Broadway Bears IX Auction Features a Jersey Boys Bear Signed by Frankie Valli & John Lloyd Young
February 3rd, 2006Broadwayworld.com announced today that all sorts of bear stars will come out for Broadway Bears IX on February 12, 2006 at the B. B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street). Hosted by Bryan Batt (La Cage aux Folles, Beauty and the Beast), the evening will continue in the Broadway Bears tradition of auctioning off stuffed bears dressed as Broadway characters, with all proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). The event will begin with a private reception at 6 PM, general admission and display of the bears will follow at 7 PM, and the auction will kick off at 8PM.
The eighth Broadway Bears auction last year raised $116,817 for BC/EFA, with the Glinda bear raising the highest bid (the pink Wicked bear went for $6,000). This year’s cast of forty bears features autographed bears representing a multitude characters and actors from plays and musicals, including a Jersey Boys Frankie Valli bear, signed by John Lloyd Young and Valli himself.
Reservations may be made by calling BC/EFA at (212) 840-0770, extension 268.