Flea Market 2008- Page 3

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 5:53am

I am really hoping for a premium photo opportunity this year with Patti, Boyd and Laura as well. I would definitely pay $40 for that opportunity.

I am also hoping that Gina Gershon will be at the table this year, considering my lack of success meeting her at the Stage door at Beoing Boeing.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:03am

^ I'm guessing that trio will be one of the special $40 ones (assuming that cost doesn't go up).

korenglish ~ I have never done the celebrity table thing, but it's been my understanding from reading other experiences that if you want a pic with someone and they get called away to do the photo booth you can wait for them. I forget how it works, but I know people have talked about it before.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 11:14am

They strongly discourage photos being taken at the celebrity table. If someone gets called away for the photo booth and you want their autograph they will let you stay behind and wait for them to come back.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 11:20am

Patti has participated in the Flea Market in the past. I recall her being in the photo booth when she ws preparing for SWEENEY TODD.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 11:39am

Yes, I remember her being interviewed from the celebrity table talking about rehearsals for Sweeney.

[amoni]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 12:36pm

All three have definitely attended. One year I talked to Boyd about his imfamous lockeroom scene with Kim Cattrall in "Porky's". But remember they have to work at 3:00pm, so if they show, it would be one of the early shifts.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 4:54pm

The Broadway actors leave at around 3 PM. They are replaced by soap opera stars and television personalities at that time.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 4:57pm

The Broadway actors in currently playing shows. There have been Broadway actors NOT in currently playing shows at tables after 3. :)

[BroadwayBelle2]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:18pm

I figure that Patti, Boyd and Laura will be there, since they don't have to perform until 3, and the the St. James Theatre is very close to Shubert Alley.
Updated On: 8/24/08 at 09:18 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:19pm

I would love to get one of the understudy boards that are sometimes offered for sale. I have no idea why (nor where I'd put it, or what I'd do with it), but it strikes me as a fun souvenir to have.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:21pm

The funniest thing I've ever seen sold and bought: the MTC's BLACKBIRD full sized door poster...which was then taken over to MAURITIUS to get signed by Alison Pill.

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:27pm

For the soap fans out there:
Cast members from As The World Turns and Guiding Light will participate in the Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids Flea Market on Sunday, September 21 at Shubert Alley in New York City. Actors scheduled to attend include ATWT's Ewa da Cruz (Vienna), Trent Dawson (Henry), Van Hansis (Luke), Marnie Schulenburg (Alison) and Jake Silbermann (Noah), as well as GL's John Driscoll (Coop), Marj Dusay (Alexandra), Nicole Forester (Cassie), Robert Newman (Josh) and Marcy Rylan (Lizzie).

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 9:28pm

HA! I remember Jaystarr having pictures of that being signed from his 10/10 report on Mauritius that year.

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 10:19pm

Anyone think RENT will still have a table? I'm sure they still have a lot of stuff to sell, and I'd bet that there are plenty of cast and crew who'd be willing to man the booth.

Posted: 8/25/08 at 7:38am

Rent would definitely have a table - once a show closes, I think it has more stuff to sell, because they just want to get rid of it. I went for the first time in 2000, just a couple weeks after Cats closed, and the Cats table was selling everything from the show: bits of giant garbage from the set, giant light bulbs, and even the costumes. Last year, the Grey Gardens table had all manner of unsold merchandise (shirt, programs, key chains, playing cards, etc.).

[showinoff]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:18am

They will sign pretty much anything you put in front of them. The flea market is one of my favorite theatre event in NYC. I once had a $5 tip signed by my fav B-way celebs. He sat at my bar the night before.

You will have such a great time!

[Magdalene]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:41am

"That's sooooo cool it's actually ON my birthday this year Wanna take me shopping?"

It's twop days after mine, so I'll have some birthday $$!

WHEN are they going to post the preliminary list?????

[winter_sky]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 12:44pm

Ooh, Luke and Noah....

[Broadway Baby 2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 3:32pm

I love the Flea Market. It is my favorite day of the year. The atmosphere is amazing and going to each table is like opening a present.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 3:35pm

I figure that Patti, Boyd and Laura will be there, since they don't have to perform until 3, and the the St. James Theatre is very close to Shubert Alley.

That reminds me of something funny from two years ago. I was working at the Altar Boyz table, which was right across from the St. James. During intermission of that performance of the Producers, John Treacy Egan came out in costume and started browsing the nearby tables and chatting with us.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 3:47pm

Okay, I have never been and I am looking forward to it this year. I am trying to understand how the whole thing works, so please forgive me for asking lame questions. There are tables for various shows, right? Do you have to pay to go to those tables or just for the one "celebrity" one? Are some cast members of the shows sitting at their show's table?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 3:50pm

You wait in line to get to the table and pay to walk down the length of the table chatting and getting autographs from the celebrities who are there at that time. You also pay extra to get your photo taken with the celebrities as they go into the photo booth.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 4:03pm

The cast members do work at the tables. Last year Telly Leung worked at Rent, Asmeret, Paul and Rusty (I think) worked at Legally Blonde, Michael Longoria was at Jersey Boys and the entire Curtains cast was at their table. The kids often worked at the tables for Mary Poppins and Grey Gardens. And you normally see a lot of people walking around. I must have seen about 20 actors walking around.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 4:36pm

Thanks Dolly and Chita! (heh.)

[amoni]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 5:41pm

I know it does sound confusing but it really is just a big old fashion flea market/yard sale that takes place on Broadway. Not everything on sale is Broadway related but there are lots of stuff that are. You are free to walk up and down the all day to visit the tables and you could possibly run into a celebrity or cast member. The celebrity table is in a separate area that you do pay to meet the stars. Here is an actor, I can't quite place her that actually had her own table and sold her own jewelry and stuff and was there all day and even visited the celebrity table to raise more money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJq09itb7u8