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Ticket and ticket stub collection documenting historic stage debuts and early, pre-fame performances of approximately 40 future stars of music and entertainment, which includes iconic Hollywood actors like James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Robert Redford, crossover giants like Madonna, Bette Midler, and Barbra Streisand, and legendary funnymen like John Belushi, Robin Williams, and Steve Martin. The collection, which contains a total of 36 tickets and ticket stubs, is alphabetized by surname and categorized by key career milestones, ranging from opening-night Broadway debuts and first Broadway productions to early Broadway roles and formative theatrical appearances. Each item in the collection has been individually encapsulated and graded by PSA, and is listed as follows:
Opening Night Broadway Production Debuts
- Marlon Brando (I Remember Mama at the Music Box Theatre, on October 19, 1944) - STUB VG 3
- James Caan and Peter Fonda (Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole at the Morosco Theatre on October 5, 1961) - FULL NM-MT 8
- Dustin Hoffman (A Cook for Mr. General at The Playhouse, on October 19, 1961) - STUB VG-EX 4
- Burt Reynolds (Look, We've Come Through at the Hudson Theatre, on October 25, 1961) - STUB EX-MT 6
- Neil Simon (Catch a Star! at the Plymouth Theatre on September 6, 1955) - STUB PR 1
Broadway Debut (First Broadway Production)
- Julie Andrews (The Boy Friend at the Royale Theatre, on June 24, 1955) - STUB PR 1
- Warren Beatty (A Loss of Roses at the Coronet Theatre, on December 15, 1959) - STUB FR 1.5
- Sid Caesar (Make Mine Manhattan at the Broadhurst Theatre, on July 17, 1948) - STUB EX-MT 6
- Robert De Niro (2) (Cuba and His Teddy Bear at the Longacre Theatre, on August 9 and 30, 1986) - STUB EX-MT 6 and STUB NM 7
- Adam Driver (Mrs. Warren’s Profession at the American Airlines Theatre on October 13, 2010) - STUB NM-MT 8
- Ralph Fiennes (Hamlet at the Belasco Theatre, on May 21, 1995) - STUB GOOD 2
- Carrie Fisher (Irene at the Minskoff Theatre, on December 21, 1973) - STUB EX-MT 6
- James Gandolfini (A Streetcar Named Desire at the Barrymore Theatre, on May 16, 1992) - STUB NM 7
- Anthony Hopkins (Equus at the Plymouth Theatre, on October 17, 1974) - STUB GOOD 2
- Nicole Kidman (The Blue Room at the Cort Theatre, on December 20, 1998) - STUB EX 5
- Paul Lynde [Mel Brooks] (Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952, at the Royale Theatre, on October 4, 1952; also served as the debut of Mel Brooks, who wrote several sketches for the play) - STUB GOOD 2
- Madonna (Speed-the-Plow at the Royale Theatre, on May 27, 1988) - STUB VG 3
- Bette Midler (Fiddler on the Roof at the Majestic Theatre, on May 22, 1967) - STUB VG 3
- Paul Newman (Picnic at the Music Box Theatre, on December 17, 1953) - STUB VG 3
- Christopher Reeve (A Matter of Gravity at the Broadhurst Theatre, on February 18, 1976) - STUB GOOD 2
- Paul Rudd (The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Helen Hayes Theatre, on September 9, 1997) - STUB GOOD 2
- Jeremy Strong (A Man for All Seasons at the American Airlines Theatre on October 21, 2008) - STUB GOOD 2(MK)
- John Travolta (Over Here! at the Shubert Theatre, on August 7, 1974) - STUB VG 3
- Christopher Walken (J.B. at the Anta Theatre, on June 15, 1959) - STUB VG-EX 4
- Sigourney Weaver (The Constant Wife at the Shubert Theatre, on May 8, 1975) - STUB VG 3
- Robin Williams and Steve Martin (Waiting for Godot at the Lincoln Center Theater on November 11, 1988) - STUB VG 3
Early Broadway Appearances
- James Dean (The Immoralist at the Royale Theatre on February 6, 1954) - STUB NM 7
- Gene Hackman (Poor Richard, on ‘Opening Night’ at the Helen Hayes Theatre on December 2, 1964) - STUB NM 7
- Robert Redford (Sunday in New York at the Cort Theatre, on December 13, 1961) - FULL NM-MT 8
- George C. Scott (General Seeger, ‘Opening Night’ at the Lyceum Theatre, on February 28, 1962 - STUB NM 7
- Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl at the Winter Garden, on May 2, 1964) - STUB NM 7
Early Theatrical Productions
- John Belushi and Chevy Chase (National Lampoon: Lemmings at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, on June 18, 1973) - STUB VG 3(MK)
- David Letterman (TV debut at the 1971 Indianapolis 500, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Saturday, May 29, 1971) - STUB VG-EX 4
- Al Pacino (The Local Stigmatic at the Actor’s Playhouse, on November 5, 1969) - FULL NM-MT 8
- Sidney Poitier (Anna Lucasta at the American Theatre on December 12, 1947) - STUB FR 1.5
