Hang with Hugh Jackman & Idina Menzel! Land a B'way Role! Prizes & Guests Set for 2014 BC/EFA Flea Market
Want to hang with If/Then's Idina Menzel and The River's Hugh Jackman backstage? Want to BE on stage in shows like Beautiful, Kinky Boots, The Phantom of the Opera or Wicked? Well, get your auction paddle ready, because these are just some of the prizes that will be available at the Grand Auction at the 2014 Broadway Flea Market. The annual event, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will take place on September 21 in Times Square.
Other auction items will include VIP house seats and backstage visits, autographed show memorabilia, a collection of Barbra Streisand collectibles, a chance to dine with some of Broadway’s best, handwritten and signed musical phrases, as well as opening night tickets and party passes to upcoming opening nights.
The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction includes one-of-a-kind opportunities to own a part of theater history or to step into the footlights. Great White Way fans can search for unique showbiz treasures scattered over 60 tables, meet favorite cast members and bid on exclusive backstage experiences. The event will take place from 10 AM to 7 PM. Silent auction lots will be opened every half hour until 3:30 PM, and the live auction will begin at 5 PM.
The line-up of special guests for the autograph table and photo booth includes On the Town’s trio of sailors Clyde Alves, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Tony Yazbek, Wicked’s Jenni Barber, Charl Brown, Krystal Joy Brown and Bryan Terrell Clark of Motown, Cabaret’s Danny Burstein and Linda Emond, Kinky Boots trio Haven Burton, Billy Porter and Andy Kelso, Lesli Margherita and Christopher Sieber of Matilda, Rock of Ages duo Carrie St. Louis and Constantine Maroulis, Pippin stars Kyle Dean Massey, Charlotte d’Amboise and Rachel Bay Jones, Aladdin’s Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed, James Monroe Iglehart and Jonathan Freeman, Mamma Mia! Dynamos Judy McLane, Felicia Finley and Lauren Cohn as well as Alan Campbell and Neil Starkenberg, If/Then vlogger James Snyder, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Tony nominee Jarrod Spector, Ben Platt and Nic Rouleau of The Book of Mormon, Once lovers Jessie Fisher and Paul Nolan, Hedwig Tony winner Lena Hall, Pageant: The Musical’s John Bolton, Nikki M. James of Les Miserables, Disgraced’s Josh Radnor, Ann Harada of Cinderella, A Walk in the Woods’ Kathleen Chalfant, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time star Alex Sharp, as well as Sebastian Arcelus, Stephanie J. Block, Andy Karl, Orfeh, Kate Baldwin, Alice Ripley, Patrick Wilson, Boyd Gaines, David Hyde Pierce, Richard H. Blake, Telly Leung, Jeremy Kushnier and Alton Fitzgerald White.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Last year, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $631,222, bringing the event's 27-year total to more than $10.3 million.
