Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the
seventh annual BROADWAY BARKS!, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon
benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. The event,
produced by Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS and sponsored by Animal Planet,
Dogsters, The New York Times, Loews Hotels, and Sherpa, will take place on
Saturday, July 30 in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets,
between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.;
celebrity presentations of pets from citywide animal shelters will take
place between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. (In the event of rain, BROADWAY BARKS 7!
will be rescheduled for Sunday, July 31 at 12 noon.)
Many of today’s hottest Broadway stars will join Moore and Peters for this
special benefit, presenting the animals for adoption. Celebrity presenters
include Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza); Chris McDonald
(Chicago), Rue McClanahan (Wicked);
Maureen McGovern (Little Women); Denis O’Hare (Sweet Charity);
Brad Oscar (The Producers); David Hyde Pierce, Michael McGrath and Christopher Sieber
(Spamalot); Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara (Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels); Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin (Fiddler on the Roof);
Erin Dilly, Marc Kudisch, and Jan Maxwell (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang);
Mireille Enos, David Harbour, and Bill Irwin (Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?); Billy Crudup, Jeff Goldblum, and Madeline Martin (The
Pillowman); Cheyenne Jackson and Alix Korey (All Shook Up); Ryan
Duncan (Altar Boyz); Delta Burke, Ginifer King, Christine Ebersole, Marsha Mason
and Frances Sternhagen (Steel Magnolias); Jesse Tyler Ferguson (25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee); John Glover, Michelle Pawk and Ron Rifkin (The Paris Letter);
Michael Mulheren (La Cage Aux Folles); Jeffrey Tambor (Glengarry
Glen Ross); Shuler Hensley (The Great American Trailer Park Musical);
Bruce Vilanch (Hairspray) and Crystal Hunt from the popular CBS-TV daytime drama "Guiding Light".
Back by "pawpular" demand, BROADWAY BARKS 7! will help
many of New York City’s shelter animals find permanent homes by informing
New Yorkers about the plight of the thousands of "homeless" dogs and cats in
the metropolitan area. Last year’s BROADWAY BARKS! attracted an audience of
more than 6,000 theater fans, pet owners, and animal lovers, and featured
the participation of more than 24 animal shelters from the New York City
area.
"Mary and I are delighted that BROADWAY BARKS! continues to be such a
popular event, and we are deeply moved by the enthusiasm and support from
the legions of fans and animal lovers who attend the event every year," says
Peters, who adopted her dogs, Kramer and Stella, from the ASPCA and AC&C.
Moore adds, "We are especially pleased to report that the euthanasia rate in
New York has dropped 26 percent since 2003. That’s a very encouraging
statistic. It means that people are rescuing thousands of New York City area
dogs and cats each year by spaying and neutering or by adopting pets through
shelters participating in events such as BROADWAY BARKS!"
BROADWAY BARKS 7! will feature a sampling of potential pets from several New
York City animal shelters and adoption agencies, including A Cause for Paws,
AC&C, Adopt A Boxer Rescue, Animal Haven, ASPCA, BARC Shelter, Bide-A-Wee,
Bobby and the Strays, City Critters, The Humane Society of New York, Husky
House, JRTCA Russell Rescue, Kitty Kind, Long Island Greyhound Transfer,
Loving Touch, Manhattan Valley Cat Rescue, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue,
Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, Pet-I-Care, PLUTO Rescue, Siamese
Rescue, SICAW, Stray From the Heart, and The Tigger Foundation.
Representatives from these organizations will be on hand to offer
educational information on spaying and neutering.
BROADWAY BARKS 7! will also feature an auction of celebrity-autographed
memorabilia. Additional auction merchandise will be available via the
Internet by logging on to
www.eBay.com and using the key words
Broadway Barks. Proceeds from the auction and other donations received
during the day will benefit the shelters and organizations attending
BROADWAY BARKS 7!
For more information about BROADWAY BARKS 7!, call (212) 840-0770, extension
477,
WWW.BROADWAYBARKS.COM.
