A host of theatre favorites will meet fans at the Autograph Table and Photo Booth, as part of the September 21 Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction in the New York City theatre district.
Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, the annual fundraiser will begin at 10 AM and continue through 7 PM with the live auction starting at 5 PM.
The Autograph Table, hosted by Dionne Figgins (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical), will feature a new group of performers every hour between 11 AM and 2 PM on the deck of Junior’s on West 45th Street at Shubert Alley.
Currently scheduled to greet fans are Jenna Bainbridge (Wicked), Scott Bakula (The Baker’s Wife), Dan Berry (The Outsiders), Tony nominee Kerry Butler (Heathers), Christian Douglas (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Kurt Elling (Hadestown), Drew Gehling (& Juliet), Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat), Olivia Elease Hardy (Heathers), Gianna Harris (& Juliet), Jenn Harris (Oh, Mary!), Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day), Tony nominee Grey Henson (Elf), Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King), Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (& Juliet), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Titanique), Lencia Kebede (Wicked), John Krause (Hadestown), McKenzie Kurtz (Heathers), Tony nominee Sky Lakota-Lynch (The Outsiders), Beth Leavel (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends), Jordan Litz (Wicked), Alison Luff (& Juliet), Tony winner Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat), Ryan McCartan (The Great Gatsby), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton), Michele Pawk (Wicked), Emma Pittman (The Outsiders), Daniel Quadrino (Wicked), Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her), Paulo Szot (Hadestown), L. Steven Taylor (The Lion King), Elizabeth Teeter (Heathers), Allie Trimm (Wicked), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Marisha Wallace (Cabaret), and Grammy winner Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her). Additional guests will be announced shortly; appearances are subject to change. Visit BroadwayCares.org/AutographTable for the current schedule.
Those unable to attend in person can still be part of the fundraising with FleaBay, Broadway Cares’ Broadway Flea Market–inspired eBay store, at BroadwayCares.org/FleaBay, which will open for business September 15 and continue through September 21.
Broadway show tables just added to the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction include Beetlejuice, Cabaret, Mamma Mia!, and Oh, Mary!, joining the previously announced & Juliet, Aladdin, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Gypsy, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell’s Kitchen, Just in Time, The Lion King, Little Shop of Horrors, Maybe Happy Ending, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Operation Mincemeat, The Outsiders, Six, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and Wicked. A Curtain Call table will host mementos from shows that recently ended their runs, including Redwood, Sunset Blvd., Titanique, and more. More than 100 items and experiences have alsobeen added to early online bidding for the silent auction and the grand live auction. Visit Broadwaycares.org/Auctions.
Last year’s Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised a record $1,421,675. Since 1987, the 38 editions of the event have raised $20.2 million.
Broadway Cares 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/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.