Friday, October 01, 2021
BC/EFA's Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction Will Take Place This Sunday
www.broadwayworld.com: Attend Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction and you could walk home with a Tony Award, win a private chat with Patti LuPone and even watch Dear Evan Hansen's Will Roland lead the live auction. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the much-anticipated celebration will provide multiple ways to join in person and online this Sunday, October 3, 2021.
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I had never heard of this until now. This is a really interesting and generally good way of clearing out warehouses and shops of things that are no longer needed or wanted. It is not just throwing things in the trash which only contributes to waste and environmentally unfriendly practices. This also allows fans to feel closer to the shows and the stories that they love. What better way to give someone something to remember their favorite show than by selling them a prop or costume that otherwise would have been thrown away. This is not even to mention the fact that the proceedings are going to a noble cause such as AIDS care as well as broadway equity. This seems like a wonderful way for broadway to really give back to the community in ways more than monetarily. This seems almost like a broadway flea market only with the vendors being broadway stars and professionals.
This is a really cute idea. I love the notion of raising money while simultaneously finding a new purpose for things that may have been discarded (except for the Tony award being sold…I don't think that would go in the trash). I like the concept of selling merch like this too (for those who don't want to spend on the auction items), as the lines are often super long when you actually go see a show beforehand or during intermission. Also, reading about these items was actually really interesting. For example, I didn't even know the charcoal sketches Jake Gyllenhal drew onstage were complete enough to be sold (or maybe they're just being sold because it's him). I always hear about Broadway Cares hosting new fundraisers and always coming out successful. At my high school, there was a thespian officer primarily responsible for hosting events to raise money for BCEFA and students always got really into the cause.
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