Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway Highlights

Theater’s beloved names and brightest stars joined a sold-out audience in honoring Broadway’s most fantastical anniversary at Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway. The sparkling silver anniversary event on November 4, 2019, raised an astounding $570,426 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway, presented at the New Amsterdam Theatre, featured a cast of 79 performers and a 15-piece onstage orchestra. The show opened with a joyous traditional South African welcome blessing led by The Lion King cast members and closed with a roof-raising rendition of “Let It Go” from Frozen performed by the evening’s entire cast. Broadway’s original Mary Poppins Ashley Brown shared with the audience that since Disney on Broadway launched in 1993 with Beauty and the Beast, its 10 hit Broadway and national touring shows have raised more than $18 million for Broadway Cares. Whoopi Goldberg ushered in the evening after the percussive openin