PLAYBILL Covers of the 2016-2017 Season

[GreasedLightning]

War Paint is UGLY. 

I would post the image but I am on my phone. 

[LesWickedly]

I don't see any big problems with it. It's fine.

[somechrysanthemumtea]

whoops! Got beaten to it. I think it's really boring honestly, the faces aren't very attractive, nor do they pair well with the color scheme. I just wish they'd done so much more. A show about two dueling makeup maestros - and this is what they come up with? It lacks some oomph, in my opinion.

 

I might just be one of the only people who actually like the art for Sweat, but I agree that it's difficult to ascertain the tone of the show from it. But from seeing it, I think it does fit some of the more frenzied moments in the show. It sort of gives me indie movie poster vibes. I also think being in B/W is a disservice to it.

 

I love Amelie & Oslo especially. Wonderful colors on the Oslo playbill. Too much white space on the Groundhog Day & Play That Goes Wrong playbill, which makes both of them look quite ugly.

[Call_me_jorge]

@z5 said: "War Paint was also uploaded online...just like most of these, they are the same advertisement art for the most part; nothing too surprising.

 

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What's a recent example where the playbill cover didn't relate to the advertising?

[GreasedLightning]

Call_me_jorge said: "@z5 said: "War Paint was also uploaded online...just like most of these, they are the same advertisement art for the most part; nothing too surprising.

 

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What's a recent example where the playbill cover didn't relate to the advertising?

 

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All of Scott Rudin's productions. 

[@z5]

Call_me_jorge said: "@z5 said: "War Paint was also uploaded online...just like most of these, they are the same advertisement art for the most part; nothing too surprising.

 

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What's a recent example where the playbill cover didn't relate to the advertising?

 

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Besides for the Rudin shows (with the exception of Shuffle ALong) American the American Psycho cover, know-it-all. :) 

[GreasedLightning]

@z5 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "@z5 said: "War Paint was also uploaded online...just like most of these, they are the same advertisement art for the most part; nothing too surprising.

 

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What's a recent example where the playbill cover didn't relate to the advertising?

 

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Besides for the Rudin shows (with the exception of Shuffle ALong) American the American Psycho cover, know-it-all. :) 

 

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Woof. You really showed me! 

[10086sunset]

Ugh. The War Paint is uninspired.  

[carolinaguy]

War Paint has a bit of a creepy vibe. They look bald, too.

 

Miss Saigon is one of my favorite designs of all time. I love the slight tweaks in the new version, with the watercolor-like strokes in the background.

[VintageSnarker]

somechrysanthemumtea said: "

whoops! Got beaten to it. I think it's really boring honestly, the faces aren't very attractive, nor do they pair well with the color scheme.

Those are... their faces? They're selling it on Lupone and Ebersole. Whose faces did you want them to use? I like that it quickly communicates that the two characters are connected but in opposition.

It might have helped to crop the image lower so you're still emphasizing the makeup but the characters don't just look bald. Or maybe they could have done the hair in the more muted tones of the background colors. But I don't have a major issue with it. 

[@z5]

Looks like Beautiful changed their cover...it's bland and black and white.

[wish i were here2]

[LesWickedly]

Groundhog Day looks as though it's a show put on by the Public. The Beautiful cover was great before and this is just boring and awful. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Wow, I hate to be negative, but every single one of those playbills is pretty terrible.

[curel1]

I like The color in Groundhog Day

[pupscotch]

I actually quite like Groundhog Day's. It's better than the more boring art they had before. Indecent and Beautiful are both so boring and plain. I loved Beautiful's last cover, I hope they switch it up again soon.

[VintageSnarker]

Hmn... Groundhog Day is... a choice. Unless those colors have something to do with the show, I don't get it. It reminds me of something... maybe a style of album covers? Regardless, it's nothing relevant to the show. Also, having two of the Andy Karl images in pink and having the main female lead in pink communicates nothing. A graphic should quickly communicate some message about the show. This isn't saying anything.

I don't mind Six Degrees of Separation. 

[BakerWilliams]

I love the Little Foxes one.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Indecent's logo design is simple enough, but then they decided to go and take the interesting red color away from the font? What the heck?

I tweeted that Chocolate Factory's logo looks like a crown underneath a ribbon of toothpaste, and their account actually replied...but they were really good-natured about it.

Miss Saigon has always been one of my favorite logos and it's classic, so I'm glad they just played with the colors there.

I LOVE the War Paint font style/color, but I still say the two faces should have been split down the middle ala "Me, Myself, and Irene" or "The Ides of March."

Sunday's Playbill looks bright and gorgeous as the new tenant in my Binder!

Lastly, I'm a little obsessed with the Amelie artwork and color scheme. It puts me in such a good mood. Anastasia's cover also looks great.

[@z5]

Significant Other seems to be going black and white next month.

[magic0214]

The Six Degrees one isn't the worst, but it would be more striking with the color from the promotional artwork.

[Call_me_jorge]

I wonder if beautiful is going to change the playbill cover when publicity pics of Abby come in.

[10086sunset]

Six Degrees of separation really needs to be in color.

Could Indecent maybe have tried? Wow, its just brutal.

[JustAnotherNewYorker]

Love the Playbill for "The Play that Goes Wrong"

 

[10086sunset]

I'm surprised The Glass Menagerie hasn't changed.

[itis2l84u]

The new Beautiful cover is anything but beautiful. They have had such fantastic playbill covers since day one. I hope this isn't permanent but, I can't see why they'd change the cover for a few weeks until they could use something of Abby on it.