By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on June 28, 2012 1:55 AM
In Advance Of Opening Day, The New Musical Rebecca Is Generating Buzz With An Interactive Online Journey Where Participants Can Earn Rewards Toward Monthly Prizes
Broadway Musical "Rebecca" Creating Buzz
Rebecca, the new Broadway musical set to begin preview performances on October 30, is creating advance buzz by way of an interactive online "journey" for fans dubbed The Manderley Experience (Manderley is the name of the mansion estate where Rebecca, based on the Daphne du Maurier novel, takes place).
From July through October, fans will have the chance to win one-of-a-kind, show-related experiences each month, leading up to the biggest of all, an Opening Night package for Rebecca's Broadway opening night on November 18. The Manderley Experience is run primarily through Rebecca's Facebook page.
Interactive Online Journey "The Manderley Experience"
Each time fans interact with the world of Rebecca there, they earn ShowPoints that can be redeemed for rewards and automatically enter them into the running for each month's prize.
The monthly Rebecca prizes include a master class with the show's own make-up artist and a make-up kit to take home, a backstage tour of the Rebecca costume closet and a signed memento, the chance to shadow the stage manager before a performance and a prop to take home, and a vocal warm-up with one of the cast members.
Unique Broadway Marketing Strategy
All of the prizes also include tickets to see a performance of Rebecca on Broadway. The grand prize is for opening night, which gets the winner a trip to New York City, a stay at the W Hotel, designer clothes for the occasion, and a limousine-chauffeured trip to see the show. More details are available at www.rebeccathemusical.com. If Rebecca the Musical finds this unique marketing strategy effective, more Broadway shows might follow suit.
It is a good way to get potential fans engaged in the world of the musical early on and to get the show buzzing on Facebook. What's more, the cost to the show's producers is probably relatively cheap when one considers that most of the prizes are about providing a backstage experience with a staff member rather than giving away an expensive item.
