Best Broadway Flea Market find?

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 6:47pm

I have been to the broadway flea market for the past 2 years... I haven't really found anything that I'm "zoo happy to have." And that brings me to my next question.. What is your most prized Broadway Possession?????

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 6:49pm

Mine is an OBC Company Playbill.

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 7:19pm

Probably my 13 Playbill signed by the entire original cast or my Harvey Fierstein signed opening night Newsies playing cards.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 7:37pm

The best stuff, to me, are the marquees, FOH signage, and lobby boards. These are legacy items of Broadway's history.

This year, I'm looking for the REBECCA marquee. Even if they actually make it to Broadway this year, they don't have the Broadhurst, so that marquee is now kaput. It actually went up not once, but TWICE, despite the production never even making it to load-in.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 8:18pm

Cast board with names from Spamalot. It means even more to me because I was at the final performance.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 8:20pm

"This year, I'm looking for the REBECCA marquee. Even if they actually make it to Broadway this year, they don't have the Broadhurst, so that marquee is now kaput."

The police don't sell evidence.

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 8:26pm

Opening Night Mame with Angela Lansbury Playbill is my best find.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 8:27pm

One of the best purchases I've ever made was definitely my signed Women on the Verge windowcard. I don't tend to get many things at the Flea Market, and certainly don't buy anything very expensive for myself, but finding a windowcard signed not only by the entire company but also Bartlett Sher, David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane for $50 was too good to pass up.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 9:05pm

Personalized signed 8x10 photograph of Colleen Dewhurst, with a beautiful message. Still have it framed in my living room. Loved that woman -- she remains my favorite American actress of all time.

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[once a month]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 9:19pm

The full sized door signage from the Minskoff Theatre when Sunset Blvrd played, of Alice Ripley as Betty Schaefer.

Next, autographed black and white autographed photographs of Gwen Verdon and the entire original cast of Love, Valor and Compassion, Alice Ripley and lastly, Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen.

A shot glass from Natasha Richardson photographed with her holding it from Carbaret.

[Newsiesgirl67]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 9:47pm

My CATS opening night playbill

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 4/28/13 at 11:56pm

Tommy opening night gift. Its a wooden box with 2 pinball/bells inside with the logo engraved on top and a piece of black/yellow fabric. Got Michael Cerveris to sign it also. cost 90$, totally worth it!

[WickedRENTAwakening]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:07am

Last year they had brand new Spring Awakening: In The Flesh hardcover books that are out of print for $15.00. I was so excited I asked the man selling them if the books were real and I confused us both.

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:13am

Side Show playbill is probably my most treasured.

This year I'm looking for ANYTHING that says Scandalous, especially the mythical opening night coffee mug that Kathie Lee gave to the cast and crew that said 'fresh cup of mercy' on it.

[viola13]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:24am

All from the Hair revival- the box office ticket signage, the marquee-sized board from behind the merch booth, and numbered copies of the costume sketches, signed by the actors who played them.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:40am

I've only been able to attend the flea market once, but I was able to get some amazing items:

--The "Helluva Good Show" poster for *Sweeney Todd* . . . for twenty-five cents
--Original Squiggs Ink caricature of Sondheim. This was in 2009, before he became as big as he is now (to us, anyway). I couldn't find it on Google, but it has four separate portraits, with staff lines, lyrics, and shadows of trees connecting them. It was $15.
--The "How I Did It" book about *The Producers,* which I bought for $1--mainly so I could have something to keep the Sondheim portrait safe on the bus trip home. :-P

I hope I can go this year!

[AngelorPhantom1359]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 2:32pm

My opening night Playbill of Evita signed by Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is definitely my most treasured find.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 3:08pm

My mini CATS "junkyard" over my wetbar from the year CATS closed and they sold everything: Choco Cookie box, plate of spaghetti, fish bones, a few giant lightbulbs, Brim coffee can, Chesterfield King cigarettes, fast food styrofoam burger container, sardine can, etc

A red noose prop from Phantom.

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 3:43pm

Anyone hear rumblings of this year's flea market date? Is it historically a certain weekend? I went last year, looking forward to attending this year!

[kisstodaygoodbye2]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 5:23pm

The flea market is on September 22nd this year.

[BWFan101]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 9:05pm

My favorite "find" is the mask from the 10,000 performance of Phantom.

I can't wait for September!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 9:51pm

I love my Tony voter scripts that I find each year.

2 years ago though, I found an original 1959 script from WEST SIDE STORY that I love. Also, rare artwork commemorating the closing of the original ANYONE CAN WHISTLE that still shocks people when they see how beautiful and sad it is.

[grumpyoptimist]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 6:02am

A signed theatre door panel from "In The Heights" where Lin-Manuel Miranda has his hand extended toward the sky. It was for a friend who first became aware of the show while watching the 2008 Tonys with her mother (a Puerto Rican raised in New York), who was fighting pancreatic cancer. They made a deal as soon as mom (a former dancer herself) was well enough, they would go to New York. Mom died a few months later, but my friend was able to come with me to closing night and we both felt like her mom was right there with us. She put the sign in a part of her apartment dedicated to memories of her mother, and it truly looks as if he is paying tribute to mom...

[fosca3]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:07am

The tea tray from THE SEAFARER, signed by all 5 members of the cast, which also came with a mini-box of Cocoa Pops, also signed by all 5

That same year they also had a paint pallette from IS HE DEAD?, which I've always regretted not buying

I've only ever been able to go to one flea market, it hits my Maine vacation every year, but I would love to go again some day. It was a perfectly awesome day