Shop Til You Drop at the 23rd Annual Broadway Flea Market
The 23rd annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction kicks off at 10AM on West 45th Street and runs until 7PM.
Fans will have a chance to meet a slew of Broadway favorites, as well as purchase exclusive autographed memorabilia, win opening night tickets to nearly a dozen new shows and bid on items in the annual auction. All proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Celebrities scheduled to appear at the Celebrity Autograph Table and Photo Booth in exchange for donations to BC/EFA include: Sebastian Arcelus (Jersey Boys), Elizabeth Ashley (August: Osage County), Bryan Batt (Mad Men), P.J. Benjamin (Wicked), Susan Blackwell ([title of show]), Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5), Danny Burstein (South Pacific), Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story), Kathleen Chalfant, Will Chase (Billy Elliot: The Musical), Alex Cole (As the World Turns), Ewa da Cruz (As the World Turns), Jason Danieley (Curtains), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime), Diana DeGarmo (The Toxic Avenger), Bonnie Dennison (Guiding Light), Ellen Dolan (As the World Turns), Marj Dusay (Guiding Light), Bobbie Eakes (All My Children), Tovah Feldshuh (Irena’s Vow), Harvey Fierstein, John Glover (The Royal Family), Montego Glover (Memphis), Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening), Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot: The Musical), Van Hansis (As the World Turns), Rosemary Harris (The Royal Family) and Jessica Hecht (Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound).
Also on tap at the autograph table: Dana Ivey, Judith Ivey, Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot: The Musical), Chad Kimball (Memphis), Beth Leavel (Mamma Mia!), Jessica Leccia (Guiding Light), Priscilla Lopez (In the Heights), Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins), David Andrew MacDonald (The Guiding Light), Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages), Marin Mazzie (Spamalot), Cady McClain (As the World Turns), Debra Monk (Curtains), Javier Munoz (In the Heights), Robert Newman (Guiding Light), Dominic Nolfi (Jersey Boys), Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Karen Olivo (West Side Story), Steven Pasquale (Reasons to be Pretty), Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, Julie Pinson (As the World Turns), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Vanessa Ray (As the World Turns), Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Chita Rivera, Mo Rocca (The Daily Show), Thomas Sadoski (Reasons to be Pretty), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific), Marian Seldes, Marnie Schulenburg (As the World Turns), Carole Shelley (Billy Elliot: The Musical), Christopher Sieber (Shrek the Musical), J. Robert Spencer (Next to Normal), Chrishell Stause (All My Children), Robin Strasser (One Life to Live), Bobby Steggert (Ragtime) and Caitlin Van Zandt (Guiding Light).
This year’s Grand Auction, considered the centerpiece of the Flea Market event, will feature items such as a walk-on role in Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Chicago; opening night tickets to new productions including The Addams Family, Wishful Drinking, Fela, Ragtime and more; VIP tickets to tapings of TV’s Saturday Night Live and The Colbert Report; the jeans worn by Daniel Radcliffe onstage in last season’s Equus; the mask worn by Broadway’s longest running Phantom, Howard McGillin, in his final performance; Gwen Verdon’s top hat from Chicago; and the shirt and tie worn by Tony Award winner Mark Rylance during his acclaimed run in Boeing-Boeing.
