Guys, PLEASE go support BC/EFA if you can...I almost cried...

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 7:08pm

....so you know the Gypsy of the Year has been postponed. They've put a really cool thing up on the website where you can donate in the name of a certain show just as if you were at the show buying a signed poster or whatever during this time of year. (The shows compete to see which one can raise the most money for BC/EFA.) So I decided to donate in the name of Curtains 'cause I thought that was a really cute show. It had only raised $547.00 so far out of their $15,000.00 goal! I was devasted. It just hit me (again) the toll that the strike is having on the fundrasing efforts this year. I realize it just started today, but even a monster hit like Wicked only has $360.00!!! Please go and donate whatever you can to this wonderful charity. It's fun that you can pick your favorite show. Of course, you can also go to Rob's post at the top of the board for a link to another article with a link to the BC/EFA store.




GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising

Updated On: 11/19/07 at 07:08 PM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 7:12pm

I already donated in Spring Awakening's name. This is really just so sad and pathetic.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 9:48pm

These totals are QUITE depressing:

Broadway
Bronx Tale - $0.00
A Chorus Line - $330
Avenue Q - $675
Chicago - $100
Curtains - $772
Grease - $175
Hairspray - $110
Jersey Boys - $445
Legally Blonde - $25
Les Miserables - $100
Mamma Mia - $0.00
Mary Poppins - $50
Mauritius - $0.00
Pygmalion - $0.00
Rent - $225
Spamalot - $20
Spelling Bee - $150
Spring Awakening - $370
The Color Purple - $250
The Drowsy Chaperone - $180
The Lion King - $100
The Little Mermaid - $175
The Phantom of the Opera - $0.00
The Ritz - $300
Wicked - $370
Xanadu - $375
Young Frankenstein - $400

Off-Broadway
Alter Boyz - $100
Die Mommy Die - $0.00
Fantastiks - $200
Frankenstein - $0.00
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - $0.00
Naked Boys Singing - $0.00
Three Mo' Tenors - $0.00

National Tours
Alter Boyz (Chicago) - $0.00
Alter Boyz - $0.00
Avenue Q - $50
High School Musical - $0.00
Lion King (Cheetah) - $0.00
Lion King (Gazelle) - $0.00
Mamma Mia - $25
My Fair Lady - $25
The Phantom of the Opera - $0.00
Spamalot - $0.00
The Color Purple - $0.00
The Drowsy Chaperone - $0.00
Whistle Down the Wind - $100
Wicked (Los Angeles) - $0.00
Wicked (Chicago) - $0.00
Wicked (Emerald City) - $0.00

[Anakela]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 9:52pm

These are the numbers I found depressing:

Every week of fundraising lost to the strike is a loss of over $350,000 to BC/EFA.

Last year's GYPSY OF THE YEAR fundraising raised over $3 million.

Revenue usually raised from the in-theatre appeals prior to The GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition makes up over 20% of our annual budget.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:19pm

Are those totals solely for internet donations? Because I can tell you that in the two times I've been to Xanadu during collections I've spent at least $100 total, so there's no way that is representing the total for shows which are actually running now. So yes, its depressing, but not AS depressing as it looks, I don't think.

[henryt]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:24pm

It's only online donations. And Legally Blonde is now at $55.00!!!

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:25pm

Yes, that represents the online donations. Very depressing for the shows that are closed and the overall fundraising efforts. The online "competition" just started so hopefully it will catch on. That's really cool, bythewords84, that you bought all that stuff at Xanadu!!

Go Curtains!



GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising

Updated On: 11/19/07 at 10:25 PM

[bythesword84]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:28pm

I'm a bit of a bc/efa donation time sucker...

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:34pm

Ha! Me too! I have so many signed items -- especially posters and Christmas ornaments. My mother forgot my 42nd Street poster, signed by the cast, in a cab one year at Thanksgiving, and she was more upset than me. She went back to the theatre the next day and got me another one! A good cause, she said, so she didn't mind the double donation. Oh...it makes me sad now thinking about that...
GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising

[MotorTink]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:36pm

I'm a sucker for underdogs, so i had to pick a show that was at 0 to donate to. Frankenstein got this week's donation.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 10:53pm

$0.00 For Chicago's Altar Boyz can't be right!!

I donated $10 last time I was there :) I'll have to do some online donations for NYC though...

[henryt]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 11:47pm

The numbers are only for online donations. In theatre donations are counted separately.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 11/19/07 at 11:52pm

Oh ok, makes sense.

Those with Facebook accounts can raise money just by joining the BCEFA charity on there and then inviting others to join, or you can donate through that too....

[henryt]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 12:10am

I just did the math. If every show gets their goal, BC/EFA will still only make about what they would normally make in a week and a half. So sad.

[Dover]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 12:22am

Thanks for the donation, MotorTink (I'm Frankenstein's fundraising coordinator). We weren't able to start collecting from the beginning, but our audiences have been generous and we're doing quite well relative to our house size. It's just a small contribution relative to all the money being lost from the Broadway shows, though.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 12:30am

Bah! I've already donated through the web-store and through Team Avenue Q. I also plan on giving in person to Altar Boyz Chicago this Friday. Stop making me feel guilty!

[Mistress_Spouzic]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 2:40am

i just joined hairspray's team. i usually do a few walks with similar online fundraising platforms so Im hoping I can raise some money.

[Mamie]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 11:14am

Chris -
I think this should be posted over on the off-topic board as well. There's lots of generous fans of theatre over there who rarely make it over the main board.

[Dangerous Divine]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 11:18am

Gypsy of the Year has been postponed? Until when?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 11:35am

Will do. Good idea, Mamie!
Edit: Thanks, Mamie, you already did!

Divine,
It is postponed until Dec. 17 and 18.


Gypsy of the Year Posponed / Team Fundraiser

Updated On: 11/20/07 at 11:35 AM

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:16pm

**bump**

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:17pm

http://taylorsternberg.com/2007/11/19/taylor-will-match-dontation-to-broadway-cares/

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:27pm

Excellent, Lizzie!

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 11/22/07 at 2:36pm

Also, if you use goodsearch.com -- it's kind of like a google -- for every search you make, one cent is donated to a charity of your choice. So you can put in BC/EFA and contribute that way too! :)

[henryt]

Posted: 11/22/07 at 3:14pm

I already made it my homepage!!