BC/EFA Fall 2014 — Page 3

The window cards at the River were 200 last night, but a friend told me that at the matinee today they were dropped to 100. Hugh Jackman is also auctioning his tshirts and they went for 7500 each last night and 7000 each today. You can also get a picture with Hugh, Cush and Laura for 2000.

omg $2000 for a photo with Hugh and Cush and Laura, thats insane!

Thanks for letting me know geek4114. I'm kind of surprised they aren't collecting for BCEFA. I am so excited to see the show. I saw it once on Broadway in July, in the last row of the orchestra, and I can't wait to see it again from the front row!

At Phantom Broadway last week, they had the following:

Signed Playbills - $20
Red & Pink ribbon pins with the mask - $10 each
Tote bag (I think it was $10)
Carols for the Cure CD ($20 as I remember)
Music Box signed by Norm Lewis - $500
Backstage tour - $500

The price for the picture was 1500 tonight at the River. A friend who was there told me that. The 1500 is not per person, but per group. So it can be up to 4 people I believe.

I was at the Last Ship tonight and was very surprised that they weren't doing BCEFA. I asked and was told maybe Sat. The show opened two weeks ago. They should have been doing it since then.

Updated On: 11/20/14 at 10:59 PM

This evening, "On The Town" had dropped the signed window cards to $80 (signed playbills are still $40). They were offering backstage tours for $100 per person (with larger groups, i.e. 5+, price p/p is negotiable.

When I went to get an "It's Only A Play" window card after Sat's matinee show, they offered 7-8 slots for selfies with the cast - about $1500 (p/p vs the group??). The guy mentioned that earlier in the collection run, they had selfies with only Broderick and Lane that went for 10k!

Going to see The Real Thing on Sun and Cabaret on Mon so I will report back if they have anything.

THE REAL THING - $100 signed window cards and $40 signed Playbills.
Cast members (Cynthia Nixon and Ewan McGregor were on bucket brigade too!). The whole cast minus Madeline Weinstein (who plays Debbie) came out to sign at stage door.

The Last Ship is still not participating as of yesterday.

"The Last Ship is still not participating as of yesterday."

That's strange. I saw the show Saturday evening 11/22 and they did collect. Playbills for $40, Posters for $150, signed by cast and Sting. Plus Carols for a Cure.

Updated On: 11/25/14 at 11:30 AM

I saw a matinee of NEWSIES in Louisville and they WERE collecting. Steve Blanchard (Pulitzer) gave a nice speech after the show. They did not, however, offer any signed posters or merchandise. They just asked for donations and had individuals in the lobby with buckets afterward.

Thats really odd. I went to closing night in Louisville and they were not collecting or selling merch. Why would they only do it at matinees?

Shout out to Nick Adams and Chandra Lee Schwartz of the Wicked tour...Sunday night in San Diego they gave the most entertaining yet effective call for BCEFA collections I can ever recall seeing (and I've sat through a lot). No note cards, no flat "I'm doing this because I have to" affect, they had fun with it and clearly cared. Chandra Lee closed with the fact that a portion of the money stays in the tour city, which was important to her because San Diego is her home town, which left everyone on a high note. And while I'm at it, big props to Tim Kazurinsky, who was collecting and doing pictures in the lobby for 20-30min...I took pics of different groups of friends with him both at the front and back ends of that time and he could not have been lovelier either time.