Actors that write back to your letters — Page 4

Ok, this thread and a couple other factors has made me to decide to write acors I really admire. I don't know if there is a guideline for writing the perfect letter or anything, I think I'm just going to be honest about what I liked about their performance, CD or whatever.

If you send your own photo, you should probably send a SASE, right? The thing is....I have some great photos of various people and would love to get them signed but I'm very nervous about sending one, fearing that I'll lose the photo if they don't reply. Example - I have a great photo of Raul but I read that one person never heard back and another did. Should I bother sending the photo? Suggestions?

For those people who have used SASE, do you believe it increases your chance to hear back?

Also what if an actor is not doing a show? Where can you send a letter?

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Another thought....

What about writing letters and dropping them off at a theater where whoever you write to is performing?

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'How do you people get stars' email addresses???! That's not something I would think would be a very public thing...'

He asked me for mine at the stagedoor after reading my letter. It's not made public on any sites, though, but there are others who make public ones for fans to write to.

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Updated On: 3/14/04 at 10:12 PM

A select few:

* Sutton Foster (while still in Les Miz)
* Lisa Vroman
* Herbert Kretzmer (I know, not an actor)

Yeah, if I had to guess, I'd say he would reply. What a charmer.

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ok i guess im just completely out of touch with the broadway fan's world (but i wont be next year because im moving to NYC!) but what is SASE? that is probably a really dumb question but i am lost

sending a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope REAAAAALLLLLY increases your chances of getting something back!

...when Stephen Dillane was here for "THE REAL THING" he sent me a photo & a gracious letter.

I don't remember anyone mentioning her.....but I definately would love to write to Isabel Keating, has anyone done so?

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I never include the SASE...to me it is as if you are expecting a response, when I am writing to tell them how much I enjoyed a performance....I dont want it to appear as if I am insisting on a reply. But thats just me.

In addition to Dillane responding, I got answers back from Iain Glen (twice) and Will Kemp when he was in "Swan Lake"...also the Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca sent me a signed photo

Good Luck

citylights...just write to him in care of the sh-k-boom address on his CDs. (If you don't have it, it's also on Debbie Does Dallas, Last 5 Years, Sherie Rene and Alice's albums.)

Updated On: 3/20/04 at 10:04 AM

Okay. I'm poised to write my first letter to an actor. (I'm not counting my teenage letters to Donny Osmond. LOL!)

Short and sweet. Admire the work/praise skill. Sign off, correct?

If it looks too labor-intensive it'll get passed over, right?

(I didn't worry this much about my law school application essay!)

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citylights, Adam took almost a year to respond to my email... but I forgive him, he's a busy guy. By the time he actually saw my email, my question was totally obsolete, but he wrote back anyway, which was really sweet. (hey, that rhymes... God, I'm such a dork...)

Anyway, I sort of think that an actual letter might elicit a quicker response, if someone from sh-k-boom gets it to him. Has anyone written to Adam? Has he written back? I'm thinking about writing to him, so let me know what happens.

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Updated On: 3/20/04 at 04:22 PM