Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA)'s Red Bucket Follies (formerly Gypsy of the Year) event took place this week. A total of $4,553,203 has been raised in 6 weeks to benefit the organization.

Merrily We Roll Along topped the list of Broadway musicals by raising a total of $631,932. On Tuesday Daniel was present to accept the Top Overall Fundraising award. There is a backstage video featuring Daniel right here.


source: broadwaycares.org
Photo: Facebook/Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Photographer Harry Borden uploaded a video talking about the photoshoot he had with Daniel back in 2007. It was for The Observer in promotion of Equus. Also features more photos.


Photo: YouTube/Harry Borden

It has just been announced that Merrily We Roll Along will host performances that will benefit The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) this Winter as part of their Benefit Performance program, Producer’s Picks.

The dates in 2024: Wednesday 31st January, Wednesday 7th February, Tuesday 13th February, Wednesday 21st February, 7 pm ET.

Producer's Picks tickets are donated by the producers of each show, so ticket buyers’ entire purchase goes to support the Entertainment Community Fund's programs and services. As the industry continues to recover post-pandemic. For more information and for tickets visit entertainmentcommunity.org/events.

source: entertainmentcommunity.org

The original Merrily We Roll Along cast members from 42 years ago have met the current cast. Back in 1981 the musical debuted on Broadway. On that day they also auctioned off a shirt signed by both the old and new cast members to raise funds for BC/EFA (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) as part of the earlier announced Red Bucket Follies fundraising. It was sold for $15,000. Video below.

Update: 4th December 2023. More photos on Facebook by Andy Henderson. This one and another group photo.



Photo: Facebook/Liz Callaway

"Weird Al" Yankovic has visited Merrily We Roll Along and shared the following photo on Instagram. ICYMI: Daniel plays Al Yankovic in his biopic WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story.

Just caught @merrilyonbway - what a terrific show! The entire cast was amazing, especially this talented young newcomer (whose name escapes me). Keep your eye on this kid, he’s going places!

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert shared the following Instagram posts (recorded when Lindsay Mendez, Daniel and Jonathan Groff visited the show back in October for Merrily We Roll Along).

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The Sky UK premiere of David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived the documentary, produced in association with HBO, took place on 16th November. A Q&A took place with executive producer Daniel, David Holmes himself and director Dan Hartley. Daniel joined from New York via Zoom. There are quotes via express.co.uk and variety.com.

Daniel:

“I had always wanted to do something about Dave because I wanted to share him with the world for the person that he is. And Dave’s natural humility meant that he was kind of unsure about that for a while — he wanted to make something broader about stunts in general. But eventually, I sort of convinced him that he should be front and center of it,”

 Some Harry Potter co-stars attended the event.

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Sky has not released any footage online but there is some on X.

Inspiring film about a friendship between Daniel Radcliffe and his stunt double, David Holmes on the Harry Potter films. Well done to @roguedanhartley on directing such a beautiful documentary. Go watch it on @SkyUK pic.twitter.com/8OLFZblA03

— Leila Makki (@LeilaMakki) November 17, 2023

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