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How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#50
Posted: 7/8/12 at 1:41pm
I've never really bought any show merchandise. I didn't ever feel the urge. However, I DO cherish items from the shows that cast members have gifted me with. I've actually had some of them framed and they're hanging in my office.
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#51
Posted: 7/8/12 at 2:57pm
I rarely buy merchandise. I own one shirt from a regional production of Chess that says "Nobody's Side" because I thought it was cool and more versatile than a cheesy touristy tshirt advertising a show. I keep my playbills with my ticket from the show stored in boxes chronologically.
I do have a few free souvenirs from certain shows- like confetti or handkerchiefs or flowers that were thrown into the audience during the performance. I didn't go seeking it out, I just caught what came to me. Kind of weird, but more memorable to me than a generic tchotchke from the merchandise counter.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#52
Posted: 7/8/12 at 3:05pm
"People (especially the young'uns) are more interested in DOCUMENTING their lives rather than living them. If they don't/can't post/fb/tweet/YouTube it, it didn't happen.
I'm with you, I like my actualy memories. (I must be showing my age!)"
I'm a young'un but I agree 100% and I hate it. I have friends who must have a camera with them at all times and it drives me nuts. Then they upload all those photos and never look at them again anyway.
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#53
Posted: 7/8/12 at 5:33pm
I used to get a t-shirt and program at every show I saw. Now I'm always broke so if I get a beverage in one of those plastic cups that is my souvenir along with the Playbill.
As other people said I go to the flea market and get good deals there if I really want something and they have it.
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#54
Posted: 7/8/12 at 10:24pm
If there's a souvenir program, I get it. Always. I've been "collecting" them since I was small and it's just natural now. That is, if I have the money.
I was compelled to buy the FOLLIES pillow from the last revival. Don't ask why.
Understudy Joined: 7/27/05
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#55
Posted: 7/9/12 at 4:19pm
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do when your refrigerator surface is full?
a) stop seeing shows
b) get a 2nd refrigerator
c) use a metal file cabinet, also handy for storing your Playbills!
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#56
Posted: 7/9/12 at 4:21pmI buy merchandise only when I LOVE the show. Like when I LOVED Wicked, I bought a T-Shirt and the Chistery Doll. I would've bought the CD, but I already had it. The soundtrack is what made me buy tickets to the show.
How important is merchandise to your theatre experience?#57
Posted: 7/9/12 at 9:40pm
a) stop seeing shows
b) get a 2nd refrigerator
c) use a metal file cabinet, also handy for storing your Playbills!
I'm afraid none of these is practical for me. :) I think I'm going to just display the current seasons's magnets and a selection of others in rotation.
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