Every year, teddies bear-ing the likenesses of Broadway characters are auctioned off to the highest bidder to raise funds for the charity. Often, the bears are signed by the actors who originated the roles. Here is another batch of Broadway Bears.
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Below: Mr. Bojangles from Fosse, signed by Ann Reinking; Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, signed by Laura Bell Bundy; Galadriel from the West End production of The Lord of the Rings, signed by Laura Michelle Kelly, Rob Howell and Matthew Warchus.