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tvgus2 said: "Has anybody heard back from 1984?"

I recall reading recently, if not here on this board (?), that someone heard back promptly for a full-cast-signed Playbill. I think the company is asking for a $20 donation to BC/EFA.

thebookofwhizzer said: "i think i'm going to send a request to Hello, Dolly! along with the check, and a letter to Judy Kuhn. Anybody know if Rebecca Luker replies? also what's her address? i have a Mary Poppins playbill i would love signed"

Rebecca Luker does reply; I sent her a letter and Lights of Broadway cards (one for her to keep, one to sign for me) last spring during her stint in Fun Home. (I played The Music Man revival recording on repeat in high school, and then I later discovered The Secret Garden OBCR, so she has always been one of my favorite sopranos.) She enclosed a sweet note with my card.

Her website lists some contact information, but not the mailing address for her agent: http://www.rebeccaluker.com/contact-information.html

Some quick Googling (Tamara Tunie is also a client of Ms. Fargo) yielded the following address (Ms. Tunie's contact page information included the same phone number listed for Ms. Fargo on Ms. Luker's page):

Sarah Fargo
Paradigm Talent Agency
360 Park Avenue South
?New York, NY 10010

thebookofwhizzer said: "does anybody know Judy Kuhn's mailing address? also does she even reply, if so how long?"

Her website lists an address for requests: http://www.judykuhn.net/contact.html

I haven't sent her anything (yet) because I thanked her both times I saw Fun Home (she and the whole cast were total sweethearts, even after a matinee) and after a performance of hers with Seth Rudetsky, so I am not sure as to length of time for a reply.

musicman_bwayfan wrote: Anyone try THE PRESENT, BRONX TALE, or GREAT COMET?

A friend of mine in The Lights of Broadway Facebook group heard back from the cast of The Bronx Tale (he requested a signed Playbill and had written to Ariana DeBose).

 

Scott Rosson wrote: "How is Fun Home for sending fanmail? I would love to send some to Michael Cerveris and get my OffBroadway playbill signed by the adults..."

 

I haven't written to the rest of the cast, but I sent a letter to Rebecca Luker the week before her run as Helen ended, and I received a sweet note and signed LoB card from her about four weeks afterwards.

heyitsb, I saw Hamilton last Halloween and thanked everyone except for Pippa and Oak, who did not stage door. I sent my Playbill via Priority Mail (I did not want to risk losing it :) with a kind letter to the stage manager around Christmas requesting their signatures, and it took about five weeks to receive it.

laurabenantilover wrote: If anyone was wondering, you can't do it now, but I just got fan mail back from Laura Benanti which I sent about a month ago. If you think she forgot your letter, don't give up hope!

 

laurabenantilover, congratulations! A friend of mine works in the Roundabout office, and she said that they can forward mail to performers even when shows have closed, so I will try that.

In a recent comment on the official LoB Facebook page, Squigs said late March. He also said that the recently-found box of Summer 2015 cards would likely be released between the completion of the Spring 2016 art (early March) and the Spring 2016 launch.

atuomala said: "I was very happy to have heard back from Spring Awakening today. I had given up on them when I sent a cast-signed playbill request to them several months ago, and especially when they were asking for a $75 donation in-theater during the BCEFA Winter Collection Period."

Your post gave me hope that I would get mine back soon/too, and I was very glad to receive my signed Playbill in the mail last night!

atuomala, I received my Fun Home Playbill yesterday morning signed by the remainder of the entire cast -- I had gotten Emily Skeggs, Judy Kuhn, Gabriella Pizzola, Alessandra Baldacchino, Zell Morrow Steele (my favorite!), and Oscar Williams in person when I went in November. Still waiting for Spring Awakening, but I figure it would be some time since it's closing today. (I sent these both at the end of December.)

atuomala said: Did you receive a cast signed playbill from Allegiance?

I sent my Playbill that Lea Salonga and Catherine had signed when I went to the November 5 preview performance, and I received it with the rest of the cast's signatures and a sweet thank you note from Catherine.

atuomala: This morning, I received my Playbills from Hamilton and Allegiance with the signatures I requested -- Phillipa and Oak were the only cast members who didn't stagedoor after the Halloween performance, and I needed the rest of the cast beyond Lea Salonga and Catherine Ricafort (a childhood friend who recently left to do Disaster!) It took about four weeks.

atuomala: I received my Playbill signed by the principals of The King and I last night after having sent my Playbills the morning of December 28 as First Class Parcels with tracking. It was a little damp due to humidity in my hometown, but it was otherwise fine.

(I thought it was interesting and kind that the Sylvia production team/stage management had returned my Playbill signed in a plastic sleeve within my manila SASE.)

gleek4114, I did not but will gladly donate to BC/EFA in gratitude. Is there a website/blog that lists which shows/casts require a BC/EFA donation? I tried to find an up-to-date list but only found blogs dating from when Newsies was still running.

atuomala, here's hoping! :)