aww Rich, you know the way to my jewish heart (even though I'm not a jew).
Not a big deal on the money situation, I had a good time. Except for my car getting hit when it was on the side of the road, and the most annoying thing was that I saw the asshole that hit me and I ran into the middle of the road to flag them down, and they kept going.
Was anyone collecting money to get into the show? I didn't witness any evidence of this. I did, however, see a man comprised entirely of water balloons.
I remember there being a sign on the door about it being $3 and to see the Andy kid about paying to get in... but he was too busy doing Grateful Dead dancing during thrash bands to collect, probably.