BC/EFA, led by Tom Viola and staffed by a multitude of talented and kind folks, does so much good work for so many people, so I was thrilled to be contacted by Danny Whitman and asked to take part in their promotional efforts. Here are some of the results of a happy collaboration over two seasons of events.
In 2011, when it came time for Bernadette Peters' and Mary Tyler Moore's annual Broadway Barks dog and cat adopt-a-thon, producer Scott Stevens contacted me about the poster. Our collaboration yielded a menagerie of happy pets (caricatures of staff members own four-legged family members) in the costumes of many shows on Broadway that year.
When NBC's Broadway-themed show Smash needed some Rialto authenticity, they approached BC/EFA for a selection of event swag to choose from for set decoration. My first Gypsy of the Year poster can be seen in Tom Levitt's (played by Christian Borle) apartment: