damn my not living in NYC!
All my signed original posters: La Cage, Little Women, Avenue Q, Wicked, Gypsy, Signed Tour Posters: Millie, Grease, Aida, Music Man
Signed Head Shots: Idina, JLT, Geaorge Hearn, Chris Fitzgerald, Barrett Foa, Gary Beach
Hand written Letters from George Hearn and Barrett Foa
Signed Programs: Aida (original cast), Cinderella on tour (Eartha Kitt!!!) and Seussical (Cathy Rigby, etc.)
all of my Movin' Out stuff esp. the pics of me with Elizabeth Parkinson on the stage and me and John Selya in front of the theater. and all my signed Playbills. esp the ones signed to me from Elizabeth that says "You never know what can happen when you least expect it" and the one from John that says "To Kim, All My Love, John Selya" oh and i saved the pens that they used to sign them! haha
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
I have lightbulbs that I've taken from the runways of various productions of HELLO, DOLLY! down through the years.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
The mother of a friend of the son of a cousin of the Chinese man who runs the laundry down the street from me, was a laundress for OZ.
I have an unwashed large piece of Hugh's dance belt worn during the performance of October 20, 2003.
My letters and e-mails from Megan Hilty, my "Broadway Mail" (autographed headshots from various Broadway stars), and a headshot and sweet note Matt Morrison sent me.
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/05
Im not a big souvenier buff but I have some really special stuff:
A Wicked Poster signed by Megan Hilty and Joey Mc
A CD Booklet signed by the all the OBC Cast of Wicked and Stephen Schwartz and Gregory McGuire
My Wicked Novel personally signed by Schwartz
Autographs from Idina Menzel and Laura Bell Bundy
My Gypsy poster
All my playbills
and a personally signed CD booklet signed by George Hearn, hes def one of my favorite actors so its really special
Understudy Joined: 5/23/03
My father saw Wildcat on Broadway and got Lucille Ball's signature on his Playbill.
My FIRST show I ever saw was Sunset Boulevard in LA - and I bought the poster that the whole cast signed including Glenn Close.
No NYC autographs, but lots of Playbills & photos.
I love my autographed playbills and pictures with cast members. But my fav stuff is the Wicked CD and book from the CD signing with the OBC (Kristin, Idina, Norbert, Carole, Joel, Michelle, Bill, Chris, Stephen Schwartz, and Gregory McGuire), and then the cardboard notepad that Glinda writes on at the beginning of What Is This Feeling- Kristin accidentally threw it into the audience, and I got it and she autographed it for me after the show.
I don't think I have a single piece of signed memorabilia that ISN'T treasured... but for the sake of naming ONE I'd have to say that one of my most treasured, tangible "memories" has to be a personally autographed headshot of Jason Raize. Jason stood in the freezing cold closing night of Carmen Jones a couple years back with my friends and I, posing for endless pictures and signing all our stuff. I will never forget that night and we will never forget him.
Broadway Star Joined: 1/6/05
my most prized thing currently, it's not really a souvenir either, but my personalized headshot that Jeff Goldblum sent to me a couple of months ago. He's been one of my favorite actors for half a dozen years or more, so it was a dream to get that.
the only souveniers i get are posters/playbills signed so;
playbill from rocky horror in previews (it pre-dated silver sharpie so i couldn't get the poster signed) signed by among others raul esparza (b'way debut), kevin cahoon, john jeffrey martin and some others
oklahoma poster signed by patrick wilson, jessica boevers, and one of the kids
thoroughly modern millie poster signed by harriet harris, kevin earley, emily rozek (millie u/s), peter kim, john tartaglia (with a little "Q" after it), Jennifer Barnhart (w/ "avenue q" written in) and someone else whom i cannot recall right now
lsoh nat'l tour- full cast plus james alexander, a family friend who's the audrey 2 standby
rent nat'l tour playbill (no posters available) signed by andy meeks, marcus paul james, dan rosenbaum, ava, and some ensemble
a sh*t load of OBC rent stuff... many signed headshots from the RENT obc/1997-98 cast,cheno signed stuff,SNF cast signed stuff,Mamma Mia cast signed stuff.. a mamma mia cast jacket they let me order with the cast long story lol... a "homemade" rent jacket *I* made when i was 13..that has been autographed by every OBC,1997,1998,1999 castmember. And a card with the best acting advice ever that Mercedes Ruehl sent me last month.
My most treasured theater possession is the RENT Bible that I have autographed by eight of the fifteen OBC - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Gwen Stewart, Gilles Chiasson, and Rodney Hicks. Every one of those autographs is attached to a special memory I will never forget, including getting invited to Gilles' apartment and sharing a two-hour long theater conversation with one of Fredi's costars on the train. My eventual goal is to get all of them. Timothy's next, on the Wicked tour!!
Jose, I think I can guess how you got it really (wink wink)!
My signed Playbills are my favorites.
Angela Lansbury - Mame.
Bernadette Peters - Into the Woods
Donna Murphy - Wonderful Town
I framed them to produce very nice souvenirs from three wonderful leading ladies.
All of the stuff I treasure is in storage, for I've nowhere to display it!
I would actually think that my most prized things are the pictures I've taken -- not because they're always good, trust me. But just because they provide memories of the things I've done, the things I've enjoyed.
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