Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has announced that its multi-week fall fundraising will begin on Oct. 24 and continue through Dec. 7. The philanthropic efforts will culminate in the annual Red Bucket Follies. The 2025 iteration of the Follies will take place on Dec. 8 at 4:30 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre. The Red Bucket Follies comprises original songs, skits and dances written and performed by company members of current Broadway shows.
Broadway productions set to participate in post-performance fundraising (beginning either this weekend or the following week) include “& Juliet,” “Aladdin,” “Art,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Hadestown,” “Hamilton,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Maybe Happy Ending,” “MJ,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Oh, Mary!,” “Operation Mincemeat,” “The Book of Mormon,” “The Great Gatsby,” “The Lion King,” “The Outsiders,” “SIX,” “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” “Waiting for Godot” and “Wicked.”
Several Off-Broadway productions are slated to participate as well, including “Heathers,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Play That Goes Wrong.”
Fundraising will also take place across the country, as the national tours of “A Beautiful Noise,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Hamilton,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “SIX,” “Some Like it Hot,” “The Notebook,” “The Sound of Music” and “Wicked.”
Additional participating shows will be announced.
“The need has never been greater, and neither has my gratitude for our theater community, its audiences and our dedicated volunteers,” said Broadway Cares executive director Danny Whitman in a statement. “At a time when funding cuts are threatening vital programs and services, the Broadway community continues to rise to the occasion with extraordinary generosity. Time and again, this community reminds us what compassion in action looks like, transforming every dollar dropped in a Red Bucket into meals, medication and life-affirming care for those who need them most.”
Since its inception in 1989, the 33 editions of the Red Bucket Follies have raised $104 million to benefit Broadway Cares. The 2024 edition raised $5.3 million for the nonprofit.
