan Mayer Stephanie & Carter McClelland Abigail Merrill Miranda Family Fund Stanley Newman & Dr. Brian Rosenthal Rob O’Neill & Shawn Anderson Stephen Paine Michael Perez & Jason Lane Vaso Petsagourakis Marina & Thomas Purcell Michael C. Ray Michael Raymond & Andrew Moyer Richenthal Foundation Barbara Rohdie* Mickey Rolfe & Bruce Tracy Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman* The Ross Foundation Spencer Ross Paul Rumsey Wendy B. Samuel

Noah Evan Samuels in memory of Anne Samuels Roberts Scarlet Feather Fund Pieter Schenck & Sioux Logan* Jayne Baron Sherman Beth Siegelman

Paula L. Sindlinger Rob Stoll Steve Sweet The Tapper Gorevic Family Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum Theatrical Stage Employees Local One/IATSE

The Venable Foundation John Voege & Geoffrey Paul David Wackman & Jason Rardin The Waldman Foundation Dr. Fredric & Mrs. Cynthia Weiss Barbara Whitman

Diane M. & Kevin Wilshere Yardi Systems* Zion Lutheran Church Robert E. Zimmerman Anonymous (10)

Angels Circle Guardian gifts from $5,000 to $9,999

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation The Alice Ghostley Foundation Richard Ambrose George Annarella in memory of his wife Corinne Guttman & his brother-in-law Les Guttman Whitney Arcaro Sarah Ashman & Ron Gillespie in memory of Howard Ashman ATPAM – Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers Jennifer Balbier Douglas Bella & David Hunt Kristin & Jim Bender Bendit Family Foundation Nancy Duggan Benson Mark Bergamini & Christopher Oates* Sandy Berlin Richard Bernardo & Matthew Houston Lynn A. Booth Carol Bresler & Carolyn Billinghurst Butkiewicz Family Foundation in honor of Judy Wheeler & Tim Regan The Calamus Foundation Patricia & Carroll Cathey Annette Cerbone & Suzanne LeVan Cathy Chernoff Mitchell & Christine Clarfield Paul & Kelly Cole The Column Awards Dr. Mitchell A. Combs & Frank C. Druse III

Gavin Creel E Gerald Dabbs MD Deborah Dakin Derek Danton & Robert Berk Mike DelBene Jamie deRoy in memory of Bradshaw Smith & Clovis Ruffin Drew Desky & Dane Levens David DeSocio Charles Deull Valerie DiFebo Linda Duncombe Christopher & Candace Edelmann in honor of Mark McClary Ellen Esposito Feinstein’s/54 Below Jeannine M & Scott D Flynn Barrett Foa Barbara H. Freitag Gerda Lissner Foundation Inc. in loving memory of Scott Barnes & Brian Kellow Joanna Gleason & Chris Sarandon Judy & Steven Gluckstern, in memory of Michael Palm & Charlie Hamlen Dan Goggin Amanda Green & Jeffrey Kaplan James F. Haag Alison Hall The Herb Ritts, Jr. Foundation Theresa D. Herman The Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation Larry Hirschhorn & Melissa Posen

The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation, Inc. John L. McHugh Foundation Kelly Karavites in memory of my loving spouse Francis P. King Karma Foundation Andrew Keenan-Bolger Alan Keith & Richard Brand LaFountaine Family Foundation** Arabella Langhorne Stacey & Kristopher Leary Fran Macferran Jennifer Manocherian Sue Marks Tom Marshall & Kathy Keneally James Martin Elizabeth Martinez & Nicholas Baldick Clif Mathews & Brian Lurie Heather J. McDonald Marianne McGrath Mills Jacque & Charles McLaughlin David R. McShane & The Samantha Fund Irene Mecchi William Megevick in memory of Larz Anderson Miriam Schaeffer Family Foundation Jerry Mitchell & Ricky Schroeder Ira Mont & Jill Cordle Mont in memory of Annette & Stuart Mont, Dan Cordle and in honor of Joan Cordle Javier Morgado in memory of Eddie Sweetnam

William Morey in memory of Christopher Tisone Thomas M. Neff Nathan Noh Nora Roberts Foundation Tony Origlio & Kip Vanderbilt The PATH Fund/ Rockers on Broadway Petty Hefte Family Foundation Monica & Greg Reid Stephen Kroll Reidy* in memory of Carolyn Reidy Bob Rhodehamel & Dana Snyder Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation Robert Rivkin & Cindy Moelis The Oliver Fund in loving memory of Dorothy Scott & Gloria Rosenthal Paul Russell & Beryl Raff CJ Salvani Randal B. Sandler Megan M. Savage Matthew Schermerhorn & Andy Rice Ryan Schultz – Cherry City Metals Barbara Schrader Frank Selvaggi & Bill Shea Carolyn & Marc Seriff James L. Simon Barry Skovgaard & Marc Wolinsky Iris Smith Cori Stolbun Abbie Strassler Lynn & Bruce Surry Susan & Eliot Black Foundation Steve Symonds Behind the Scenes

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John Tartaglia Carol Terry Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764 IATSE Peter M. Thomas in honor of Lori Black Thomas Thompson Turner Productions Seth Tribble & David Vansuch The Tweedlie Center for the Arts Twelve Thirteen Ninetyone Fund / Bugged Out Richard J. Underwood Judy Vincent Alice Wang & Peter Spiegelman David J Wermuth & Jennifer Kroman Alice Wang & Peter Spiegelman Nina & Gary Wexler Jim Whitman & Sara McDougall Jayne Williams Terrence J. Witter & Artie de la Cruz Russ Woolley Yeoh Shields Fund of Horizons Foundation John Yonover David Zippel & Michael Johnston Anonymous (11) Anonymous Anonymous* Anonymous in memory of Gale Nigrosh

Champion gifts from $2,500 to $4,999

Randy Adams Aaron J. Albano in memory of Stephanie Bissonnette Sara M. Allan Alpuche Family Mitchell Appel Scott Archimbaud & Patrick Douglass Anne Banfield Jordan Barbakoff & Philip Jeffery in loving memory of Rob Sinacore Bardo Arts (Alex Pearlman)

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Ivan M. Bart in memory of Adam Balzano Jack W. Batman & Sidney J. Burgoyne Michael & Kimberly Beatrice Benjamin & Seema Pulier Charitable Foundation, Inc. Dr. Benton & Rachel Brown Andrew Berdon* Elaine D. Berger Mark Bernhardt* Amy Bermudez Claude Bernstein & Melody Wang Phillip Bettencourt Herb & Ron Black Blaine Ann Marie & Robert Borsdorf John Bowab Bob Boyett Scott Brittingham in memory of Christopher Caruso The Broder Foundation Corey Brunish & Jessica Rose Brunish Bruce Burg Christopher Cara Andrew Caravella Cristina Carlson Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty Marc Chalet & James Ting Girlie Chang & Michael Vermut The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation, Inc. in memory of Bob & Muriel Kennedy Michael & Diane Christian* Sylvia Choi Alissa Cipriano Gloria & Charles I. Clough Jr. Clinton A. Cobb Samantha & Drew Cohen in memory of Richard Salfas and Michael Friedman Ricky Coombs & Seth Stuhl Robert N. Cory & Shuichiro Takeda* Susan & Andrew Cott Thomas Cott* in memory of Philip Carlson Karen & James Courtney

Michael David & Lauren Mitchell Maria Di Dia in loving memory of Doug Salmon Joe Dimino & Michael Guida Andrew S. Dolkart Mark Donofrio & Alexander Lach* Thor Eckert Maryann Edgecomb Nicole Eldridge Anthony, Kristina & David Ellenbogen Theo Elliman* Deborah & Matt Ellis Eric Emeric Nigel Emmett Peter Entin & Barbara Janowitz Bill Evans & Chuck Fischer in memory of Mike Nichols Joe Evall & Richard Lynn Craig Faircloth Ken Fakler & Luc Bouchard-Fakler John & Margaret Falk* James Fedigan Jack Feldman & Matthew Liss Doug Fiebelkorn & Andrew Hall Steven Filenbaum & Matthew Woolf, CFP Camden & Debra Fine Ken Finkelstein Kelly Finzer in honor of Michael DelBene Melina Fisher* Elliot Fishman & Dale Abrams Kevin & Helen Flanagan* Charles Flateman & Gail Goldstein Lauren Foley Jonathan Foster, M.D. Vincent Gaeta Michael Gerdes Richard Gerrig & Timothy Peterson Roger Gindi & Gregory Victor Dale Glasser in memory of Steven Glasser Justin Gleiberman Jan & Steven Golann Marcia Goldberg & Paul Garrity Sherri Goldberg

Peter & Roberta Gottlieb Gramercy Park Foundation Douglas Greene Howard Grossman, M.D. Addie Guttag Alan Hassell* in loving memory of H. Thomas Axt Gail L. Heinemeyer John M. Hemmer Richard Hester & Michael Mastro in memory of Helen Hester Kurt F. & Margaret Webb Heyssel Alma M. Hirsch in memory of Judi Hirsch Susan & Neal Hirsch Karen Hoefer William S. Hoover, M.D Bill Hutton in memory of Dr. Joel D. Weisman Kathy Inch Bonnie Inserra Rach Ireland Jim & Kerry Jacobson Jerome S. Glazer Foundation Earl Johnson & Douglas Ward Michael Johnston Joanna Jordan Benita & Joe Kaminkow Howard & Debby Kaminsky Milly & Robert Kayyem Kerry A. Keenan Celia Keenan-Bolger & John Ellison Conlee Howard & Karen Kellman Karen E. Kennedy in memory of Muriel & Bob Kennedy Kelly Lake Todd Lamb Dawn Landino Angela Lansbury Aaron Larson William Lauch Sunhee Lee & Laird Zacheis The Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation Michael A. Leppen Ronald Lieberman & Lauren Schwartz William Ludel & Tracy Cohen Eric Luftig Daniel & Linda Lynch

John J. Mackerey Barbara Manocherian John Mansell & Tim House Nina Matis & Alan Gosule* Jennifer Mayer Michael McCarthy & Lars Kontz Patrick McCarthy Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng Drew McLellan Kati Meister Jeff Meleski & Steve Markov Elliott & Cathy Masie Katherine Miller Michael Mills & Mark McGrath David Montague & Michael Selter Art Moore Joe P & Edna B Moore Jr William Moore Morozs Family Jason & Debbie Moss Judith A. Nelson** in memory of Wayne McCarthy Bebe Neuwirth & Chris Calkins* Tony Napoli & Gary Newman Rick Nicita & Paula Wagner Douglas J. Nieters Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Nocco Joseph Obermayer Paul Oppedisano Michael Paleos Gregg Passin James Peters & Mark Fleisher Bonnie & Alan Petsche Erik Piecuch & Alex Wright Peter Pileski in memory of Bob Avian Theresa & Pete Piliero Kat Pinheiro & John Merenda Gloria Piraino Julie Plec Frances Pu Mary A. Qualls Dr. Judith Quick Ron Rafay Eileen & James Rath Ray Wetmore Productions Jonathan Rebell & Noah Levine

Jana Rich & Jill Nash Richard F. Walsh/ Alfred W. Di Tolla/ Harold P. Spivak Foundation Carol Risher Jose Rojas Jr. & Nina A. Cavalli Rose Brand Harry B. Rosenburg in loving memory of Adrienne Rosenberg Sally Rosenberg & Bruce Charendoff Jack Rouse Moe Rouse Norman Rubenstein The Sartain and Tamez Family Trust Fund Nick Scandalios Schaffer Family Foundation The Schroeder Family in memory of John T. Schroeder Will Schwalbe & David Cheng Adam Schwab Jim Scully Seedtime Fund Inc. Elliott R. Sernel Jeannette Sessing David Maurice Sharp Ali Sher David Shmerler Elliott L. Sirkin in honor of Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence & Mickey Calin In memory of Michael Smith Abigail Rose Solomon The Spectrum Charitable Foundation Ruth Stevens & David Olson Steve Stone & Leslie Benedetto in honor of Max Marlo Elizabeth Stribling-Kivlan Sweet Hospitality Group Bill & Larry Tabbit-Humphrey Amy F. Thompson Tracy & Lainey Todd Jeffrey Trachtman & Peter Chao Matthew D. Tumminello & Dominick J. Marangi Tom Viola Viramontes Family Carol Waaser Dawn & Jim Watson

Cindy Weil Steve Werner Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Wiggers in memory of T. Thorne Wiggers Scott Wilcox Jeff Woodman in memory of Melvin Bernhardt John Wuertz & Abzal Ayubeally William P Zanetis in memory of Christopher Tripp Zanetis Kathryn Zickert Anonymous (8)

Ambassador gifts from $1,000 to $2,499

Scott & Paula Aaronson in honor of Zach Aaronson Amy Abrams Actors' Equity Foundation Ken Adler in memory of Ellen Adler and in honor of Jon Adler Carol Aebersold Richard Ahrens in loving memory of Gloria Rosenthal Susan M. Allardice Joseph T. Amodeo Christine Amorossi Sally Amoruso Matthew Amsterdam Lee R. Anisman M.D. The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation Richard Appel Chen Arad Charles Ardai Michael Arellano & Tom Burley Joan Arenstein David Glenn Armstrong in joyful memory of Peter Frame The Arthur Loeb Foundation Austin Community Foundation Jay Axelrod Dr. Don Bacigalupi & Daniel Feder Jon Robin Baitz Cornelius Baker Robert L. Baker Ian & Kim Band Tobias Banks Catherine Bannister John Bantivoglio

Marie E. Barbieri Christopher & Paris Barclay Susan Bardach Laura Z. Barket John Barnes & Charles Champagne Scott Barnes in memory of Brian Kellow Sena Baron* Bob Barrack & Barbara Leistner in honor of John Schumacher The Barrington Foundation Inc. Christopher Barth Joy, Ben & Judge Baskin Kari Bassett Frederick & Kathy Baumann Beech Street Foundation Gary J. Belis Nan & Joe Benincasa Taffy Benjamin Carol & Walter Berman Joni Bessler & Casey Baum Shaul Betesh Phil & Mary Beuth Jon Bierman Robert Billig & Richard Vida Joe Billone Casey Blass & Lee Manford Drs. Leslie Blum & David Cziner Jeff Blumenkrantz & Jeffrey Kwong David Boger in memory of Terry Brenneis Dennis Bolger Matthew Bonilla Miranda Book & Linda Dingler Dave Boone Diane Borger The Boulder Family Jeff Bova in memory of Doris Bova Susan Bowman Yvette Bowser Loraine Alterman Boyle Linda Pritz Boynton Julie & David Bradsher Fiona Brady Molly Brand & Kaitlin Brand Shirley Brandman & Howard Shapiro Kevin Breen in memory of Harry Gold

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Hilde Breitbart Kenneth Brendlinger & Paul Inver Nyle Brenner Betty Broadhurst Thomas W. Brock Terri Brody J. Arthur Brost Barry Brown & Douglas Cohn, D.V.M. Jeffrey Brown & Anthony Tan Daniel & Rhonda Bruening Michael Buchanan Buchwald Catherine & Mike Buchwald Gregg & Christine Buckbinder Diana Buckhantz/Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Maribel Bunin David Burke Katherine Burton in honor of Dale Ellen Leff Michelle L. Butler Mr. Lem Byers & Mr. Derek Kuhl Gary Bynum Michael-Demby Cain* Patricia Calder Bennett Cale Robert Callely Judith Capawana Steven M. Caplan Esq. Caplin Foundation in memory of Ruth & Mortimer Caplin Stephanie Caravela & Sophia Maoli Sarah & Frank Cardillo Len Cariou & Heather Summerhayes Debra & Kim Carmichael The Carole & Mike Miller Foundation David Cartee Frank Carucci & David Diamond celebrating LaMaMa’s 60th Anniversary Donna B. Case The Caster Fund Ronald Casty Patricia & Carroll Cathey Deborah & Steven Cavalier

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Beth & George Caviness Ken Cerniglia & Adrien Lanusse in memory of Bryan Louiselle Jennifer Champion Stockard Channing David Charak Charles and Margaret Levin Family Foundation David & Paula Leggett Chase Chasin/Gilden Family Fund, at the Boston Foundation Cheryl Wiesenfeld Productions LLC Lori Tan Chinn in memory of Kevin Geer James & Susan Clarke Joseph M. Clement Evan Cohen Michael Cohen Lynn Coleman Mary & Michael Conklin Francois Conradie & Nick Smit John Contratti Casey Cook & Gary Steinkohl John Cook Kevin Cook Kenneth E. Cooke* Jeffrey Corbin & Massimo Pacilli Barry Cordes Casey Cornelius William Corsello Frederick L. Corte Jr Bronwen Cound & William Brody William Cox Nanette Crist George Crow Rob Crudden The Cunin Family Wojciech L. Czoch M.D. Richard Dabbs Mark Dalton Duke Dang & Charles Rosen* in loving memory of David Panzer Daniel Anthony Leone Trust in honor of Henry Winkler and in memory of John Ritter Scott & Tonya Daniels Leonard & Catherine Darby David Beatty Fund of Stonewall Community Foundation Cara David

Heather Davies Camden Davis & Gregory McKnight Clive Davis Paula Kaminsky Davis Yolanda Davis Melissa Day Jeffrey De Korte Miguel De Los Reyes Debra DeMartini Louis J. Denkovic Mark D. Desky & James D. Mrkvicka John P. DeWitt & Ghim Lay Yeo Tim Devin & Erik Frantzen* Suzi Dietz Patricia S. Dinner Salvatore E. Dirschberger Eileen Doherty Matt Donaldson & Steve Kyriakis Alexandra Dove & Richard Ballard in honor of David Ballard Linda Doyle David & Shari Dreier Chelsea Dunlap Rachel Dvorken & Harry B. Rosenberg, Jr. Earl and Margaret Chesson Charitable Endowment Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Felice Ehrlich The Ehrmann Family Fund Valerie Eigner Tim Eippert Alan Eisenberg & Claire Copley in honor of Bernie Jacobs and Tom Viola Jack Eldon Andy Elisburg Steven Elkin Sam Ellis in honor of Valarie Silver Ellis Eric Emeric Herbert W Engert & Timothy Miller Eve Ensler Sabin Epstein Lori & Mickey Etkin Bonnie Pfeifer Evans*

David S. & Joan Evans James Evans, PhD, JD. Shane Ewen Kittie Fahey Katie & Reade Fahs Laura G. Fahsbender David Fanger & Martin Wechsler* James & Anna Fantaci Peter Farrell* T.A. Fassburg Robert Faust & Roger Kluge* Sarah Jo Fazio Vicky Feather Bruce Feffer Daniel Feinstein Alan & Brenda Ferber Elaine Fieldman Donald M. Filicetti Lothar Finke Barry M. Fisher Jeanne Donovan Fisher Joal Fischer & Debbie Langsam Mark E. Fite Megan P. Fitzgerald Maggie Flanigan & Richard Dow Robert S Fleischer & Susan L Raanan Doug Fogel Katherine Foley Scott Wells Ford Edward & Lori Forstein Mark Fortier & Jay Pagano* Dale J. Fournier & Michael R. Wellington* Keith Fox & Tom Keyes Bruce Franck Sara & Michael Frank Richard Frankel & Kathleen Clark Douglas Frantz Avram & Rhoda Freedberg Jon Freedberg & Maren Roccamonte Jonathan Freeman Alison & Jim French* Bart Freudlich & Julianne Moore James B. Freydberg Corey Friedlander* David Friedman & Shawn Moninger

Merle Frimark in memory of James Rado Pierre Frinault David M. Fromm in memory of my partner Robert Motley Susan Frost Jennifer Futch Kathryn Gallagher Nancy Gallt Marsi & Eric Gardiner Tom & Judy Garey Leslie & Johanna Garfield Thomas Garner* Tami & Robert Garriott David Gaudette & David Maue Danni Gee* in honor of Ulysses Dove Laura Geffen & John Groper in honor of Artie Gaffin Bruce & Alice Geismar Barry Gelda in memory of Irene Lucille Bunis The Gelfand Family Foundation Bryan George & Stephen Pielocik Darrell M. W. George & Scott Turner* George Zuber & Anthony Snyder Charitable Fund at Our Fund Inc. Todd Geringswald Amy Gewirtz Kimberly & Ed Gibbons Jillian Gibbs Sue Gilad Tyler Gildan Denise & Keith Gillen Bruce & Suzanne Glassman Joan Glatman Joanie & Gary Glickstein in honor of Al Tapper Barbara Golden Deborah & Jonathan Goldman Sam Gonzalez Robyn Goodman Gina & Kevin Gore Neal Gorman & David Mann Stefanie M. Gorman Barbara Gottlieb Robert & Wendy Grady Jennifer Graff Dane Grams

Nancy Kellogg Gray in honor of Danny Whitman Gerard & Lynn Greco Janet Greene & Chap Chapman David & Lynn Greenberg Steve Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Ira Greenstein Mark Greenwald Emily Grishman & Susan Sampliner Deborah W. & John A. Grobe Carol & Bill Gross Joli L. Gross Grossman Family Charitable Funds Barry & Maggie Grove Dr. Jeffrey & Mr. Gerald Grove Jane Groveman & Cathy Tanelli Chris Guimarin Leslie G. Gutierrez Corinne Guttman & George Annarella in memory of Les Guttman Steven Guy John Hadity Edward Hale & Scott Smith Diann Hall in memory of John Rainwater John Halpin in honor of the Leadership Council Elizabeth Halverstam Christina Hamilton Katie Hangley & Howard Simon David G. Hanna* in memory of George & Norma Jane Hanna Deborah & Gregg Hanson Laurie & Chris Harbert Michael P. Harrell The Harriet Greenfield Foundation, Inc. Catherine Harris Harris Family Foundation in honor of Michael Riedel Tom Harvey & Manny Correia Geri & Rich Hastings Jeffrey Hayenga & Michael Belanger Lisa Heimann & Family Hearst Joseph R. Heller, Ph.D. & Frank Ptak II in memory of Michael Simmons-DeFord

Matthew Helmerich in honor of Douglas Ward The Henry and Susan Bloom Family Foundation in honor of Leslie & Jordan Mayer Stephen Henry Donna Heppermann Scott Hillier Jason Hodes Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei** Jim Hoelz & William Welsh Eileen S. Hoffman Marguerite Hoffman Richard Hoffman Jr & Elizabeth Hoffman Cliff Hopkins Craig J. Horsley Larry Howard Daphne Hsu & Jeff Rosen* Katherine Huang Bob & Tim Huber-Fischer Dr. Jaime S. Huertas & Kenneth A. O’Brien* Lyn Hughes & Arthur Ferrara The Human Fund/Mr. Denivaldo G. Dasilva & Ms. Sabrina Vasquenz-Dasilva Peter L. Ianniello, PhD Arthur & Jane Indursky Jeffrey L. Jackman Jimmy Jackson Waldo & Jeanne Jackson Tracy Jamar in loving memory of Monty Silver Keith & Patti James Thai Jason in honor of Tom Viola Jerl Machine Inc. The John W Harris Family Foundation Gina Purlia Johnson & Kent Johnson Wagner Johnson Productions Cherry Jones in memory of Mark Fotopoulos Barbara Josso & Liz Miloscia Dr. Christopher R. Joy & Ms. Cathy L. Velenchik Stacie Julian Jessica Kahn & Scott Bieker Joe & Jill Kale Chad Kampe

Richard Kantor Rita & Henry Kaplan Steven Kaplan & Court Whisman David A. Karlson Judith E. Karp, MD Mary Kaslick Shoshannah & Kevin Schraven Karin & Greg Kayne Maureen Keller & David L. Feinberg Reta & Sophie Keller in honor of Walter Mayes James Kelliher Jason Kelliher & Brian Rice Samantha S. Kennedy David Kernahan Mitchell & Julie Kertzman Kristine Kitts Jerianne S. Kladder Marci Klein Virginia Klunder F. Gary Knapp Kathrin Knauf David & Jennifer Knickel David J Knight Chris & Kelly Koenig Michael Kohn Anne Kolar Brian Koll & David Altarac in memory of Dora Hipscher Konigsberg Family Fund Dr. Ram Koppaka Sarah Korda Alix Korey & Randy Hansen Roger G. Kramer Sue Kroll Carol Krzyzewski Michael Kuzma Phil Laduca Richard LaGravenese in honor of Greg Berlanti Joanne Lahner The Lambs Foundation Craig & Sherri Landauer Deborah & Rocco Landesman Stephen & Kristina Lang Mark Lanspa Tod Larson Bishop Alexis Larue Jay Laudato & Thomas Watson Cyndi Lauper Brian Lawlor Behind the Scenes

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Winston Bernard Layne* Ginna Le Vine Victoria McNeil Le Vine Sandy & Michael Leahy Christopher Leary* Michael & Jenna Lebowich Mark Lee Stephanie Lee/Group Sales Box Office Hal & Jill Leibowitz Carol Leif Curtis Lelash Christopher Lennertz Jill Lesser & Jonathan Diesenhaus Telly Leung & James Babcock Abbe Levin Phyllis Levinthal in memory of Ruth & Sheldon Levinthal Zachary W. Lezberg Bjorn Liencres Daniel Limerick Mark D. Lingenfelter Linkletter Family Lisa A. Linsky, Esq. Rosalind Lippel* Stuart Lippner in memory of Roberta Romano Helen R. Litt, The Litt Family Foundation in memory of Robert de Michiel Kris Lockley Mindy Loiselle & Lanny Levenson Ann & Bruce Loeb David & Angelica Longo John T Love & Jeni Love Arwen Lowbridge & Michael Lane Frank E. Lucente in memory of Stephen Saikin Donna & Larry Ludwig Steve Lukens Nancy Lukitsh Daniel Lundberg Steven F. Lutz Kevin R. Lyle & Renee Chatelain Kelly Lynch Mark & William Macatee Kelly McCormick & Jonathan Blake Drew MacDonald

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Patrick Mahoney & C. Martin Hicks Maidstone Productions in memory of Ted Tulchin Mains Family Foundation Scott Mallalieu & Nat Fuchs Brian Maly Barbara Brooke Manning Jesse Manocherian Judith Manocherian Barbara & Larry Margolis Family Charles & Diane Marino Thomas Marino Barbara Marshall Marshall Family Charitable Foundation Fred Mason Jane & G. Dennis Mason John & Michelle Matteson* Scott & Harriet Mauro Stephanie Mayne Max and Bella Stein Charitable Trust Heather McAdam Elizabeth I. McCann Mary Beth & Dave McDonough in memory of Eileen Deehan Eric McGahhey Kevin B. McGowan John & Connie McGuire James McKenzie Lisa Medero David Mednikov Christopher & Michael Mele-Wagner Meltsner Strategies Kim Memeger Janis & Alan Menken Neil Meron Michael Halebian & Co. Inc. Michael J. Zamkow & Sue E. Berman Charitable Foundation Deborah Miesel Nancy Milasnovich Sympson Cassandra M. Milbury in honor of E. Van Milbury Barry Miller Gail Miller in celebration of Sophia Smith Richard Miller & Roberto Konishi David Miner Jonathan Mintzer

Brian Stokes Mitchell & Allyson Tucker in honor of Tom Viola, Paul Libin & Phil Birsh Eric Mogilnicki & Peggy Dotzel Kathleen Moloney Mary Ann Moore Rex Morgan Sharon Moriarty Marcia L. Morris Elizabeth Morton in memory of Elizabeth Wilson Adele Mouzon & Mark Perry Scott & Holley Mosley Janissa Muller Sandy Mulligan Nao Murakami Murray Family Foundation Stacey & Joshua Nadell Kes & Laura Narbutas Nelco Foundation Linda & Stuart Nelson Ruth Nerken Maury Newburger Joshua Newsom No Guarantees Albert Nocciolino Sandy & Ellen Nusbaum David O'Brien Greg Ohanesian & Judy McLaughlin Brian Ogilvie Janice Oresman Jim Ornstein Ron D. Painter Joseph J. Palermo & Justin W. Sherwood Gabrielle & Michael Palitz Todd Palmer Tim & Diane Parks Philip Paroian Richard Patt The Paul & Emily Singer Family Foundation Stavros Pavlakis & Alison Fraser Ralph L. Pellecchio & James C. Wernz, M.D. Jeff Perlis Christina Peronto Greg & Tracey Petersen Timothy & Suzanne Peterson The Pietenpols Theresa & Pete Piliero

Sandra Piller PM LaMay Family Trust Tracy Poole & Kevin Ciotta David Porter Charles Potts & Barron Segar Arabella S. Powell in memory of Darius Barnes Melody A. Powell in honor of John Michael Schott Belinda Presser Stephen R. Prest Paige Price & Nevin Steinberg Rolande Prince Sarah Prinsloo & Dean Rosow Jordan & Rami Raff Christopher Ranous Andrea & Dennis Ratner Jessy Reaves Gary Reback Susan Cohen Rebell Dr. Eric Reiner* Norman & Sandy Reisman in loving memory of Artie Gaffin Teresa Reyes & Martin Monas* Michelle & Dyson Richards David Rimple & Paul Teixeira* Michael Risinger Rita & Jeffrey Adler Family Foundation Dominic Roberts & Stephanie Martignetti Roberts Anne & Thomas Robinson Jonathan Rock & Patrick DelaCruz Nancy & Paul Rodriguez Susan Rodriguez & Charles Lowrey Larry Rogowsky Lispet N. Roland Pamella Roland Matt Romansky & Emily Greenstein David Romero & David Greiss Sally Root Rick Rosemarin Samuel W. Rosenblatt Ryan A. Ross & Steven Ross Bert & Mary Rouleau Randolph & Diane Rowe Gary Rozynek Phil & Dawn Rudolph Michael Ruppal & Jim Roth Barry A. Russell PhD in honor of Jason Opsahl

Ron Rydarowicz & Bill Figner TJ Saad Wynn J. Salisch Rina L. Saltzman Calvin Sanchez in memory of Nick Cordero Polly Weintz Sanna Nina F. Sax, MD Linda Scenna Sarah Schaettle Joseph Schaller Susan & Stephen Scherr in honor of Ellen Greenwald Valeria & William Schiemann Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman S. Fred Schiffman Steven J. Schimmel Leah Schloss Joe & Barbara Schmidt Steven Schnepp & Mark Basile in memory of Paul Penfield & John Heppenstall Michael Schober & Don Harrison Allison Schultz Jeanne Schultz John E Schumacher in honor of Joan Johns Schumacher Laurie & Owen Schwartz Lisa Dawn & Joe Schwarz Jennifer Scott Paul & Kate Seavey Katie & Jim Sebastian John Eric Sebesta & William Tomai Richard Seer & Doug Wallingford Debra & Michael Segal Paul Segal Heidi Seizinger Seniel Ostrow Foundation, Sara, Samantha Widzer & Family Lee Seymour Desta & Roland Shaw Eric Shearin Erika Sheehan Lisa Sheldon Kenneth G. Shelley Mary & Bennett Shuldman/ Music Benefiting Students Inc. Richard Siegmeister Silva Theatrical Group Dan Silver & Doug Martino

Harrison Simmons Epstein Nancy L. Simon Ed Simonelli & Hernando Cortez Jr* Charles & Pat Haynes Sislen Joann Skorupski Cathy & Bob Smith Clark Smith John Smith & Edward Escoto Michael Smith Peggy & Stan Smith in honor of Steve Friedman James K. Sokol Talya Sokoll Nick & Barrie Somers Jeff Soref & Paul Lombardi Jai Srinivasan The Stanton Family Start It! Foundation Andrew W. Stern Sandra Stern Eric Stine Karl Stine Mr. & Mrs. Bill Stone David Strassler Meryl Streep & Don Gummer Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation in memory of Mr. Vincent Virda Veena Sud Stephen L. Sweet Ronald J. Szabo Christopher Taggart & Tim Roberts Rod Tailford & Mark Flickinger Peter M. Taub Mr. & Mrs. Greg Taubeneck John Taylor Josh Taylor & Joseph Grossmann Paul & Frances Taylor Hal Tepfer & Stacie Simon Marc Tetro Stephen Thayer & Howard Terry John Henry Thomas III Neal Thomas Bobby Conte Thornton, Lisa Conte & Napo Teresa Throenle-Somaini Dwight Tierney & Dina Nathanson Natalie Tierney Aaron Tievsky

Henry Tisch Scot Titelbaum in honor of Dr. Oz Show Supervising Producers Keith S. Tobin, M.D. Stacey Tobin Lila & George Todd Tracy & Lainey Todd Laura & Stephen Toma Jennifer Trepeck in honor of Sue Gilad John Truran & Gregory Naranjo Scott Trzaskawka Paul & Frances Turner Bob Tuschman Mark Tynan David Umbach Jo Vanderbeek Lora J. & Richard L. Van Velsor Verna Vanis Greg Vargas & Daniel Crisafulli Dr. Anthony F. Verdi & Mr. Mark A. Mainville Marcie Vort Lucy R. Waletzky, MD Allen Walker Patricia Walmer Bethe Ward Steven Warheit & Jean Christensen Timothy Warmath & Edward Comber* Dr. Robert Warner in honor of Eli Faber Marcia Weber & James Flaws Arthur E. Webster, Esq. Sandra Wegman Marjorie Weinman Ira M. Weitzman Linda Wellendorf Dave Wells & Marty Tatman John Weltman & Cliff Atkins in honor of David Kuehn & Tedi Marsh Lucille Werlinich Carol & Tom Wheeler Nancy A. Wheeler Gina White in honor of James Davis Kat White Todd M. Whitley & Gary O. Holder* in loving memory of Robert LuPone

Danny Whitman & Robert Bartley in memory of Francine Whitman Lois Whitman Channing Wickham Charlotte Wilcox in remembrance of Gary Gunas Jay Wiley Miles Wilkin in memory of Stuart Thompson Janice Willett Lisa Williamson Michael Wilson & Gus Studio Media Production Sariah Wilson Skye Wilson Anna Winer Alison Wintman in honor of Sherri Goldberg Jacqueline Wladis Dr. & Mrs. Thomas & Barbara Wright Supriya Wronkiewicz Ted Wu John Wuertz & Abzal Ayubeally Lori A. Yaspan Ronald & Geri Yonover Llewellyn Young & Terence Law* Jean M. Zajac Ed Zakreski Sonni Zambino in memory of Panchali & Scott Alan Zarky & Helen Halpert David Ziff & Alan Bell Christian Zimmermann* in loving memory of my beloved husband Richard M. Kielar Alan Zucker Zufall Family Foundation* Elliot Zulver & Sally Gold Felice Zwas Anonymous (33) *indicates members of the DRA Angels Circle **indicates members of the Broadway Cares and DRA Angels Circle As of March 28, 2023

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NextGen Network The NextGen Network is a group of young professionals committed to providing a sustainable foundation for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. For more information about the benefits of the NextGen Network, please contact Jack Noseworthy, individual giving officer, at noseworthy@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 281.

Angel

Leader

($1,000 and above)

($500 - $999)

Matthew Amsterdam Megan P. Fitzgerald Justin Gleiberman Binan Gu Chris Guimarin* Abigail Kertzman David Iwanowski Nathan Noh* Sally Root Megan Savage Lee Seymour Michael Smith* Talya Sokoll Henry Tisch Jacqueline Wladis* Scott Wilcox*

Tom Blushi Sam Brahms Toby Donoghue Ben Fisher Adriana Nocco Aaron Sanko Emma Scully

Torchbearer ($250 - $499)

Elizabeth Bedley Lisa Cecchini Lilly Claar Allison Curran & Michael Hilkin Matthew D’Arrigo Alex Hare Ben Houghton

Michael Hull Zachary Laks Jeremy Lentz Phil Makara Sophia Maoli Stephanie McCabe David Mednikov Max Needle Francesca M. Romeo Jelani Remy* Jake Romanoski Ally Rome Pradeep Sharma Regina Stuzin* Victoria Ungvarsky Madison Wheeler *indicates NextGen Advocate As of March 28, 2023

Your Legacy Begins Today When you add Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to your will or estate plan, The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation will, in memory of Diana King, contribute 10% of the total amount you plan to leave to Broadway Cares. Thanks to this generous $250,000 challenge match, you can provide lifesaving care today by making a legacy gift for the future.

To learn more about the Broadway Cares Bequest Challenge please contact Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer Nick Mayo at mayo@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 262.

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5 Questions The success of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS comes not only from those making personal donations of financial contributions, but also those who so graciously offer their time and talents to make a difference. We asked three of those shining lights to share their stories.

How did you first get involved with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS? AFRA HINES: I first got involved with Broadway

What is your favorite memory of making a difference through Broadway Cares?

AFRA: I was able to personally raise over $10,000 a few years ago during Broadway Bares. It was a huge effort, but so worth it, and that's something I am hugely proud of. I am always so moved by the amount of people who come together for Broadway Bares to donate their time and energy to make a difference in the lives of so many.

GLEN: The many personal stories of those who've dropped a few bills in the Red Buckets or just stopped by to share their stories. Many have shared that a friend or a loved one has benefited from the resources supported through Broadway Cares.

Cares/Equity Fights AIDS during my time at In the Heights. We, as a cast, were very invested in the mission. I remember Red Bucket collecting, getting together to perform “Un Dia Mas” at the Easter Bonnet Competition and JUSTIN: I really loved being the production stage performing in Broadway Bares. I also remember manager of Broadway Backwards the first few years that the event became partnered with hearing firsthand how Broadway Cares had personally enriched the lives of my castmates. It Broadway Cares, but the times that I have had the opportunity to be on the National Grants really made an impact on me.

Committee and being a part of the grant-giving GLEN BRIGGS-HAYLER: My first time volunteering process gave me a really rewarding insight into the was for the Red Bucket Brigade 13 years ago. I mammoth impact of our fundraising efforts. could immediately feel the impact of my time. I felt the comradery of volunteering next to other theater fans, colleagues and Broadway Cares As a member of the theater community, why staff, as well as the generosity of theatergoers. is it important to you to give back?

From there I have joined the volunteer crew for AFRA: Because, as Muhammad Ali said, the service the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction you do for others is the rent you pay for your and Broadway Bares and will say yes to any ask room here on Earth. for my time to help this great organization.

JUSTIN SCRIBNER: I have been a stage manager on GLEN: I've found my home in the theater Broadway for over 20 years and I absolutely love community, both in my work life and in my participating in all aspects of Broadway Cares' personal life. My days are spent managing tickets and many of my evenings are spent holding a Red fundraising efforts.

Bucket or seeing a show. Theater has filled me with love and joy and I hope to pass that on even if it's in a small way.

What motivates you to work with Broadway Cares?

JUSTIN: I feel so fortunate to have a career that I

AFRA: Community! I love my theater community. No matter where we are in the country, or world, we are one theater community. We are empathic, kind and hardworking. We look out for each other.

GLEN: The great need for good in this country and around the world. The impact of making a difference together.

JUSTIN: I am so inspired by the community

Afra Hines

Actor in Bob Fosse's Dancin’

Glen Briggs-Hayler Broadway Cares volunteer

love and telling meaningful stories that offer a healing catharsis for both audiences and artists, but it is imperative to me to find ways to offer healing and support outside of our art form and help each other and the broader community.

Describe Broadway Cares in three words.

AFRA: Community for good.

GLEN: Together making a difference (OK, that’s and creative collaboration that goes into the four!). event planning, producing, fundraising and grant-giving. We want to support one another JUSTIN: Theater community cornerstone. with all of our big talents and hearts and Broadway Cares makes it easy to be a part of the change we wish to see.

Justin Scribner Production Stage Manager at Parade

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