One Playbill per person please.......one or one-hundred

#1

One Playbill per person please.......one or one-hundred

Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:25pm

How do you obtain your "extra" playbills when seeing a show?

Personally i do grab a few from the stack at the end of an row of seats. I end up with maybe 10 or 15

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#2

re: One Playbill per person please.......one or one-hundred

Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:26pm

i usually ask for extra when sitting down. sometimes i grab some extras when i leave as well (if i can find out where they stash them).

#3

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:27pm

I do what you did, or on the way out I keep an eye out for ones that people left behind that are in good condition.

I used to take a LOT, but now I'm happy with 2 or three.

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#4

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:29pm

I usually grab an extra 2 or 3 during intermission from the stack that's usually sitting in a corner behind the last row. I used to take a few more than that but I realized I only really needed one for the "master collection" of one for each show I'd seen, one to get signed and maybe one extra.

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#5

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:29pm

Same here. Then I get mad when I get home and discover how many have fingerprints.

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#6

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:30pm

yeah i agree. though people come to my apartment and are like "OMG GIMME!" and they all disappear...

#7

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:32pm

I understand that many people like to collect playbills, but why take 10 or 15? They do cost the show money...

#8

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:39pm

I always see PLENTY left under the seats that people just leave, so I always take those, because they would have been taken by those people anyway.

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#9

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:39pm

Wow...antonijan is slacking. I haven't seen him post one picture of his wall yet today, especially in this thread. What's wrong?!

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#10

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:40pm

LMAO LizzieCurry! i was thinking the same thing!

#11

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:00pm

On my way out I take a few extra ones from the box that's always behind the last center aisle seat on the last row. That same box has been in the exact same place since I've been seeing shows on Broadway (1972). Same applies to National Tours.

#12

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:15pm

I just take the ones that other theatre patrons have left behind.

#13

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:15pm

I always use the one they give me. Then when I am leaving or their not looking I grab at least 3 more. One for my collection, one for a back up for my collection, and one to cut up and decorate my bulletin board in my dorm room.

#14

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:16pm

Why would you take 10 or 15? That makes no sense.

I ask for an extra if I need it, or take ones that people leave.

#15

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:17pm

thank you Walt! I thought I was the only one who thought it was strange and slightly exorbant (sp?)

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#16

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:25pm

The only time I took an extra playbill was when mine somehow disappeared during the show and I think I had wanted to get it signed so I took an extra from the pile in the back. Sometimes I get extras if I go with my family because I just end up having their playbills too. I don't do anything special with playbills except store them in a drawer so I don't really see any need for me to take more than one or two, but to each his own.

#17

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:37pm

One Playbill PER PERSON Please! Didn't you see when Audra was on the View? People had taken so many extra Playbills for 110 in the Shade that there wasn't even ONE for Elisabeth Hasselback to holdup when Audra performed!!!!!

#18

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:38pm

If I grab an extra, I take one, MAYBE two (either one left behind or from the stack). Any more is just kinda silly.

#19

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:38pm

LMAO.

#20

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:39pm

I wanted an extra one for my scrapbook one time, so I just picked one up that another audience member had left behind. There's usually a few; no need to go rifling through the ushers' scret stashes. :3

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#21

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:39pm

JoeKV- that's soo funny !!

PLEASE 1 PLAYBILL/PERSON-- SAVE IT FOR ELIZABETH, SAVE IT FOR THE VIEW !!!!

#22

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:41pm

See, I'm the kinda fella who takes what he gets - the original one I'm handed before taking my seat. Depending on who I'm seeing the show with (friend or family), they'll usually let me have theirs, and then (of course), I'll do my best to snag a fwe while making my way out of the theatre. I like to have a few for extended family (to show around and bring from place-to-place, etc.), one for autographs and another to use for my wall and desk display. That's just me, though.

#23

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:41pm

See, I'm the kinda fella who takes what he gets - the original one I'm handed before taking my seat. Depending on who I'm seeing the show with (friend or family), they'll usually let me have theirs, and then (of course), I'll do my best to snag a fwe while making my way out of the theatre. I like to have a few for extended family (to show around and bring from place-to-place, etc.), one for autographs and another to use for my wall and desk display. That's just me, though.

#24

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 5:22pm

From here on out, everyone at BWW should always get an extra playbill and send it to the View, c/o Elizabeth.

#25

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Posted: 5/30/07 at 5:23pm

Walt....now THAT'S what I can a great idea!