News29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Held TodayThe 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, the free outdoor event that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is held Sept. 27 in and around Shubert Alley. The day-long fundraiser begins at 10 AM and continues through 7 PM.
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Andrew Gans
September 27, 2015
More than 70 tables full of Broadway memorabilia, collectible Playbills and one-of-a-kind gems line West 44th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Among the shows scheduled to be represented at tables are Aladdin, Allegiance, An American in Paris, Avenue Q, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, The Book of Mormon, China Doll, Fiddler on the Roof, Fun Home, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Hamilton, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Matilda The Musical, Newsies, On the Town, The Phantom of the Opera, Something Rotten!, Sylvia and Wicked.
The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction will take over the pedestrian plaza along Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets while lining West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues and filling the Flea Market’s original home in Shubert Alley. Dozens of items are available throughout the day at the Grand Auction’s silent and live auctions.
Bryan Batt and Lorna Kelly host the live auction. Actors Stephen Wallem and Kirsten Wyatt co-host the silent auction.
Among the items being auctioned: lunch with Chita Rivera; ballet slippers autographed by Sarah Brightman; a Phantom of the Opera mask signed by original Phantom Michael Crawford; a dance bag signed by Gwen Verdon; walk-ons in Jersey Boys, Beautiful, Kinky Boots, Lion King and others; opening-night tickets and cast party passes to Allegiance, On Your Feet!, Misery, Fiddler on the Roof, School of Rock and more. See the complete list here.
Broadway shows represented at the Autograph Table and Photo Booth include Allegiance, Amazing Grace, An American in Paris, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, The Book of Mormon, Dames at Sea, Fiddler on the Roof, Finding Neverland, Fun Home, Hand to God, Jersey Boys, The King and I, Kinky Boots, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Spring Awakening, Sylvia and Tuck Everlasting.
Last year, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $713,986, bringing the event's 28-year total to more than $11 million.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 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 BC/EFA has raised more than $250 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.