So what did we all buy? — Page 5

and someone is already selling things they bought at the Gypsy table on ebay for way more than they paid.

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Mistress, did the rent candles' price go down, or did you cave?

I wasn't as interested in what they had to offer as I was in previous years, in fact, I went to the TKTS booth, which I vowed to avoid after getting nothing last year, just because of lack of interest in buying much else. But I ended up with more than I thought through the end-of-the-day drops in prices, but still ended up spending about $60, whereas I usually spend about $100.

But couldn't find my goal of the day -- an original West Side Story playbill. I got there at about 10:15, went through every 1957 bin I could find, but didn't find it

So I got:

-2007 Gypsy of the Year (which apparently features interviews with the original WSS cast, cannot wait to watch!)
-spent $20 at the TKTS booth, got tickets for Kindness and Gazillion Bubble Show (which through trades I miraculously turned into Avenue Q)
-Rent candle
-Avenue Q Vegas program for $5
-Tale of Two Cities Opening Night Paperweight for $5
-CD of current Broadway songs for $2
-2005 Tony poster for $1
-A board game about finding fame for free
-A Chorus Line water bottle for free
-A Carnegie Hall South Pacific poster for free

And earlier, someone got me a gift of the original cast Rent windowcard -- was very excited about that.

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My prize of the day was the breakfast tray from THE SEAFARER, signed by the whole cast, with a little snack-size box of Cocoa Pops (from the UK), also signed by the whole cast, tied to it with a ribbon. I think I got it at the Actors Equity stand. WAY more than I wanted to spend. But hey, you only live once

And I got a yearbook
A THREEPENNY OPERA Playbill autographed by the whole cast
A wonderful SOUTH PACIFIC CD from the National Theatre (with Philip Quast) for $5
A Souvenir Program from STONES IN HIS POCKETS with Conleth Hill (it's from Ireland or the UK)
A couple nice older Shakespeare commentary books

I was my first time, and I had a blast

Jordan Girl -- I'm very jealous of your THE DEAD window card -- I wish I'd seen it first!

I spent the day looking for a FAITH HEALER window card. I never did find one....

A question --

When I first got there, there were a bunch of costume-y things on a table at the 44th St end of Shubert Alley. There was a huge bagel-hat that tied with salmon-colored silk (that looked like lox). I assumed it was a table to dress up and get your picture taken, then later I saw a guy walking down the street wearing the giant bagel hat

What table was that, and was ALL that stuff for sale????????

Does anyone know how much the bagel hat was, or what it was a prop FROM? I can't stop thinking about it, I wish it was mine

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Updated On: 9/22/08 at 01:23 PM

Fosca, I think that was the Broadway Bares table. I saw a guy walking past the Majestic later in the day wearing the butterfly wings.
I saw Chris March (from Project Runway) hanging out by that table when I walked past. I was wondering if he worked on any of those costumes.

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Thanks for all the replies!

It sounds like all those WONDERFUL things were for sale...

I should have asked, instead of just assuming they weren't

Does anyone know if those sorts of things were very expensive?

I'm going there FIRST THING next year (even tho there will NEVER be another Bagel Hat)

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The Leading Men III DVD-$25
2008 Easter Bonnet DVD-$25
Playbill Broadway Yearbook-$20
Sunday in the Park with George (Revival) Souvenir Program-$10
Wicked T-Shirt-$2.50
Spelling Bee T-Shirt-$2.50
Spring Awakening Understudy Slip Notepad-$2.50
Broadway Cares Ornament-$5.00
Snoopy Playbill-$1.00
And a couple of CDs and some rice krispie treats from the [title of show] table for $1.00

I also got to meet/have conversations with some pretty cool people. My favorites were Susan Blackwell and Laura Benanti, who both took the time to actually have a short conversation with me and couldn't have been nicer about it.

It was a great day!!!

I didn't do as well as I did last year (last year I was most excited to find a framed Secret Garden windowcard for $20), but at least I didn't spend too much money. Here's what I got:

I won:
~Tickets to The Seagull (well, I won tickets to Hairspray but traded with someone) - $5 spent on raffle
I bought:
~A Rock 'N' Roll t-shirt for $10
~A Boeing Boeing souvenir program for $10
~A Wayside Stories book and DVD for my classroom for $5
~A windowcard frame for $10

Not bad I guess. The tickets excited me most.

I got there a little late around 1:30 I couldn't get near the playbill boxes. There were a couple I wanted to look for but didn't get a chance. Anyway, here is what I bought:

Broadway mousepad $5
Gypsy of the Year dvd $25 from the Broadway Beat table
Autographed Wicked window card and then had it framed- a gift for my roomate $65
I also won 2 tix to 50 Words on 9/30 spent like $15 on the TDF tickets to get them. Overall, I had a good time but I will definately get there earlier next year.

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I already told you I'd take your tix.

It was a light year for me...

Nothing Like a Dame Greatest Hits DVD - $25
Broadway Bares 2006 (NY Strip) DVD - $10
A Chorus Line souvenir program signed by d'Amboise and Berresse - $20
a Dancin' 2009 black fleece throw - $10
Monty Python Live "signed" playbill - $10
Wedding singer program and Casualty of Love t-shirt - $3
Two cheesy bunnies at the [tos] table - $1
and about $25 worth of various raffle and TKTS grab-bag tickets, apparently none of which I won.

In the Heights Demo CD



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