The Broadway Community Gives Back

Backstage: That charity, volunteerism, and activism are principles embedded deep in the theater community is no coincidence. “Actors [and entertainment professionals] are extraordinarily creative and expressive people,” Tom Viola, executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, told Backstage. “There’s a lot of sharing of emotion, a lot of understanding of emotion, and when you see people in positions of pain and hurt and need, I think those kind of people who are in touch with emotions want to respond.”