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Hugh Jackman, Angela Lansbury, Ricky Martin Contribute Items to Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction

Ricky Martin in <i>Evita</i>
Ricky Martin in Evita
(© Richard Termine)

Pre-bidding is now open for items in the 26th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, which will be held in Shubert Alley on Sunday, September 23.

Among the items up for auction are shirts worn by mega-stars Hugh Jackman and Ricky Martin during their Broadway performances, autographed and dated by each actor; lunch with Broadway legend Angela Lansbury; and one-of-a-kind show memorabilia signed by the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Nick Jonas, Hal Prince, Neil Patrick Harris, and Sutton Foster.

Packages also include walk-on roles and backstage experiences at The Book of Mormon, Bring It On, Chicago, Mamma Mia!, Newsies, Once, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and Wicked, as well as Opening night VIP tickets and party passes to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Anarchist (starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger), Dead Accounts (starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Kinky Boots, and Matilda.

Bidding is also being taken on musical phrases written by and signed by Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Billie Joe Armstrong, Maury Yeston, and more.

At the event itself, the always-popular Celebrity Autograph Table & Photo Booth will feature stars of stage and screen, including Harvey Fierstein, Cheyenne Jackson, Jeremy Jordan, Steve Kazee, Jan Maxwell, Bebe Neuwirth, Laura Osnes, Bernadette Peters and more.

Numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows will have tables at the event, including Bring It On, Evita, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Naked Boys Singing, Newsical the Musical, Newsies, Once, The Phantom of the Opera, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Wicked.

Celebrity appearances subject to change. For an up-to-date list, and to make bids on a range of auction packages, visit broadwaycares.org.