1. It doesn't matter if you type or hand write it. At all.
2. Say whatever it is that YOU want to say. There must be something that makes you want to write to them....THAT'S what you write.
3. Yes, if you want them to send you a playbill back, you need to provide the envelope, stamped and already addressed to you. However, you can fold it up and put it in whatever envelope you want to send the letter in.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.