Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
brightasyellow
Understudy Joined: 7/7/10
#1Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 1:13pmWhen I was last in NYC, I saw American Idiot but I promptly lost my Playbill (I was exhausted and frazzled and wasn't all that upset because the show was kind of a disappointment). Anyway, I would like a Playbill because I collect them from the shows I've seen. Can I just stop by the box office and ask for one?
#2Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 1:16pmwhy not walk by the theatre after the show and pick up one of the hundreds that careless people drop on the ground?
brightasyellow
Understudy Joined: 7/7/10
#2Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 1:17pmGood idea! Get my Playbill and get rid of litter at the same time!
#3Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 2:20pm
Can I just stop by the box office and ask for one?
That's always worked for me, in case you don't find one on the ground.
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#4Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 4:29pm
I have 31 AMERICAN IDIOT Playbills from when I saw it last night. (My parents and I each agreed to grab "a few". However, "a few" from everyone really adds up). I'd be happy to do trade or we could work something out.
And yes, picking up Playbills on the street is awesome. Last night I got Phantom, Memphis, BBAJ, and A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (signed by T.R Knight that someone had dropped)
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#5Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 5:57pmquizking- Why did you take 31 Playbills? That is totally obnoxious. No one needs to have 31 Playbills from the same performance.
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#6Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 5:57pmquizking- Why did you take 31 Playbills? That is totally obnoxious. No one needs to have 31 Playbills from the same performance.
#7Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:01pmYeah, 31 makes you look like a douche.
#8Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:07pm
I know. Like I said, its an obscene amount and I got a few, but also my Mom and Dad got a few...it added up.
Now I REALLY need to get rid of them...It's a collector's nightmare since I have no space for them.
#9Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:15pmThere are these places called recycling plants...
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#10Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:15pm10 Playbills each is not 'a few'.
#11Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:31pm
I must be saying the wrong thing, because every time I've asked at the box office for a Playbill, they've turned me down. What do you guys say?
quizking, your story reminds me of someone I know at work who, at the end of a catered lunch buffet, took about 25 sandwich rolls -- basically all the leftover bread. Then she said later, "What am I going to do with all these rolls? I don't even like them!"
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#12Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 7:50pmMore than Playbills I look for ticket stubs that people have dropped on the ground. Those working in the performing arts can deduct a certain amount of tickets to shows and movies as part of "career research and training." Since ticket stubs have the price printed on them they are acceptable as receipts for IRS purposes. A full price ticket left lying on the ground is a write-off goldmine.
THEATRICAL100
Featured Actor Joined: 9/12/10
#13Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:04pm
I have 31 AMERICAN IDIOT Playbills from when I saw it last night. (My parents and I each agreed to grab "a few". However, "a few" from everyone really adds up). I'd be happy to do trade or we could work something out.
And yes, picking up Playbills on the street is awesome. Last night I got Phantom, Memphis, BBAJ, and A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (signed by T.R Knight that someone had dropped)
PEOPLE DONT BE MEAN.....I WOULD TAKE A BOX OF PLAYBILLS IF I HAD A CHANCE.
Save those. They'll be worth something.
Good job on that signed pkaybl! 
#14Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:12pm
with 31 extra playbills, why not just give brightasyellow ONE rather than look to "trade" or "work something out"?
I mean, really now.
#15Question about getting a Playbill from a current show
Posted: 9/23/10 at 4:28am
He's probably just a kid and doesn't know any better. (I won't say anything bad about his parents)
From an environmental standpoint, taking that many Playbills may increase the theater's demand for more Playbills (you're not the only one who takes large quantities of Playbills, but you're a big contributor), therefore wasting more paper and creating more waste. So that's a big no no. Just don't do it next time. and learn to share. Listen to your elders.
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