....so you know the Gypsy of the Year has been postponed. They've put a really cool thing up on the website where you can donate in the name of a certain show just as if you were at the show buying a signed poster or whatever during this time of year. (The shows compete to see which one can raise the most money for BC/EFA.) So I decided to donate in the name of Curtains 'cause I thought that was a really cute show. It had only raised $547.00 so far out of their $15,000.00 goal! I was devasted. It just hit me (again) the toll that the strike is having on the fundrasing efforts this year. I realize it just started today, but even a monster hit like Wicked only has $360.00!!! Please go and donate whatever you can to this wonderful charity. It's fun that you can pick your favorite show. Of course, you can also go to Rob's post at the top of the board for a link to another article with a link to the BC/EFA store.
Broadway Bronx Tale - $0.00 A Chorus Line - $330 Avenue Q - $675 Chicago - $100 Curtains - $772 Grease - $175 Hairspray - $110 Jersey Boys - $445 Legally Blonde - $25 Les Miserables - $100 Mamma Mia - $0.00 Mary Poppins - $50 Mauritius - $0.00 Pygmalion - $0.00 Rent - $225 Spamalot - $20 Spelling Bee - $150 Spring Awakening - $370 The Color Purple - $250 The Drowsy Chaperone - $180 The Lion King - $100 The Little Mermaid - $175 The Phantom of the Opera - $0.00 The Ritz - $300 Wicked - $370 Xanadu - $375 Young Frankenstein - $400
Off-Broadway Alter Boyz - $100 Die Mommy Die - $0.00 Fantastiks - $200 Frankenstein - $0.00 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - $0.00 Naked Boys Singing - $0.00 Three Mo' Tenors - $0.00
National Tours Alter Boyz (Chicago) - $0.00 Alter Boyz - $0.00 Avenue Q - $50 High School Musical - $0.00 Lion King (Cheetah) - $0.00 Lion King (Gazelle) - $0.00 Mamma Mia - $25 My Fair Lady - $25 The Phantom of the Opera - $0.00 Spamalot - $0.00 The Color Purple - $0.00 The Drowsy Chaperone - $0.00 Whistle Down the Wind - $100 Wicked (Los Angeles) - $0.00 Wicked (Chicago) - $0.00 Wicked (Emerald City) - $0.00
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Are those totals solely for internet donations? Because I can tell you that in the two times I've been to Xanadu during collections I've spent at least $100 total, so there's no way that is representing the total for shows which are actually running now. So yes, its depressing, but not AS depressing as it looks, I don't think.
Yes, that represents the online donations. Very depressing for the shows that are closed and the overall fundraising efforts. The online "competition" just started so hopefully it will catch on. That's really cool, bythewords84, that you bought all that stuff at Xanadu!!
Ha! Me too! I have so many signed items -- especially posters and Christmas ornaments. My mother forgot my 42nd Street poster, signed by the cast, in a cab one year at Thanksgiving, and she was more upset than me. She went back to the theatre the next day and got me another one! A good cause, she said, so she didn't mind the double donation. Oh...it makes me sad now thinking about that... GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising
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Those with Facebook accounts can raise money just by joining the BCEFA charity on there and then inviting others to join, or you can donate through that too....
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
Thanks for the donation, MotorTink (I'm Frankenstein's fundraising coordinator). We weren't able to start collecting from the beginning, but our audiences have been generous and we're doing quite well relative to our house size. It's just a small contribution relative to all the money being lost from the Broadway shows, though.
Bah! I've already donated through the web-store and through Team Avenue Q. I also plan on giving in person to Altar Boyz Chicago this Friday. Stop making me feel guilty!
Chris - I think this should be posted over on the off-topic board as well. There's lots of generous fans of theatre over there who rarely make it over the main board.
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Also, if you use goodsearch.com -- it's kind of like a google -- for every search you make, one cent is donated to a charity of your choice. So you can put in BC/EFA and contribute that way too! :)