That is soooooo cool!!!! GREAT collection you have indeed!! :)
I have: James Barbour, Mario Cantone, Neil Patrick Harris (Assassins); Chita Rivera (Chita); a personal letter to my late father from Helen Hayes (of course, I saved it); Adriene Lenox (Doubt) and Ron Eldard (Doubt). :)
Re-examine all you have been told...dismiss what insults your Soul.
I was reading this book where this person would write to famous people and museums to get paper clips from places. i thought it would be fun and I tried it.
Besides my Playbills and Lobby Cards, I like getting DVDs signed. I have over 100 DVDs signed all in person. Some of the theater actors I have met are:
Ann-Margret "Bye Bye Birdie" Whoopi Goldberg "Sister Act" Ian McKellen & Lynn Redgrave "Gods & Monsters" Jane Fonda "Barefoot In The Park" Vannesa Redgrave "Julia" F Murray Abraham & Christine Ebersole "Amadeus" John Cullum "1776" Nathan Lane "The Producers" Harvey Firestein "Torch Song Trilogy" Charles Bush "Die Mommie Die" Laura Linney "Love Actually"
The first autograph I ever got was Shuler Hensley when I saw YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN...I had just found out from the lady at the gift shop that your could wait outside the stage door for autographs...but everyone had left except Shuler....
I also have autographs from cast of Hairspray in September 2008 (Marissa Perry, Constantine Rousouli, Kate Loprest, Tevin Campbell, Karen Mason, and Niki Scalera)
I have autographs from the cast of "9 to 5" (including Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, and Megan Hilty)
I also have the cast of "Next To Normal" (sans Aaron Tveit since he left the day before my request had arrived, so I got Kyle Dean Massey instead).
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I met Bailey Hanks yesterday and she signed my Legally Blonde OBCR and a LB flier.
kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.
Outside of Night Music, they've been selling copies of the libretto signed by Sondheim. I've been super tempted to buy one, but they go for $40. Do you feel it's worth the money?
Unless you're planning on selling it in the future, its worth is entirely dependent on what it's worth to you. If you're planning on selling it, probably not. If having his signature on the libretto is worth it TO YOU, then it's worth it. :)
I got Alexia Khadime (Headshot and 2 diff wicked flyers) Megan Hilty (Headshot) Signed Wicked script from Idina and Kristen and A signed Understduy slip from sarah earnshaw (wicked uk)
''With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town'' - Helena Bonham Carter
Mary Martin Gwen Verdon Chita Rivera Patti LuPone Audra McDonald-2 Michele Pawk-4 Alice Ripley Madonna Ann Reinking Ben Vereen Kelly Bishop Karen Akers Lea Salonga Bebe Newirth Michael Rupert-4 Carole Carmelo Heather McRae Faith Prince Mark Kudish Bernadette Peters-2 Tony Randall Maximillian Schell Harvey Fierstein Wendy Wasserstein Marilyn Cooper Margaret Cho Tony Curtis Margaret Truman Charles Busch-3 Whoopie Goldberg Lypsinca Jennifer Hudson Thomas Meehan OC Avenue Q OC Anything Goes OC Seussical OC A Catered Affair OC In the Heights OC Sunset Blvd OC (title of show) OC Titanic OC Crazy For You OC Love Valour Compassion OC Cabaret Girls OC Xanadu OC Raisin in the Sun revival Actors Fund Hair Concert
Orphan's Home Cycle---Dylan Riley Snyder and Henry Hodges Memphis---cast signed Billy Elliot--- obc cast signed Billy Elliot---other playbills signed by various people Chicago---cast signed Blithe Spirit---cast signed Rent tour 2008---cast signed Finian's rainbow---cast signed Rock of Ages---OBC cast signed Hair x2---cast signed Rent 2007---cast signed Spring awakening--- obc cast signed Spring awakening---Jon Groff Spring awakening---John Gallagher Jr. Wicked--- original LA cast Young Frankenstein--- OBC Young Frankenstein Curtains--- David Hyde Pierce You're Welcome America---Will Ferrall November---cast signed All My Sons---cast signed Speed the Plow---Cast signed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof---cast signed Jersey Boys---obc cast signed In the Heights---obc cast signed Little Mermaid---preview cast signed Wedding Singer tour---cast signed 13---cast signed Legally Blonde tour x2---cast signed Mary Poppins---obc cast signed Les Miz---Daphne Rubin Vega
Headshots/photos:
Tracy Jai Edwards Orfeh Gideon Glick Bernadette Peters Alice Ripley Brian D' Arcy James Gavin Lee Ashley Brown Christine Ebersole x2 Billy Elliot--Trent, David, Kiril Angela Lansbury Kristin Chenoweth Geoffrey Rush Susan Sarandon Tracie Thoms Daniel Craig Jude Law Adam Lambert
Flyers:
Marissa O' Donell Kelsey Fowler Sara Ramirez cast of 13 John Tartaglia Allison Janney Vanessa Ray Haydn Gwynne Susan Blackwell Bob Saget
Questionnaires:
Brian D' Addario Riley Costello Sierra Boggess Scarlett Strallen David Bologna
Other:
Brian Stokes Mitchell cast of Ragtime revival Loretta Ables Sayr Will Chase Daniel Radcliff Jane Fonda Stockard Channing cast signed Legally Blonde program
So today I sent my first picture by mail to be autographed. I was wondering, do the celebrities themselves actually take time to do it, or do their agents do it for them?
Several Hollywood celebrities do have secretaries sign items for them. I have found for the most part that if you send something to a theater, they will sign it themselves.