Celebrity Autograph Table Roster

Celebrities scheduled to appear at the Celebrity Autograph Table and Photo Booth in exchange for donations to BC/EFA include:
Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow),
Bryan Batt (TV's "Mad Men"),
Susan Blackwell (title of show),
Heidi Blickenstaff (title of show),
Mario Cantone (Sex and the City),
Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America),
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q),
Jason Danieley (Next to Normal),
Ana Gasteyer (Wicked & "Saturday Night Live"),
Malcolm Gets (The Story of My Life),
Mandy Gonzalez (Wicked, In the Heights),
Montego Glover (Memphis),
Julie Halston (The Divine Sister),
Ann Harada (Avenue Q),
Jessica Hecht (A View from the Bridge),
Matthew Hydzik (West Side Story),
Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, Finian's Rainbow),
Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot),
Andy Karl (Wicked),
Chad Kimball (Memphis),
Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet),
Dan Lauria (Lombardi),
Aaron Lazar (A Little Night Music),
Judith Light (Lombardi),
Robert Britton Lyons (Million Dollar Quartet),
David Andrew MacDonald ("Guiding Light"),
Marin Mazzie (Next to Normal),
Debra Monk (Curtains),
Julia Murney (Wicked),
Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific),
Patrick Page (Spider-Man),
Karine Plantadit (Come Fly Away),
Anthony Rapp (Rent),
Vanessa Ray (Hair & "As the World Turns"),
Alice Ripley (Next to Normal),
Chita Rivera (Nine, Kiss of the Spider Woman),
Elizabeth Stanley (Million Dollar Quartet),
John Tartaglia (Shrek The Musical & Avenue Q),
Colleen Zenk ("As the World Turns")

*All appearances are subject to change.

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Updated On: 9/7/10 at 07:49 PM

Jordan, that's exactly what I thought when I saw the list. =(

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Wait, where did you find this? I'm on the website and it says the list is going to be up tomorrow.

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They should be adding a LOT more people in the coming weeks though...that's not nearly enough people to satisfy all of the slots at the table.

Playbill.com has it, as does here.

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If whoever is in charge is reading this, please try to get
Angela Lansbury
Bernadette Peters
Elaine Stritch
Vanessa Redgrave
James Earl Jones

Hell will freeze over before Elaine Stritch sits outside for an hour signing autographs and chatting with people.

If she does, I'll gladly get on the line and pay double the fee to Broadway Cares.

The lineup will get better, it always does. It won't surprise me a bit to see Bernadette added to the list.

That being said, I'm not that disappointed with the lineup so far. The prospects of a Dan Lauria/Judith Light photo op have me very excited!

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I forgot this is just the beginning list. Even the day of last year, there were some surprises.

Maybe they'll get Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes.

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mikem: recently, Bernadette did last year...but not in 2008. Vanessa Redgrave was scheduled I believe for the last 2 years but she did not attend either year.

As for the first announcement of people that will be at the tables, let's just hope the guys that are added over the next few weeks improve the list. I have nothing against any of the people already announced, but when you say celebrity autograph table and there's only one huge name and 74 other people....need I finish the sentence...?

I personally am always puzzled why TV + soap opera stars are at this Broadway charity event that's for the theatre.

How about we get some people from the upcoming shows? Patti Lupone...Sherrie Rene Scott...Sutton Foster...and since we're paying for this, how about we get someone really big like Sondheim there? David Yazbek...David Hyde Pierce...Nathan Lane...Laura Linney...etc. I think we could all go on naming great people who should be there.

musicman_bwayfan-They probably get celebrities based on being in New York. Many soap operas film there. Although, I wonder what will be done this year since some have ended and All My Children moved to LA. I think the other reason is to have enough people for later tables when many of the Broadway folks will be gone for shows.

And oddly enough, I think when I have watched Soapnet in the past, I do recall them advertising for events with their stars that supports BC/EFA. And, some of them probably do have some theater experience too, don't forget.

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Updated On: 9/8/10 at 03:21 AM

Psh, who cares about making money for the charity by attracting as wide a base as possible- clearly the flea market exists solely to make the theatre fans happy.

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