Tony winner Bernadette Peters and Grammy winner Gloria Estefan will co-host the 18th annual edition of Broadway Barks, the star-studded dog and cat adoption event to benefit New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies founded by Peters and Mary Tyler Moore.
The free event, produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will take place July 30 in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenues). The festivities begin at 3 PM when attendees can meet all the adoptable dogs and cats; celebrity presentations of adoptable pets will take place beginning at 5 PM and continue to 6:30 PM.
The afternoon will feature hundreds of adoptable animals from 27 animal rescue groups.
Celebrity participants already lending their support include the following: Bill Berloni (The Crucible), Reed Birney, Sierra Boggess, Sophia Anne Caruso, Allison Case, Michael Cerveris, Leanne Cope, Alma E. Cuervo, Drew Gehling, Rick Holmes, Jayne Houdyshell, Judy Kaye, Beth Malone, Willow McCarthy, Judy McLane, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bebe Neuwirth, Brad Oscar, Jill Paice, Gabriella Pizzolo, Emily Skeegs, Peter Scolari, Carrie St. Louis, Max von Essen, Aviva Winick, Amra-Faye Wright and jessica Keenan Wynn.
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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 $285 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
The free event, produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will take place July 30 in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenues). The festivities begin at 3 PM when attendees can meet all the adoptable dogs and cats; celebrity presentations of adoptable pets will take place beginning at 5 PM and continue to 6:30 PM.
The afternoon will feature hundreds of adoptable animals from 27 animal rescue groups.
Celebrity participants already lending their support include the following: Bill Berloni (The Crucible), Reed Birney, Sierra Boggess, Sophia Anne Caruso, Allison Case, Michael Cerveris, Leanne Cope, Alma E. Cuervo, Drew Gehling, Rick Holmes, Jayne Houdyshell, Judy Kaye, Beth Malone, Willow McCarthy, Judy McLane, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bebe Neuwirth, Brad Oscar, Jill Paice, Gabriella Pizzolo, Emily Skeegs, Peter Scolari, Carrie St. Louis, Max von Essen, Aviva Winick, Amra-Faye Wright and jessica Keenan Wynn.
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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 $285 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
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