2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Performers and Broadway Fans

Actor Aesthetic’s 2023 holiday gift guide aims to make shopping for actors and theatre kids more personal, thoughtful and FUN!

Here are 25+ gift ideas any performer or Broadway fan will adore.

Broadway or Bust:

Scenery Bags

Own a piece of Broadway! Scenery Bags handmakes accessories from discarded theatrical materials, and a portion of all proceeds is donated to TDF to introduce students to theatre.

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Periodic Table of Broadway Musicals

118 of the greatest musicals of all time in one richly illustrated poster, The Periodic Table of Broadway Musicals belongs on every musical theatre lover’s wall.

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Coloring Broadway

Inspired by Broadway, Colored by YOU! Add your own colors to the lyrics you love. Great gifts for theatre nerds of all ages.

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SALBERT DESIGNS

salbert was born in 2017 out of a need for lightweight jewelry.

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Curtain Call Cosmetics

Curtain Call Cosmetics specializes in hand-mixed Broadway inspired nail polish.

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Essentials For Actors:

Amazon finds:

Ring Light

A self-tape is an audition the actor films remotely. Help an actor out by giving the gift of a ring-light to use for self-tapes!

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MyPurmist Handheld Steamer

Mypurmist® steam inhalers are proven to provide fast, natural, drug-free relief from allergies.

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STanley Cup

Every performer knows how important it is to stay hydrated! Give the gift of a Stanley.

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BeltBox

Acting as a portable warm-up room, The BELTBOX is a vocal dampener for singers.

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Must-Read Books For Performers:

  1. “The Professional Actors Handbook: From Casting Call by Julio Agustin
  2. “Dear Future Producer: A Guide To Create Your Own Content And Gain Creative Freedom” by Maggie Stiggers
  3. “When Broadway Was Black” by Caseen Gaines
  4. “An Actor’s Life” by Jenna Fischer
  5. “How To Stop Acting” by Harold Guskin
  6. “El Camino Del Artista” by Julia Cameron
  7. “Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way ” by Stewart F. Lane
  8. Sondheim’s “Finishing the Hat”
  9. Sondheim’s “Look I Made A Hat”
  10. “If You Have To Cry Go Outside” by Kelly Cutrone
  11. “Respect For Acting” by Uta Hagen
  12. “An Actor Prepares” by Stanislavski
  13. “Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays” by David Ball
  14. “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” by Steven Pressfield
  15. “Audition” by Michael Shurtleff