Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the philanthropic heart of Broadway, is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other debilitating illnesses across the United States. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance. Our federal ID number is 13-345-8820.www.broadwaycares.org
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Nov 6, 2026
John HillHOST
Yeah.
John HillHOST
$30 well spent to donate to Broadway Cares on 45 Days.
John HillHOST
Yes.
Andy CohenHOST
That's all for this week's edition of Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries podcast.
Tim SmithGUEST
it's brilliant.
Tim SmithGUEST
And the Gypsies, you know, and Broadway Cares and...
Tim SmithGUEST
the the money which is raised yes exactly you know broadway barks and the stars that are behind it and it's fun when stars come in and do plays and they're part of the community for a while yeah they get to see and feel that and it's amazing they see it and they feel it and it's changes their life they've been on movies and have oscars and when they go to broadway they're and do a play or a musical, they, they are a child.
Tim SmithGUEST
Right.
Matt PalmerHOST
30 years does feel like a long time.
Matt PalmerHOST
It held a special Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS benefit show at the Richard Rogers Theater.
Matt PalmerHOST
Most of the original Broadway cast performed along with many of other alumni who performed in Rent during its 12-year run on Broadway.
Matt PalmerHOST
When the show closed in 08 with 5,123 performances, it was the seventh longest running show on Broadway history and grossed over $280 million.
Jay Armstrong JohnsonGUEST
So we did it 11 years ago at 54 Below and had such a blast and so we did it again the next year and then we did it again the following year and added some staging and went to a different venue.
Jay Armstrong JohnsonGUEST
We just kept doing it and kept showing up and it kept growing bigger and bigger and it became a fundraising event for Broadway Cares in 2020, and now it's a fundraising event for the Ali Forney Center, and has been for the last three years, so it's just grown from this tiny little scrappy cabaret at 54 Below into this 300-person Halloween extravaganza, Broadway's biggest Halloween party, and I can't believe it.
ShoshanaHOST
Wow.
ShoshanaHOST
I'm getting emotional, honestly, thinking about it, because I remember it at Sony Hall and growing to Webster Hall.
ShoshanaHOST
Ooh, Gorgina.
ShoshanaHOST
And lastly, why did you choose the Ali Forney Center?
Jay Armstrong JohnsonGUEST
Ali Forney Center was a gift from Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS.
Jay Armstrong JohnsonGUEST
We did benefit Broadway Cares for a few years and when our show got to be big and they couldn't really take us on because they have so many other things that they do, they introduced us to the team at the Ali Forney Center and said, we think this show would be so great with this organization.
Nicole RaposoHOST
He was still performing in Rent until the 22nd, and still showing up for events that reflected both his Broadway life and his connection to NSYNC.
Nicole RaposoHOST
On the 11th, Joey attended the 14th annual Gypsy of the Year presentation at the Palace Theater, benefiting Broadway Cares slash Equity Fights AIDS.
Nicole RaposoHOST
It's a major event within the theater community, and it's a celebration of fundraising, performance, and overall camaraderie among Broadway companies.
Nicole RaposoHOST
Rent raised over $237,000 that year, one of the highest totals among all of the participating productions.
Ryan BaileyHOST
And it went to a great cause.
Ryan BaileyHOST
It benefited Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS.
Ryan BaileyHOST
And so Rebecca didn't hang for the whole production, but I did.
Ryan BaileyHOST
And it was a beautiful mess, you guys.
PattyHOST
Sure.
PottyMouthHOST
um game three as you said is tonight i'm going to be very distracted by broadway because uh there is going to be a anniversary production of rent and i think i mentioned this last last week the pottymouth household we are old-time rent heads we've been following rent and seen it multiple times in multiple places and every christmas eve we watch it at exactly 9 p.m eastern standard time and it's a streaming benefit that goes to of course Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, which is very appropriate.
PottyMouthHOST
And it's being matched by the Gates Foundation.
PottyMouthHOST
So I'm excited about that.
Chris HensleyGUEST
Right now that they had five packages, you know, they had we set a record on an Al Hirschfield piece of artwork.
Chris HensleyGUEST
You know, the last time it had sold this, this piece, there are only three of them was for Broadway Cares and it sold for $31,000 and we sold it at $36,000, you know, so that, that, that, you know, here's, here's how that happens, right? You build an incredible live auction lineup, unique package.
Chris HensleyGUEST
experiential things, bespoke packages that you can't, there's no retail value.
Chris HensleyGUEST
You can't go out and do them.
Eric MarcusHOST
The Queens of Welfare Island is a production of Making Gay History.
Eric MarcusHOST
It was made possible with generous support from the Lifejacket Theatre Company, the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Ty Ashford and Nicholas Jitkoff, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, Christopher Street Financial, the Marcus Family Foundation, Rick Hoffman, Bill Cucks, Robert Dodd, Maureen Bennett, Maria Lefkarides, Emily and David Tobin, Richard and Manette Marcus, the Calamus Foundation, and Christine, Brian, and Alex White, in addition to the many hundreds of other donors who make it possible to bring you this work.
Eric MarcusHOST
I'm Eric Marcus.
Eric MarcusHOST
Until next time.
Arthur AidalaHOST
But another favorite Broadway show, and I spoke about this last week, that Mario and I enjoy is the Broadway show Rent.
Arthur AidalaHOST
And last week we had the Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS leader Lance on the show.
Arthur AidalaHOST
And Mario and I... also signed up for the lottery to get tickets to go see Rent tonight at 8 o'clock.
Arthur AidalaHOST
We were disappointed, but there was a consolation prize, is that it's going to be streaming tonight.
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