A customized black track suit. Papier-mâché “Little Shop of Horrors” fly traps. Friendship bracelets in a range of colors and designs.
The fan mail landscape in New York theater is alive and well.
Across the theater district, stage managers and theater employees collect fan art, stuffed animals and other gifts of appreciation that are sent to stars, ferrying the items to mailboxes and dressing rooms.
“It’s so cool that people still send me things after all these years,” said Joey Fatone, the former ’N Sync singer who recently ended his run in the Broadway musical “& Juliet.”
He estimated that each week he received about a dozen handwritten letters and several packages, including one containing a track suit emblazoned with “& Joeyet,” a play on his name and the jukebox musical’s. “I read as much as I can, but there’s so much,” said Fatone, 48.
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