Much to my surprise I was able to rise with ease when my alarm went off at 9:15 this morning!
Today was the Broadway Flea Market which is held by Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids every year in Shubert Alley off of 44th St. The folks at NYMF were having us volunteers stuff more red totes with postcards and programs for the festival to be handed out to folks at the flea. This time, however, I found people to be much more skeptical of me and not as open or willing to accept my wares. As opposed to last week's bombardment of free item seekers, I was actually being turned away!
"I don't need that." some were saying. What?!?
Despite the unexpected populice of eco-friendly patrons of the market, I still managed to dispense of all of my bags in about an hour. My mission complete, I made a stop at a Starbucks to recharge myself for some power perusing and shopping through Shubert Alley.
Never before had I seen so many broadway posters and Playbills and show collectibles in one place! There were stuffed Broadway Bears decked out in bedazzled costumes, Autographed T-shirts and Programs, CDs of Broadway Cast Recordings and several stars on hand taking pictures and signing autographs. It was a great day for Broadway!
Piles and piles of Playbills!
Jennifer Barnhart of Avenue Q gave out high fives and autographs to Broadway patrons.
Bears on Broadway !!! ...lucky Bears
I did only minor damage to my wallet today. I was in the market for some more audition material so I spent close to an hour at one particular booth rifling through boxes of paperback Samuel Frenches. At the end of my hour-long frenzy I walked away with 10 books at $1 a pop!
I also bought a copy of the Steve Martin/Daryl Hannah classic Roxanne (I love that movie) which some cute kids were selling in honor of Cyrano de Bergerac. Lastly, and I picked up a copy of the Broadway Cast recording of The Color Purple for a mere two bucks! I love Broadway!
When I had had my fill of flea market shopping, I made my way uptown to the Hilton at 54th & The Avenue of the Americas for a visit to the Film, Stage and Showbiz Expo. Since I didn't know my exact schedule, I opted out of registering for any of the classes that they were offering at an additional charge. I figured that since I was a first-timer to the expo I would just attend the exhibition halls to see who and what was there.
It seems that these days online promotions are at an all time high. There are so many sites dedicated to keeping your headshots, resumes and reels on the web that it's a bit overwhelming. Call me old fashioned, but this is something to which I have yet to adjust.
I talked to a couple headshot photographers and collected information on a few voice and acting coaches and entered myself in a couple of raffles. It turned out that the hall was much smaller than I had anticipated and so I was ready to leave within an hour of my arrival. Nonetheless, I felt like I had a productive day and maybe I'll win one of those raffles which will be even more than I bargained for!
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