by TheScarletPimpernel » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:04 pm
The above are just four images I took from people's successes on here from LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL. The four signatures I attempted to highlight were that of ORFEH's, Paulette in the musical.
In each one, she signed in roughly the same spot, (eitheron the face of Laura Bell Bundy or on the books saying LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL) with her huge O signature.
Especially with this economy, it'd be extremely rare (as if it was ever normal) for a Broadway show to have an Autopen machine, literally BACKSTAGE (with the exception of Wicked, which appears to forward all fanmail to somewhere across the street?). Most shows weekly barely make enough to cover the daily running costs...look at it this way:
A TALE OF TWO CITIES the Musical, which opened about a month and a half ago, has published (as most shows do) their weekly grosses. Speculation ranges that the weekly running costs are around $500,000-$650,000, including but not exclusive to: house staff (ushers/etc.), electrical/etc., maintence people, the cast (which for ATOTC is probably very costly), the producers get a little something something in the beginning, advertisements, among various other things.
Last week, Tale only sold 54% of it's tickets, and only grossed $396,391. Pretty much all that money will go into the above things, usually with the producers not getting anything in this case. Unfortunately, it's the case of lots of shows right now, which is another reason why they're all closing! The shows can obviously not afford a AP machine, and why Clay Aiken, who is probably getting somewhere around $10,000 perhaps max a week, personally pay for them to get AP'd?
The end of it is, I've never come across a AP or PP playbill, and you probably won't unless someone on a Glenn Close in Sunset Blvd. (50,000/week) salary, which would just be stupid anyway.
Have fun with your authentic auto!!
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The above are just four images I took from people's successes on here from LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL. The four signatures I attempted to highlight were that of ORFEH's, Paulette in the musical.
In each one, she signed in roughly the same spot, (eitheron the face of Laura Bell Bundy or on the books saying LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL) with her huge O signature.
Especially with this economy, it'd be extremely rare (as if it was ever normal) for a Broadway show to have an Autopen machine, literally BACKSTAGE (with the exception of Wicked, which appears to forward all fanmail to somewhere across the street?). Most shows weekly barely make enough to cover the daily running costs...look at it this way:
A TALE OF TWO CITIES the Musical, which opened about a month and a half ago, has published (as most shows do) their weekly grosses. Speculation ranges that the weekly running costs are around $500,000-$650,000, including but not exclusive to: house staff (ushers/etc.), electrical/etc., maintence people, the cast (which for ATOTC is probably very costly), the producers get a little something something in the beginning, advertisements, among various other things.
Last week, Tale only sold 54% of it's tickets, and only grossed $396,391. Pretty much all that money will go into the above things, usually with the producers not getting anything in this case. Unfortunately, it's the case of lots of shows right now, which is another reason why they're all closing! The shows can obviously not afford a AP machine, and why Clay Aiken, who is probably getting somewhere around $10,000 perhaps max a week, personally pay for them to get AP'd?
The end of it is, I've never come across a AP or PP playbill, and you probably won't unless someone on a Glenn Close in Sunset Blvd. (50,000/week) salary, which would just be stupid anyway.
Have fun with your authentic auto!! :)
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