24th Annual Broadway Flea Market

Yesterday, I got to take a trip over to Shubert Alley and pay a visit to the Broadway Flea Market.  It's an annual fund raiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.  I'd never gotten the chance to go in the past so I was very excited to go see everything that was going on.  In the process, I picked up some pretty cool stuff.

If you're thinking, "A flea market is just a booth with a bunch of stuff."  Well, that's exactly what it was.  "One man's junk is another man's treasure", right?  But, all of the stuff here was memorabilia from almost every Broadway show you could think of!  There were playbills, calendars, hoodies, you name it.

Like most of the BC/EFA events the Broadway celebs are always out to help the great cause.  I saw Kristin Chenoweth sitting at the Promises Promises table with her dog Maddie, signing autographs for fans.  At the  "Celebrity Table" there were plenty of people giving out autographs including Sean Hayes, Bebe Neuwirth, Chad Kimball and Montego Glover (both from Memphis), Wonder Years and Who's the Boss? stars Dan Lauria and Judith Light (both starring in Lombardi) and Jordin Sparks were all there.  To check out photos of all the celebs click here.

I spent a lot of my time waiting in line to spin the lucky wheel.  Depending on the amount of your donation, you got to spin the wheel a number of times for the chance to win tickets to a Broadway show.    I didn't manage to get the tickets but, I did get a window card from The Tempermentals (a show I never saw but, heard was great), a cast recording from A Year With Frog and Toad (a show I'd never heard of but, was told was good), a 13 the Musical t-shirt (never had much interest but, it's a free shirt) and a few other small things.  I also got a Broadway Bares calendar and a Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pies hat.  I do have to say, my favorite find of the day was my Shrek the musical cap!  I have a big soft spot for that show.

Also, the other part of my day was hosting the video that we were filming for Broadway Blogspot.  I've never hosted any of the videos before so, I'm a little anxious to see how it turned out.  It was pretty cool, though, to get the chance to work with the site in a different way than my usual tweeting and Facebook posting.

Overall, it was a great day for BC/EFA.  The organization was able to raise $476,917 to go towards helping to get rid of a terrible disease!  To find out more about Broadway Cares, got to www.broadwaycares.org.  Also, our Broadway Blogspot video about the flea market will be up this Friday.  I'll keep you posted when I make my hosting debut.

Until next time...