Created in 1989, The Red Bucket Follies (originally named the Gypsy of the Year competition) has become a cherished annual celebration, with Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring productions showcasing their talent while fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Throughout the fundraising period, productions across the country collect donations after each performance, all in support of the non-profit organization.
BC/EFA has become one of the nation’s leading industry-based AIDS fundraising organizations, drawing upon the theatre industry and community to raise over $300 million. These donations support vulnerable populations in need of medication, meals, financial assistance, and more.
In honor of BC/EFA, look back at the past decade of The Red Bucket Follies with Hamilton, Newsies, and More.
Carol Channing, 2010
Fela! presentation, 2010
Kyle Beltran, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Javier Muñoz In The Heights, 2010
The Lion King, 2010
Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, and Sean Hayes, 2010
Krissie Fullerton
Colin Quinn, 2010
Lee Roy Reams, Carol Channing, and Tyne Daly, 2010
Rock of Ages, 2010
Molly Shannon, 2010
Billy Elliot, 2011
Danny Burstein and Beth Leavel, 2011
The cast of Chicago, 2011
The cast of Grease, 2011
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 2011
Hugh Jackman, Daniel Ratcliffe, and Bernadette Peters, 2011
Patrick Page and Jan Maxwell, 2011
Elaine Paige, 2011
Adam Riegler, 2011
Sister Act, 2011
Leslie Uggams and the cast of Anything Goes, 2011
Opening Number, 2012
Bring It On, 2012
Len Cariou and the cast of Mamma Mia!, 2012
Chicago, 2012
David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, and the cast of Curtains, 2012
The Lion King, 2012
Mary Poppins, 2012
Ricky Martin, Katie Holmes, and Chita Rivera, 2012
Newsies, 2012
Once, 2012
Opening Number, 2013
Klea Blackhurst and cast, 2013
Daniel Craig, 2013
Bahiyah Hibah, After Midnight, 2013
The cast of Avenue Q, 2013
Kinky Boots, 2013
National Touring productions, 2013
Pippin, 2013
The cast of Victor/Victoria, 2013
Cherry Jones, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellen, 2013
Aladdin, 2014
Bucket Brigade presentation, 2014
Cinderella, 2014
Michael C. Hall and Lena Hall, 2014
The Lion King, 2014
Mamma Mia! presentation, 2014
Motown, 2014
Seth Rudetsky, 2014
Andre De Shields, 2014
The Wiz, 2014
Hugh Jackman, Nathan Lane, and Judith Light, 2014
Wayne Brady, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Christopher Jackson, 2015
Andréa Burns, 2015
Jason Danieley, 2015
Finding Neverland, 2015
The cast of Fun Home, 2015
The King and I, 2015
James T. Lane and the cast of Chicago, 2015
L. Steven Taylor and the cast of The Lion King, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, 2015
Monica Simoes
Kyle Taylor Parker, Christopher Jackson, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Jen Perry, Wayne Brady, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2015
Christopher Sieber and Lesli Margherita, 2015
National Touring productions, 2015
Julie White, Michael Cerveris, and George Takei, 2015
The cast of The Color Purple, 2016
Cynthia Erivo, Jessie Mueller, and Javier Muñoz, 2016
Lora Lee Gayer, Robert Creighton, and Megan Sikora, 2016
The cast of Hamilton, 2016
Jersey Boys, 2016
Alix Korey and the cast of Fiddler On the Roof, 2016
Baayork Lee, Donna McKechnie, and Margo Sappington, 2016
Matthew Stocke
Judith Light, 2016
Monica Simoes
The Lion King, 2016
Jessie Mueller and the cast of Waitress, 2016
John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, 2016
Monica Simoes
Angel Reda and the cast of Chicago, 2016
School of Rock, 2016
Syndee Winters, Robin Macatangay, and Javier Muñoz, 2016
Cady Huffman and the cast of the Opening Number, 2017
Cats, 2017
The Chase Brock Experience, 2017
Come From Away, 2017
Monica Simoes
Charlotte d'Amboise, 2017
Evan Zimmerman
Hamilton, 2017
Monica Simoes
Chad Kimball, Caesar Samayoa, Sharon Wheatley, and Major Attaway, 2017
Javier Muñoz, 2017
Monica Simoes
Don Darryl Rivera and Lesli Margherita, 2017
Jeremy Shamos, Keegan-Michael Key, Amy Schumer, and Laura Benanti, 2017
Kinky Boots, 2018
Noma Dumezweni, 2018
Telly Leung, 2018
Michael Kushner
Offstage singers, 2018
Christine Pedi, 2018
Kate Rockwell and Ashley Park, 2018
Seth Rudetsky, 2018
Bruce Sabath, 2018
Christoper Sieber and Cherry Jones, 2018
Ryan Steele, 2018
Christian Borle, Daniel J. Watts, Adrienne Warren, and Jonathan Groff, 2019
Chicago, 2019
Dancers Responding to AIDS, 2019
Dear Evan Hansen, 2019
The cast of The Great Society, 2019
André De Shields, 2019
Ephraim Sykes, James Harkness, and Jawan M. Jackson, 2019
Aaron Tveit, Tam Mutu, Karen Olivo, and Sahr Ngaujah, 2019
Full Company, 2019
Allison Stock
