Wicked, Newsies, Frozen, and Idina Menzel Help Propel Broadway Flea Market Fundraising to Record-Breaking Total

The 28th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction shattered previous records to raise an all-time high of $713,986 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on September 21. This year, the individual tables raised $369,616, while the live auction took in $263,850.

The tables belonging to Wicked, Newsies, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the fundraising, taking in $21,869, $20,173, and $19,210 respectively. The top-selling item during the live auction was a handwritten musical phrase of "Let It Go," from the hit Disney film Frozen, signed by songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and singer Idina Menzel, taking in $9,000. An opportunity to meet Menzel backstage at Broadway's If/Then brought in $8,000.

Barbra Streisand helped raise $4,300 for the charity, with an autographed copy of her new CD, Partners, taking in $1,300, while an autographed copy of the full score of her duet with Michael Bublé, "It Had to Be You," took in $3,000. Auction items honoring late performers Joan Rivers, Elaine Stritch, and Robin Williams raised $5,050.

Check out photos from the day here.