not true! mine are all very personal. the one from harvey fierstein, you see i was writing about my production of Fiddler and how Tevye forgot all of his lines and he wrote "be kind to a forgetful tevye. even i forget ym lines sometimes." and the other side was him singing rich man and it said for blu love (insert his autograoh here)
suttons said thanks for your wonderful letter, its great you want to be on broadway. love sutton...shoshanas said dear blu i love your drawing! good luck, love shoshana, karen olivos was a HANDWRITTEN letetr that answered all my questions, all the broadway kids signed pics and the chitty kids all wrote little notes and signed a playbill for me so you just dont write to the right people then...
wrote to Chuck Wagner when i was doing Into the Woods. Got a autographed photo and a nice letter back.
Adinah Alexander (from WICKED) sent me a letter and a picture.
The entire cast of BKLYN the musical signed the cover of a colored playbill and sent it to me.
I've had a lot of success with writing to broadway actors. People that have sent things back are:
Sutton Foster
Michelle Federer
Cheyenne Jackson
George Hearn
Idina Menzel
Gavin Creel
Harvey Fierstein
Ann Harada
Kelli O'Hara
Victoria Clark
Matt Morrison
Jenn Gambatese
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Stephanie J. Block
Wow, now I feel like an autograph whore.
I've only written a letter to one person and that was because the theaterical experience was so overwhelming and emotionally touching. That was "Golde's Balcony" w/ Tovah Fledshuh (sp?). After I saw the show, I came home and wrote her a letter telling her how much her performance touched me and how powerful to the show. I just thanked her for the show ect... She actually wrote me back thanking me for seeing it and saying that it meant alot that people were emotionally affected by the show. It was a very kind thing for her to do.
i think i have gotten around 30 things back...
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
i've emailed cheyenne jackson and he emails me back. he sent me a headshot with a little note on it. he's very appreciative of his fans. Updated On: 10/12/05 at 06:23 PM
I wrote to Carolee Carmello and received a very lovely handwritten letter and signed Playbill.
Not Broadway, but I once wrote to Jennifer Garner. I didn't get a letter, but I did get an autograph.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
I wrote to Loretta Swit and she not only answered my leter, but she mailed me most of her personal belongings.
Amazing!
I got a kidney from Carol Channing.
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