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26th ANNUAL
BROADWAY BARKS
The Star-Studded Animal Adoption Event
Hosted by
Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3rd |
SHUBERT ALLEY
Event
Begins: 3 pm | Celebrity Presentations: 5-6:30 pm
Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
New York,
NY: BROADWAY BARKS will
host their 26th Annual
animal adoption
event on Saturday,
August 3, 2024 in Broadway’s
iconic Shubert Alley. The
program begins at 3pm and celebrity presentations of
adoptable pets will take place between 5-6:30 pm. This
star-studded dog and cat adoption celebration will benefit
New York City area animal rescue groups. Multiple Tony Award
winners Bernadette
Peters (Barks
co-founder) and Sutton
Foster will
co-host the festivities. The event is produced by Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The afternoon
features celebrities of the Great White Way who use their
star power to help find loving homes for adoptable animals
from 26 participating rescue groups and shelters. Shubert
Alley is located between West 44th and 45th Streets, and
between Broadway and Eighth Avenues in the heart of New York
City’s Theater District.
The August 3rd event
is free and
open to the public. Celebrity participants to be announced.
Broadway
Barks Builds a Bridge across the Atlantic to London
Bernadette will
again be joined by Elaine
Paige as
they co-host WEST
END WOOFS (AND MEOWS) one
week later, on Saturday,
August 10th in London at St. Paul’s
Church, Covent Garden. This
will be the 2nd annual live event in London to further
provide homes to dogs and cats. WEST END WOOFS first started
during the pandemic in 2020.
About
Broadway Barks
Broadway
Barks co-founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters
in 1998 has become New York City’s premiere animal adoption
event. More than 2,000 cats and dogs have stolen Broadway’s
spotlight and the hearts of all who come to Broadway Barks.
Approximately 85% of these furry friends have successfully
found forever homes. For more information about Broadway
Barks please visit: broadwaybarks.org.
About
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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
theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights
AIDS has raised more than $300 million for essential
services for people affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other
critical illnesses across the United States. The support
helps provide lifesaving medication, healthy meals,
counseling and emergency assistance.
Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is
the largest single financial supporter of the social service
programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS
Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and
The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway
Cares also provides annual grants to more than 450 HIV/AIDS
and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto
Rico and Washington, D.C. For more information about
Broadway Cares, please visit: broadwaycares.org.
Follow Broadway Barks:
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/broadwaybarks
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Bernadette Peters:
Instagram: @OfficialBernadettePeters
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BernadettePeters
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Twitter): @OfficialBPeters
Follow Sutton
Foster:
Instagram: @SuttonLenore
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suttonlfoster
Follow Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS:
Instagram: @BCEFA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCEFA
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Twitter):@BCEFA
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