I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

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I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:31pm

I got the email today that I was approved to be a seatfiller for this year's Tony Awards. I'm so excited! I can't wait to see who I end sitting near.

Is anyone else here a seatfiller this year?

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

re: I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:34pm

Yup! I'm excitedddd. Fingers crossed that Cheyenne Jackson's boyfriend gets a terrible case of food poisoning.

"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont

My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

re: I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:35pm

Moi aussi. First time, super excited.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:35pm

Which seatfilling company does the Tonys use?

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:41pm

I don't think they use a company. I just called the production office and got the email address to send in all my information. I do have a question though if someone has done this before. I requested that I do this with a guest. However, the email that I got has no mention of my guest since it's a generic message. Do I just assume that my guest is approved too?

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:45pm

Did you provide contact information for your friend? If so, did he or she get an e-mail as well?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

re: I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:47pm

No, I just put that I have a plus one guest as the directions told me to do. They never said to put my guest's information.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

re: I'm a 2008 Tony Awards seatfiller!!!!

Posted: 5/28/08 at 7:10pm

Congratulations!!!!!!! Have a great time.

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:18pm

I envy you so much!

#10

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:20pm

I forgot to put in a request this year...so disappointed. When did you guys send in your requests?

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#11

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:41pm

I sent my email May 1st.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

#12

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:43pm

Wow...that's weird. I sent mine earlier last year and they said it was filled up.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#13

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:51pm

Could someone please explain to me how this works? Why don't they just sell every seat they know they don't need, then have a cancellation line if they have extras downstairs?

I need to get on this for next year!

#14

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:57pm

It's more for filling up seats when people go up to present or perform than for empty seats, so camera shots don't show any empty seats.

"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont

My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

#15

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 8:57pm

Oh, I hate all of you. :-P

#16

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 9:13pm

Congrats!

"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."

#17

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 9:59pm

That sounds really fun! Congrats!

#18

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:01pm

If I made a LUPWNED poster, would you take it and hold it up when LuPone wins every single Tony categroy?

#19

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:07pm

Congrats to all you seat fillers. What an exciting night you'll have. This is off-topic, but will someone please explain LUPWNED to me? I somehow missed it, and now I see it a lot. Thanks.

#20

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:11pm

LUPWNED

"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont

My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

#21

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:19pm

Thank you scott68. Though, I'm not sure I am any clearer on what it means. To me, it appears that someone typoed Ms. Lupone's name. And, it became some sort of iconic verb. I was just afraid I was WAY off the track, but I think I had it figured all along. Thanks, again scott68.

#22

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:24pm

Well, that's essentially how the PWN'D phenomenon began. It's somewhat of an internet meme, based on a typo in a really early computer game, that the boards have incorporated into La Lupone's name.

"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont

My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

#23

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 11:14pm

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#24

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Posted: 5/28/08 at 11:50pm

You'll spend most of your time standing. If you do sit down, you'll probably be in the seat for anywhere from 5 seconds to maybe 5 minutes and then you will go to the back of a long line of seatfillers and wait to make your way to the front of the line. Scott68 is correct. You are filling in seats within camera range when someone gets up to present, perform or go to the bathroom. TooDarnHot, I'm not sure if you were kidding but even walking in with a sign would immediately get the seatfiller thrown out. You aren't allowed to socialize with any of the attendees. The nice thing is that during the last part of the show you probably will get a seat and be able to stay there because as people get up to go backstage they tend not to come back if the show is coming to an end. It's very cool to be up that close to everything and sit among all the celebrities but it is a lot of standing and running around.

If you asked for a plus one and nothing was confirmed, I would write back to the e-mail to confirm. This is the first year they have allowed that. I was a little suprised but it seems they are allowing it though I would confirm.

#25

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Posted: 5/29/08 at 12:19am

You could always be lucky. The year I did it (06) I was seated during the pre-show and did not have to get up once the entire night. I was on an aisle, and the two people across the aisle from me won as did the person sitting directly in front of me so I was shown on camera quite a few times as well. It was pretty amazing.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

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