WICKED, THE GREAT GATSBY and More to Feature at Broadway Flea Market and Grand Sale; Early Bird Bidding Now Open

Early bidding begins today on dozens of unique treasures and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and the first table participants are revealed for this year’s Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, scheduled for Sunday, September 22, 2024.

The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, runs from 10am to 7pm in the heart of New York City’s Theater District, with the live auction beginning at 5pm.

Pre-bidding on extraordinary live and silent auction items is now open at broadwaycares.org/auctions. Among the multitude of unique treasures and exclusive experiences at #BroadwayFlea are handwritten and signed musical phrases, meet-and-greets with Broadway stars, show-used props, vintage signed collectibles, and autographed playbills and posters from current and classic Broadway favorites.

The online auction leads into the one-day silent auction in Shubert Alley and the live auction in Times Square.

The ultimate theatrical scavenger hunt continues along West 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Fans can explore tables filled with unique collectibles from Broadway shows and theater organizations.

Shows scheduled to host tables this year include Aladdin, Cabaret, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Hamilton, Hell’s Kitchen, Illinoise, The Lion King, MJ, The Notebook, Oh, Mary!, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Once Upon a Mattress, The Outsiders, Six, Suffs, Wicked and Off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors, The Play that Goes Wrong and Titanic. A special Curtain Call table will feature unique memorabilia from recently closed shows, including Illinoise, Lempicka, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd and more.

Theater organizations that will host tables include Actors Equity, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM), Broadway Green Alliance, Broadway Makers Alliance, Broadway Serves, the Entertainment Community Fund, Sweet Hospitality Group, Telecharge and The Shubert Organization, United Scenic Artists and many others.

Check out the list of currently confirmed tables at broadwaycares.org/flea. Additional participating shows and organizations will be announced next week.

Select live and silent auction lots are available now for early bidding, with new lots being added daily. Initial lots up for auction at broadwaycares.org/auction include:

Opening night tickets to the season’s most anticipated Broadway shows, including English, Gypsy, The Hills of California, The Last Five Years, Left on Tenth, Maybe Happy Ending, Our Town, Sunset Boulevard, Swept Away, Tammy Faye, A Wonderful World and Yellow Face

Handwritten and signed musical phrases by Jason Robert Brown of The Last Five Years; Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss of Six; Anaïs Mitchell of Hadestown; Alan Menken of Aladdin; and Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin of The Prom

Converse sneakers worn on stage by Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along, signed by Radcliffe

Opportunities include conducting the exit music in Hell’s Kitchen and Wicked; accompanying a stage manager and watching the show from his call box in Moulin Rouge! The Musical; and sitting in the orchestra pit during performances of Back to the Future: The Musical and Suffice

VIP seating and meet-and-greets with the stars of the season’s hottest shows, including Death Becomes Her; The Great Gatsby; Oh, Mary!; Once Upon a Mattress, The Outsiders and more

Unique show memorabilia autographed by Orlando Bloom, Wayne Brady, Darren Criss, Ariana DeBose, Danny DeVito, Jane Fonda, Boy George, Savion Glover, Jonathan Groff, James Earl Jones, Tony Kushner, Nathan Lane, Jessica Lange, Angela Lansbury, Huey Lewis, Gaten Matarazzo, Rachel McAdams, Lindsay Mendez, Laurie Metcalf, Bette Midler, Lea Michele, Liza Minnelli, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jim Parsons, Ben Platt, Eddie Redmayne, Chita Rivera, Stephen Schwartz, Aaron Tveit and many others

Early bidding on auction lots will continue through Friday, September 20. On September 22, at the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, silent auction lots will open every half hour starting at 10 a.m. for in-person bidding; the live auction begins at 5 p.m. This year’s featured autograph table and photo booth participants will be announced soon.

Auctioneer Nick Nicholson returns for the live auction alongside our host, theatre and television stalwart Bryan Batt. Broadway favourites Todd Buonopane, Jen Cody and Michael Goddard will join forces to host the silent auction.

Last year, the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised a record $1,237,179. Since 1987, the event has raised more than $18.7 million in 37 editions.