Actors Fund's eBay Auction Features Billy Elliot, Wicked and Chicago Experiences

By Andrew Gans
02 Dec 2009

The Actors Fund’s Auction of 1000 Stars is currently offering a host of Broadway-related items on eBay through Dec. 10.

Proceeds will benefit the entertainment charity.

Among the items up for bid:

 

  • "The opportunity to conduct the exit music for Broadway's Billy Elliot with a photo from the conductor’s podium, chance to join the musicians in the pit for a performance, two VIP tickets, and a backstage tour.

     

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  • A private violin lesson from Chicago’s maestro Marshall Coid, plus two VIP tickets and a backstage tour.

     

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  • The chance to join Wicked’s lead trumpet player Jon Owens and the Wicked orchestra in the pit for a performance, plus a private backstage tour."

    Also available are "musical quotes" from composers and/or lyricists and their shows, including Tim Acito (Zanna, Don’t!), Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime), Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) and Jeff Bowen and the cast of [title of show].

    Alan Alda, Annette Bening, Zoe Caldwell, Joan Collins, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Brian Dennehy, Will Ferrell, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Gallagher, James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Cherry Jones, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Jude Law, Laura Linney, Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cynthia Nixon, Christopher Plummer, Faith Prince, Geoffrey Rush, Liev Schreiber and Kathleen Turner have also autographed various theatrical memorabilia, including several Playbills.

    Visit www.auctionof1000stars.org or www.actorsfund.org for more information.

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    The Actors Fund, which was founded in 1882, is a non-profit organization that provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals. Some of the many programs The Actors Fund provides include a nursing home and assisted living care facility; senior and disabled programs; mental health services; chemical dependency services; entertainment industry assistance programs; the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative; the AIDS Initiative; and supportive housing on both coasts.

     

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