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Erich Bergen created a video medley of New York City-themed music, including “Manhattan,” “New York State of Mind,” “Another Hundred People,” “Empire State of Mind” and more. The medley featured many of his Broadway friends and colleagues including Lena Hall, Patina Miller, Javier Muñoz, Alex Newell, Jarrod Spector and Aaron Tveit.
Video created by 6W Entertainment. Directed by Erich Bergen.
The medley was shown to an exclusive audience at RWQuarnatunes on April 11, 2021.Three dozen of the best from Broadway and the entertainment industry saluted the one-year anniversary of RWQuarantunes, a pandemic-inspired series of invite-only online concerts, by coming together Sunday, April 11, 2021, for a five-hour celebration of Broadway and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The stream for more than 800 virtual attendees featured once-in-lifetime appearances by Broadway stalwarts Kristin Chenoweth, Deborah Cox, Robert Cuccioli, Loretta Devine, Lena Hall, Joshua Henry, Jennifer Holliday, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson, Nathan Lane, Stephanie Mills, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Sheryl Lee Ralph and more.
RWQuarantunes’ creators and hosts Richard Weitz and Demi Weitz streamed live from the bare stage of Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre, home to Disney’s hit musical Aladdin. The father-daughter duo left their usual kitchen-turned-RWQuarantunes production studio in Los Angeles to host this special Broadway-themed edition from the historic theater, its empty orchestra seats serving as a stark reminder of Broadway’s current closure. Richard Weitz is a partner at the global entertainment agency WME; Demi is a high school senior whose 17th birthday last year sparked the idea for the online concerts.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses across the United States.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance.
For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org, at BCEFA, at BCEFA, at BCEFA and at / bcefa .