Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
#1Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:29pm
I am....
http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/categories/browse/movies_music
I am gonna see the Best of Broadway at San Francisco's Shorentein-Hays Nederlander presentation of A Chorus Line, Tuna Does Vegas and Drowsy Chaperone in July and also am gonna be seeing the Music Circus in Sacramento where they would be showing Gypsy, Evita, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, Swing and Sound of Music.
How about you?
What shows are you gonna be seeing from your stimulus check?
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Updated On: 6/21/08 at 05:29 PM
#2re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:33pm
I haven't gotten mine yet. 
I signed up for direct deposit, because I was assured it was the "fastest" way to get your stimulus check. Well, apparently, mine was one of the ones that got screwed up and put in the wrong account. I'm still waiting....
RyToast1
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#2re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:46pm
I wish someone's had been mistakenly put into my account!
That would've been fabulous!!!!
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#4re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:49pmI hope you get it soon.
#5re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:52pmI'm not getting a stimulus check, but if I were I would probably use it to see a show.
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#6re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 6:03pm
That's a great idea!
Sadly, if you had your Tax Return direct-deposited, they did the same thing with the Stimulus Check.
Mine sat there for almost a month, not stimulating anything, until I noticed it on my bank statement.
I wound up doing what most folks are doing - paying bills instead of buying something to help the economy.
If I had been sent the check and had it in my hand, there would have been a nice little shopping spree instead - including, possibly, show tickets!
Silly government.
:)
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#7re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 6:22pm
Indirectly.
Since I just got back from seeing 5 shows, I will use mine to pay for my trip 
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#8re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 8:43pmI haven't received mine yet but I'm sure it'll be used to cover some show tickets.
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broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#9re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 9:17pm
Yup...used the chunk of it that didn't have to go to something more "practical" to pay for two nights hotel and tickets to "Xanadu" (onstage) and "Gypsy" at the end of May.
I got mine the first or second week thanks to direct deposit...some relatives paid for Turbo Tax out of their refund and that completely screwed them up. Instead of getting it a month ago, they're still waiting.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#10re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 9:18pm
Great question!
I actually used some of mine to pay off my credit card bills from my Spring Break trip to NYC.
#11re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 9:30pm
"some relatives paid for Turbo Tax out of their refund and that completely screwed them up. Instead of getting it a month ago, they're still waiting."
Yup. That's what happened to me. I used Turbo Tax, and apparently, anyone who used Turbo Tax and selected direct deposit got screwed...still waiting for that check.
#12re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 10:28pmIf annual car insurance is the name of a Broadway show, then yes, I used my stimulus check to see a Broadway show.
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pc1145N2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/07
#13re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:20pmYes I did. We saw Gypsy and Xanadu....money well spent!
#14re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:41pmHahahaha . . . yes.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
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#15re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:42pm
I'm using it to come to NYC, see SP on July 15, many more shows once we get in town, and spend, spend, spend in Manhattan and anywhere else that will accept my $$.
Here's to capitalism!!
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#16re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/22/08 at 12:00amI was really sad about not being able to see Sunday in the Park With George again before it closed, and lo and behold a check arrived in the mail. It was definitely a sign.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
#17re: Are you using your stimulus check to see a Broadway Show?
Posted: 6/22/08 at 12:04amHaven't received it yet, but when I do, it will definitely be going towards some shows for my NYC trip in August.
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
puppetman2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/2/08
#19Rebate Check
Posted: 6/22/08 at 12:22amWhat check? I think I'm supposed to get it sometime in July as they are supposed to send them according to the last 4 numbets of Social Security numbers. Would like to use it to go to Toronto (90 miles from Buffalo)for AVE Q
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bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#20Rebate Check
Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:39am
I also signed for "direct deposit", but they sent it in the mail, anyways...just glad it did not get lost in the post.
Yep...I got mine just in time to pay for my theater tickets, so I was a happy camper, and goverment is glad I am "stimulating" the economy (at least I am doing my part to keep Broadway economy afloat) 
#21Rebate Check
Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:07pmJennyish...did you finally get to see SITPWG? It is on Goldstar.
#23Rebate Check
Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:22pmMine's going into ING. Well, not all of it.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#24Rebate Check
Posted: 6/22/08 at 6:31pm
Puppet are you close to Buffalo? So am I.
We used ours to pay bills.
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