Broadway Cares Begins Spring Red Buckets Fundraising Campaign March 13

Every donation dropped into a Red Bucket helps provide essential support for people facing illness, hunger and financial hardship.

March 13, 2026 By Meg Masseron

Broadway Cares’ Red Buckets fundraising campaign returns to theaters March 13, held by dedicated cast members and volunteers at Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national touring productions across the country. With the launch of Broadway Cares’ annual Spring Fundraising Competition, artists and audiences once again join forces to turn curtain calls into moments of generosity and impact.

Through April 26, every donation dropped into a Red Bucket helps provide essential support for people facing illness, hunger, and financial hardship. Just $10 in a bucket covers the cost of an HIV test at a health clinic, and a $100 donation for a signed poster or Playbill provides two weeks of nutritious meals for families in need this spring and beyond.

In addition to the usual offerings of show props, signed posters, and more, Plato Seto, stage manager at Maybe Happy Ending, has designed a series of collectible theatre trading cards—CurtainCards—for Broadway Cares' spring fundraising efforts. Originally designed as a Maybe Happy Ending series of cards that were sold at last fall's annual Broadway Flea Market, the collection has now been expanded to include card series for & Juliet and Oh, Mary! The cards will exclusively be available for purchase at theatres of their respective shows following post-show curtain call fundraising announcements.

Broadway shows scheduled to begin Red Buckets fundraising this weekend are The Book of Mormon, Buena Vista Social Club, Chess, Just in Time, The Lion King, Maybe Happy Ending, Oh, Mary!, The Outsiders, and Ragtime, as well as Off-Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Joining next week are & Juliet, Aladdin, Death Becomes Her, Every Brilliant Thing, Hadestown, Hamilton, MJ, Operation Mincemeat, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and Wicked; and Off-Broadway’s Heathers.

Additionally, the national tours of & Juliet, Beauty and the Beast, Hamilton, Hell's Kitchen, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Notebook, The Outsiders, The Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, Suffs, Wicked, and The Wiz are launching into spring fundraising over the next week.