A frame, all the 1776 playbills at the Actors' Fund booth (3 original and 1 revival), a Papermill 1776 poster, the Wedding Singer cast album for a friend, 4 Grey Gardens shirts, a Grey Gardens keychain, the Playbill Yearbook, and I won a pair of tickets to Legally Blonde. Updated On: 9/21/08 at 04:26 PM
-several old 1940s and 1950s Playbills, including one for the original production of Death of a Salesman -Rock & Roll program -Grey Gardens, Rock & Roll and Passing Strange t-shirts -A Puerto Rican flag from the Heights table (I just had to) -History Boys and Coram Boy posters -The June letter and "Let Me Entertain You" score from the Gypsy table -A Passing Strange DVD and cd holder case thingie
And they threw in some keychains and a Urinetown cd sampler for free.
I also won 2 tickets to August Osage County at the TKTS raffle. Whoo!
-Julie Reiber's signed GOOD VIBRATIONS script and vocal score, complete with binder and hand written notes, for $25 from the Wicked table (I care more about the script and score than anything else.) -An ON THE TOWN script from the GREASE table for $5 -AVENUE Q "Vote Your Heart" bumper sticker for 50 cents -LEGALLY BLONDE Tony voter rough CD for $1 -XANADU 5-track sampler for $2 (which I then got signed by Tony Roberts and Kerry Butler before the matinee) -ONCE UPON A MATTRESS libretto for $1 -Suzan-Lori Parks 365 PLAYS in 365 DAYS book for $1 -ORIGINAL STORY by Arthur Laurents for 50 cents from the IN THE HEIGHTS table -Stanley Richards' anthology of the Best Mystery and Suspense Plays for $2 -Terrence McNally's LISBON TRAVIATA script for $1 -A grab-bag of Broadway Play Publishing scripts, and 2 novels by Simon Gray, for $2 -CYRANO hat for $3 -a bunch of free Playbills from a box marked FREE PLAYBILLS -and, my favorite, the New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge for $3.
A High Fidelity button, playbills from the original productions of Bells Are Ringing and She Loves Me, some Bat Boy coasters.
I was wearing my Glory Days t-shirt, and had about 20 people stop me and ask where I'd gotten it. At the theater the second time I saw it, sorry loves. I'm still dying for the "Are You Ready to Make History?" shirt, but I assume they burnt them all.
Highlights (for me) today while walking the Market:
- Edward Albee sucking on a lemon lollipop
- Michael Goddard and Felicia Finley re-enacting the famous Rosie/Elizabeth fight on "The View"
- An adorable little Asian boy (son of Phantom conductor?), yelling on the top of his lungs, selling A Chorus Line headbands for 25-cents
- Seeing a lot of friends!!!
What I came home with: MERCH - The Playbill Broadway Yearbook 2008 ($20, plus free tote) - Grey Gardens T-Shirt ($2.50) - Wicked T-Shirt ($2.50) - Rock n' Roll T-Shirt ($2.50) - Oklahoma! Paper Mill T-Shirt (free) - Grey Gardens "Daddy's Girl" Button (25-cents) - A Chorus Line Sweatband (25-cents)
PLAYBILLS - Titanic Original Bway Cast (25-cents) - Grand Hotel Original Bway Cast (25-cents) - Grand Hotel Bway Cast (25-cents) - Sunset Blvd Original Bway Cast (25-cents) - La Cage Aux Folles Revival Bway Cast (25-cents) - Hello Dolly! Revival Bway Cast (25-cents) - Passing Strange The Public Theatre (25-cents)
* A blue light bulb from SPRING AWAKENING * A letter from Melchior to Wendla from SPRING AWAKENING * A SPRING AWAKENING program (noticing a trend here? :) * Some random books
The auction IS expensive ~ or rather the auctions are since there's the main silent auction, the big finale grand auction, and lots of tables that have their own silent auctions. Overall, the stuff at the tables isn't that bad. It really depends on what it is.
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
- ROCK N' ROLL t-shirt for $10 - Disney's ON THE RECORD mug for $1 (plus a free BEAUTY AND THE BEAST poster) - Playbill yearbook along with tote bag ($20)
This year really didn't do it for me. There seemed to be just too many Playbills and random t-shirts than actual good merchandise, and all the other stuff was too expensive. I was looking hard for any CURTAINS or ALL SHOOK UP (that wasn't just playbills) stuff, and was sad I didn't find any.
- playbill yearbook + tote bag ($20) - Pirate Queen grab bag with t-shirt, poster, etc ($20) - Spelling Bee t-shirt and beanie ($15) - Seth's chatterbox videos x2 - Actor's Fund posters of Funny Girl, Chess, and Hair - A Chorus Line head band ($1) - [tos] red velvet cake ($1) - [tos] opening night caricature ($30)
I felt like it was less crowded than last year especially the autograph lines (which I did not participate in). I was also looking for a Drowsy Chaperone martini glass like the one I bought last year (but broke ), but no luck.
This year was my first time, and it was a whole lot of fun.
I bought: -Spelling Bee Cast Recording, Souvenir Program, and Poster ($5) -GYPSY Let Me Entertain You Score W/ Patti's Eyeliner Marks ($2) -Wedding Singer Cast Recording ($5) -Into The Woods Playbill w/ Chip Zien ($1) -[tos] Rice Cripsy Treat
All in all, I would've liked to see more [tos] merchandise. I would have bought more, had they had more than just a few little things. Still, very fun.
Karen Mason sold me a fully signed Sunset Boulevard windowcard, and my 14 year old inner fangirl quietly freaked out and handed over the money.
Got a Standing Ovations dvd, a Secret Garden souvenier program (I was looking for the windowcard and have been for a few years but this was almost as good) and resisted buying random playbills for the most part...
Oh and I bought one of those Gypsy marked sheet music things - it looks amazing and will look great framed I think.
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
I bought a letter from Spring Awakening that the cast signed =], a Tarzan shirt because it was cheap and I always liked the colors they used in the posters. I probably sleep in it. And my dad, who was with me found an orginal Equss playbill that he had been looking for since we got there. I also bought brownies from [tos] .I wish [tos] had more stuff, but i was tempted to buy a Spelling Bee playbill Barrett Foa signed when he got there.
It was funny though when tos started having people bid for their stuff. Like the shirt Hunter wore off Bway Updated On: 9/21/08 at 06:32 PM
Vinyl: Candide OBC Side by Side by Sondheim OLC Company OBC Follies OBC (got signed by Harvey Evans, who is the nicest man in the entire world) Follies in Concert Sondheim Etc. Concert Promises, Promises OBC
Chicago OBC Playbill No, No Nanette OBC Playbill Rollerskate wheel from Xanadu Evil Women Pin from Xanadu Assorted Grey Gardens pins
I couldn't find a Follies OBC playbill but there is always next year!
2 Grey Gardens shirts for $5 total Cyrano de Bergerac shirt for $2 Cyrano de Bergerac poster for $2 Playbill yearbook for $20 Free Wicked stickers $65 worth of tickets from the TDF booth (Got 4 pairs)