Who have you gotten stuff back from? — Page 222

stoptheworld38 said: "For people who have written to/heard back from Company recently, how much of a donation (if any) did you send/is required?"

Just a fair warning, I know 2 people that wrote to Company recently (within the past 2 weeks) and they both got letters back saying: “PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY.
Thank you for your interest in COMPANY!
Although we typically ask for a donation to BCEFA before sending out Playbills - we currently do not have any signed Playbills available.
Please enjoy this unsigned Playbill for your collection!”

It seems like the last batch of signed playbills sent through the mail may have been the last.

Whalers59 said: "Greetings! I have a "Wicked" Playbill from December 2003 when we were lucky enough to see the original company, and I would love to somehow get both Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel to sign it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might do this? I actually have two Playbills from that performance, so if one gets lost, I will always have the other one just in case in safe keeping! Thanks."

You should absolutely try to wait until you can see them in person or find a friend who will be seeing them in person. Idina doesn't have an active fanmail address; not sure about Kristin, but she is doing a small concert tour soon that you could perhaps find a fellow fan to help you if you aren't able to attend.

I mailed my Mrs. Doubtfire playbill to Rob McClure at Little Shop and got it back today. Took about 2 weeks (actually 3.5, but I’m counting the time he wasn’t at the theatre because of COVID).

Signed with the “All My Love, Poppet”.

Made my day

spicemonkey said:

Very curious to know how can one get a signed window card as they are not collecting for BCEFA atm?

Sorry if this is a little off-topic ot this thread. I felt it would be way more off-topic if I asked in the ITW main thread."

The two obvious options are either someone connected to the production was able to obtain one (and are basically exploiting that connection for personal gain), or the entire thing is a forgery.

I kinda love how they are bragging in their description about how they never stage doored/signed, which, to me, indicates they’re showing their ass a bit that they way they obtained is suspicious.

Heard back from A STRANGE LOOP after 4 months this past week. Full cast signed playbill.

Also, I got a notice from ITW that cast signed Playbills are $40 and requested through stage management (which, honestly given the cast, is a hell of a bargain).

Stephanie J. Block did just confirm on Twitter today though that folks could leave playbills at the SD for her to sign and I guess return by mail

since they are not singing at the stage door of The Music Man

Has anyone written to Sutton or Hugh with your own Playbill for an autograph?

I recently sent a fan letter to Julie Benko (Funny Girl). In the envelope, I included a self addressed stamped postcard. She responded with a short note and her autograph.

AngInFL79 said: "I have never done this and wondered how one would go about obtaining a signed Playbill prior to seeing the show. I currently have tickets to see Music Man and Strange Loop on their closing weekends in January and was hoping to get a signed Playbills for both.

Any suggestion or tips would be amazing. :) Thanks."

Honestly, good luck. It’s going to be close to impossible. Both are doing BC/EFA collections right now so you could possibly ask someone to buy you one (ASL is only $50), but more likely you will get a note back asking for a donation.

This is also in tandem with stage dooring being on pause again.

elaerna said: "I'm new to this can you explain what you mean? Like do you put $75 cash in the envelope? Or someone said something about a BCEFA donation? Basically how are you sending them money?"

Either you wrote a check to BCEFA, and indicate that it’s a donation for a particular item, or you can go online and make a donation and mail the receipt to them. Some shows have also had their items put up on the BCEFA eBay page for sale as well.

In the meantime, I recently got back Playbills from:

- Pictures from Home (signed by everyone)

- CHICAGO (signed by Jinkx, Charlotte, and others)

- TITANIQUE (signed by all)

- HERCULES (unclear who signed but the cover is nearly filled) - Didn’t know if it would work for Paper Mill but it did!

I sent all of them out on February 24th and they all came back sometime between 3/10 and 3/12 (I was away on vacation)

That was actually the first time I ever tried Papermill (which it helps that I live in NJ under 30 minutes away from there).

I'm more inclined to mail Playbills at this point unless I know stagedooring is hit or miss and understandably so. Plus, I've gotten a message or two from performers before who appreciate my letters and also taking safety into consideration when making a request.

Also, I'm keeping the Post Office alive!

I recently stage doored at &Juliet and am trying to figure out who’s signature is who. I know it was signed by Stark Sands, Betsy Wolfe, Justin David Sullivan, Melanie La Barrie, Phillip Arroyo and Ben Jackson Walker but some are hard to read. I couldn’t figure out how to post the picture here but it’s on my Twitter page at the link here https://twitter.com/BwayinVan



I think the top left is Stark, Justin below that and Phillip bottom left but any confirmation and help would be appreciated!