The cast of the Best Show of 2012 will be at Barnes and Noble on the Upper East Side

Colin is in Vancouver shooting Arrow. Wonder if he could take a day or two off.

I did enjoy that show!

Currently confirmed to appear are Sondheim, Tony-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tony Award nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adam Grupper, Betsy Wolfe and Elizabeth Stanley.

Colin isn't confirmed yet.

According to the PS Classics website "Colin Donnell, alas, will be out of town"

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What time should be good for the signing?

The lines at these events vary greatly. I've been to two this year, for "Follies" and "Porgy and Bess," and both events started at 4. I arrived to the "Follies" signing at 1 and there was already a really long line, but I managed to see the cast within 20 minutes after they started the signing, but wasn't even guaranteed a slot. For "Porgy and Bess," I arrived at 2, and even when they event started at 4, there were only about 30 people there, which was quite sad to see.

I'd expect a fairly large crowd because Sondheim has been announced, but there are no other HUGE names like Bernadette Peters, etc. so I wouldn't think this would be as busy as the "Follies" signing. I plan on arriving at 2.

If anyone else ends up going, let me know, as I'd love to meet some Broadway World posters while I'm there!

Nothing wrong with getting there early; if you haven't been to this B&N they have a really nice café right next to the staging area / queue for these events and they have free, unlimited WiFi and, of course, a plethora of books to keep you occupied for the few hours!

I went! There was a decently sized crowd, enough to fill the room twice over, I'd say. Lin-Manuel Miranda drew four raffle tickets for Sondheim prizes (Sondheim-signed copies of Finishing the Hat & Look I Made a Hat, Follies CR signed by EVERYONE, Merrily CR). Then photo ops for the press (Mr. Miranda brought Colin Donnell along on Facetime on his iPhone), and then the signings started. They signed for everyone in the room plus ten people on the standby line.

I was there. Very pleasant experience except for the old bitch who caused a scene because she thought people cut her in line.

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I got to B&N about 4:20pm and was told that there were no sealed CDs available for sale. They did have 2 opened CDs that I could purchase with a full understanding by B&N that if I could not get into the signing they would accept them for return. What could I lose? So I purchased the two opened CDs and got on line. I was almost to the end of the line which had maybe 30 people on standby outside the room. A few disappointing things I noticed. The "professional" autograph collectors were there. They were running out of the room having got CDs signed and frantically got on the end of the line. I overheard their discussion about whether or not they should cut their green wrist bands off because they might be prevented from re-entering the room if it was noticed they were in there once already. B&N staff did come around and announce there was a 5% chance that we would actually get in to get the CD signed. Mr Sondheim was going to promptly leave at 5pm and another actor had a curtain call. Still the line remained. At 5pm the door was closed and no one else was let into the room. The line for the most part shifted from the signing room to the register in the CD department and the registers started to ring the returns back into the store. I didn't hear much complaining by those who didn't get in. It is obvious if it was all that important then you should have taken the day off work or got there much earlier. Just strange though that there really wasn't all that many people left outside the room to accommodate and there also wasn't a thought to offer to those waiting if they were interested in signatures minus Sondheim and the actor who had to leave for his show. For me it was one of those if it happens it happens. Yes, B&N took back the open CDs as promised.

I ended up sitting next to that older lady and her friend once the stand-by line was allowed to enter the signing room, and she turned out to be quite nice and knowledgeable, but it was irksome listening to her tell every Barnes and Noble employee that everyone in the stand-by line had cut her (although someone I was with said we all did cut her based on how the line snaked through the aisles, so that's too bad).

PianoMann...I may not have been close enough to experience "that older lady" complaining about all the line cutters but I did have a nut of my own in front of me! My guy (maybe 50 yrs old) was telling everyone who would listen that it would be his father's birthday next week and he really really needed Sondheim's autograph for a gift. With no CD in hand he stood there with a ripped page from a magazine that advertised the event. Someone tried to gently remind him that it was clearly stated that only CDs would be signed but the "Rain Man" continued to sway back and forth with his 5hit eating grin and highly polished forehead while stating that Sondheim would sign this paper. Never ceases to amaze me how these events are like magnets to the bizzare.