Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

#1

Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 8:35am

What did you get for Christmas/Hannukah that is theatre or Broadway related?

Mine:

-Thoroughly Modern Millie/Last 5 Years Vocal selections
-Spring Awakening, History Boys, Rabbit Hole, Twelve Angry Men Scripts
-High Fidelity T-shirt
-Playbill "playing" cards
-Playbill binders
-Mary Poppins OLC
-Grey Gardens OOBC

Updated On: 12/25/06 at 08:35 AM

#2

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 8:43am

HAIR Actors Fund Charity Recording

Jersey Boys OBC Recording

More On Broadway (Book)

Spamalot Piano and Vocal Arangements

Broadway Fake Book

I'll try and remember the others...

#3

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 9:06am

Coast of Utopia Tix to Part 2 and 3

Mary Poppins Recording

Jekyll and Hyde Vocal Selections

Jersey Boys Piano Music

Company "Does Anyone Still Wear a Hat" Hat

Mary Poppins t-shirt

Coast of Utopia t-shirt

Script to History Boys

Script to Amadeus

:)

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Updated On: 12/25/06 at 09:06 AM

#4

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 9:23am

tickets to a few shows
the theater mania guide to cast recordings
the wicked book
at this theater (which i already had and exhchanged for the bway pbs book)
writing musical theater

#5

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 10:01am

Sutton Fosters christmas cards
Tickets too a couple of shows

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#6

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 10:03am

$$$$$$ with which to buy tickets and stuff...

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#7

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 10:03am

I'm a Jew, so for Hannukah I got:
The Q Guide to Broadway by Seth Rudetsky
A Chorus Line revival cast recording
Subscription to Playbill Magazine
And a trip to NYC with my aunt with tickets to see Drowsy Chaperone and Spring Awakening. Tomorrow!!!

And just like your stereotypical Jew, I'm going to the movies today and eating Chinese food. What movie you ask? Well, just like the rest of the world, DREAMGIRLS!

#8

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 10:43am

didnt ask for anything theater related however i got Mary Poppins tickets for next thursday ..very excited =]

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#9

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 11:08am

I got "The Color Purple: A Memory Book," "The Broadway Almanac," and an iTunes gift card for which to buy Broadway-related music for my brand new video iPod.

I will also be seeing "Dreamgirls" tonight.. Can't WAIT.

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#10

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 11:27am

I recieved (so far):

Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast) DVD
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Revival Cast)
Assassins (Book)

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#11

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 11:34am

Nothing. Except money from an uncle with which I was specifically instructed to buy Broadway related things. Oh, and I believe I am getting a cd in the next few days.

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#12

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 11:36am

I got:
Light in the Piazza Recording
42nd Street OBC recording
Money to buy Spring Awakening recording [none of the stores near me had it last week]

Oh, and I'm typing this on a Nintendo Wii :)

Happy Holidays all!

#13

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 12:38pm

Wicked OBC recording

Lots of gift certificates...which will be used to buy lots of Broadway cds that I still need to acquire. (I already have my sights set on Brigadoon, On the Town, The Apple Tree, and the Producers. Haven't decided what else yet.)

#14

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 12:41pm

Grey Gardens CD
A Chorus Line revival CD
BC/EFA 2007 calendar

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#15

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 12:47pm

-Tickets to A Chorus Line for Jan 13th - VERY excited =D
-The Q Guide To Broadway by Seth Rudetsky
-Making It On Broadway (thats not the whole title but I dont remember it... its the book where all the actors tell stories about what they went through and stuff.)
-$$ to buy other tickets. So I'm seeing Spring Awakening this Saturday!

Also, through school trips and stuff, I'm seeing Les Mis and Hairspray.

#16

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 12:55pm

Avenue Q, Mamma Mia, 101 Greatest Musicals, Color Purple and new Playbill Yearbook books.

Shout! The Mod Musical CD

#17

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:04pm

Making It On Broadway (thats not the whole title but I dont remember it... its the book where all the actors tell stories about what they went through and stuff.)

That's mostly the whole title. Also on the cover it says "Actors' tales of rising to the top". GREAT book.

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#18

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:17pm

I get to choose to Broadway shows to see.

#19

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:26pm

Me & my brother combined {mostly for me }
La Cage aux Folles OBCR
Once Upon A Mattress OBCR
Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert Recording
And some surprise tickets to see a show sometime between January and March.

<3

Merry Christmas everybody.

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#20

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:32pm

Tickets to Company on the 2nd! Totally excited. It was #1 on my Christmas list.

#21

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:39pm

Cast Recordings
Anything Goes (1987 revival)
Avenue Q
Bernarda Alba (off)
Funny Girl (movie recording)
Evita
i love you, you're perfect, now change (off)

ticket to the apple tree

broadway calander

a couple set design books

the Q guide to broadway

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#22

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:41pm

Illustrated Script and Lyrics of Cabaret
1999 Studio Recording of Cabaret

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#23

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:44pm

CDs

Oklahoma! London Cast Recording
Follies OBCR
Evita OBCR
Spring Awakeining OBCR
Songs from Ragtime
Broadway Showstopppers Box Set

Subscription to American Theatre Magazine

Chicago DVD

Art Isn't Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim

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#24

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 1:46pm

DVD of Val Kilmer in TEN COMMANDMENTS (something so miraculously awful that every theatreperson should see it)

AMTRAK tickets to NYC, where we're seeing MAGIC FLUTE at the Met and the Christmas show at RCMH.

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#25

re: Theatre/Broadway Related Christmas/Hannukah Presents

Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:32pm

Can I talk about giving? I gave my dad the South Pacific concert CD because after I bought it, I realized I would never listen to it.

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