Spring 2025 Red Buckets

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 3/21/25 at 3:18pm

The spring 2025 Red Bucket collection period is here.  Has anyone seen what shows are participating and selling items for BCEFA thus far?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/25 at 3:24pm

I saw “Maybe Happy Ending” has signed Windowcards for $200

[Ptero2]

Posted: 3/21/25 at 3:39pm

Oh, Mary! had signed playbills for $100 and signed posters (with Tituss' face) for $200.

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 3/21/25 at 4:05pm

I know Outsiders has Playbills for $75 and Posters $150. Sunset had Playbills for $60 and Posters for $300. Redwood had Playbills for $60 and Posters for $150.

Anyone know is Maybe Happy Ending has Playbills or not? 

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 3/22/25 at 5:11pm

Sunset today was $100 for playbills and $500 for posters

[pacificnorthwest]

Posted: 3/23/25 at 11:54am

Asking for a friend (truly)... any info/prices on Wicked merch for Broadway Cares? I've googled to no avail. Thanks!

[tthomas76]

Posted: 3/23/25 at 12:06pm

I’ll be there in mid April.  How long does this go on for?  Hoping to catch it.  

[ardiem]

Posted: 3/23/25 at 12:51pm

Phillytheatreguy10 said: "I know Outsiders has Playbills for $75 and Posters $150. Sunset had Playbills for $60 and Posters for $300. Redwood had Playbills for $60 and Posters for $150.

Anyone know is Maybe Happy Ending has Playbills or not?"

MHE has Playbills for $100, posters for $200 (I might be misremembering the price), and signed prop magazines covers for $200 (the issue featuring Louis Armstrong) or $350 (Gil Bentley). They're even "signed" by Hwaboon!

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 4:18am

Death Becomes Her had playbills for $100 & posters for $300.  Christopher Sieber joked that if you gave $100,000, you could play Ernest Menville in a show.

[BanjoKazooie]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 2:04am

I’m not sure when they started collecting, but I was at Gypsy on Wednesday night and they had signed windowcards for $300 and playbills for $100. The show is too long for them to risk running over the three-hour mark with a BCEFA speech, so the three “Gimmick” performers quickly show signs that announce the collection drive and what they’re offering, plus some fun, thematic puns. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the plea done this way.

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 4/6/25 at 12:34am

Redwood had signed playbills for $80 and signed posters for $150.

[Cory Schimmoelelr]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 12:02am

I noticed Glengarry was added to the site, do we know if they offer anything?

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 12:06am

OPERATION MINCEMEAT has full cast signed window cards (main cast and understudies) for $200

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 12:10am

Yes.  I saw that too along with the addition of BOOP and GOOD NIGHT GOOD LUCK.  I wonder if SMASH will participate too and if they will all end up offering anything.

[dcphillygirl]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 7:47am

GNGL had playbills for $500 but I didn’t buy because George’s signature was smudged on like all of them. (I was able to get this signature at stage door tho) They also had props from the show for I think $700

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 9:26am

Does anyone know if they’re still doing the annual Easter bonnet competition? It’s not listed on the BCEFA website. 

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 3:15pm

They are no longer doing the Easter Bonnet Competition.  Just Gypsy of the Year in December.  Instead, they are doing a smaller concert (Broadway Dream Roles).

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 3:16pm

Wow. That's a lot for the playbill.  Did the whole cast sign it or just George?  Too bad they are all damaged & smeared.  Did they offer any posters?

[Anshel2]

Posted: 4/17/25 at 11:45am

Is Glengary selling posters?  How long is the collection at theaters?  When does it end? 

[Sytwix]

Posted: 4/17/25 at 12:08pm

Anshel2 said: "Is Glengary selling posters? How long is the collection at theaters? When does it end?"

They had autographed playbills ($100-$200?) and posters ($200-$300?) - I can’t remember so not 100% sure about the price. They also auctioned off a business card holder (metal one) with prop business cards for each character which were signed by the actors. At yesterday’s show, they threw in a meet & greet as part of the auction to elevate the experience. 

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 1:13pm

Does anyone know what Boop has been offering?

[thepianoconductor]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 12:14am

Boop had posters for $100 and playbills for $60

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 12:44am

At Drag the musical tonight, they were offering signed playbills and posters, and for $2,000, the winning bidder gets to sit on stage and have Adam Pascal serenade them with One Song Glory.  Sure enough, someone had $2K to spend tonight, and Adam sounded marvelous.

[meredithchandler73]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 6:09am

I was at a performance of STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS last Friday and they were selling signed Playbills for $100 and signed souvenir programs for $200. Lea and Bernadette both sold their earrings off their ears for $500 each, plus Bernadette sold the bracelet she was wearing for $500. A stage manager came to collect their jewelry on stage while the actors were speaking.

I'm not sure how that works: the first person to present their credit card gets the item? Does a bidding war ensue in the lobby?

By the way - I didn't see any other poster answer the question: the collections for BCEFA end tomorrow (Sunday, April 27). I am very sad they no longer have the Easter Bonnet Competition. I can understand that if you were going to choose between the Easter Bonnet and the Red Bucket Follies (formerly titled the non-PC Gypsy of the Year), it would make sense to drop the Easter Bonnet. The spring is such a crazy time of year because it is awards season. Many shows open just in time for award eligibility and I don't think shows participate in the fundraising until after they've opened. It's a shame because some of the bonnets that were created over the years were truly works of art!