Broadway Barks 16th Annual Adoption Event is Here!
Some of the biggest starts on Broadway are coming out this Saturday to bring attention to the importance of adopting and supporting local shelters. For 16 years, Broadway Barks, the annual event Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters founded, has drawn caring New Yorkers to its massive one day dog and cat adoption drive. Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Barks will take place on Saturday, July 12 in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). From 3:00 – 6:30pm, hundreds of the city’s shelter animals will be available for adoption. If you’re in the New York City area, this is something you don’t want to miss.
Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Angela Landsbury
photo credit: Rick Edwards
From 5:00 – 6:30, the stars will come out to present adoptable pets from shelters around the city. From Hedwig and the Angry Inch Tony Award-winner Lena Hall to Mathilda star, Paige Brady; from Zach Braff in Bullets Over Broadway to Bebe Neuwirth in Blue Bloods, a who’s who will be there showing their love for pets.
Bark and Swagger will be there, too, getting interesting tidbits from the stars on their pets for you, so stay tuned.
The Jersey Boys wooing Bernadette Peters at last year’s event
This year’s sponsors include: the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), the Shubert Organization, Jujamcyn Theaters, Daryl Roth, Clarence Nederlander, Michael David of The Dodgers, Marty and Perry Granoff, Mary Jo and Ted Shen and The New York Times.
The following animal shelters and adoption agencies will have animals available at the event, and if you can’t make it, please reach out if you’re interested in adopting or fostering:
ASPCA®, Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Adopt a Boxer Rescue, Animal Care and Control of NYC (AC&C), Animal Haven, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF), BARC (Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition), Bideawee, Bobbi & the Strays, City Critters, Humane Society of New York (HSNY), Husky House, KittyKind, Loving Touch, Manhattan Valley Cat Rescue, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue, Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, NY Pet-I-Care, PetResQ, P.L.U.T.O. Rescue (Pet Lovers United Together As One), Posh Pets Rescue, Russell Refuge, Save Kitty Foundation, Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Stray from the Heart, Tigger Foundation and Urban Cat League.
Bebe Neuwirth will show up again this year for animals
You can follow Broadway Barks at:
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/broadwaybarks
– Twitter: @BroadwayBarks
You can follow Bernadette Peters at:
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BernadettePeters
– Twitter: @OfficialBPeters
Look forward to seeing you there!!
Do you have an adopted pet? What have they taught you? Tell me in the comments below.
