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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season

bandit964

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #175
Posted: 3/5/16 at 3:40am

i agree Long Day's Journey looks great in B&W. Although, I don't think they added any extra effort. They just used the color promo poster and put it in B&W.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #176
Posted: 3/5/16 at 6:33am

Can't seem to post them, but Hughie and Blackbird both have new Playbills. I'm not sure if the now terrible Playbill Vault has them, but I saw them on Instagram under each show's hashtag.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #177
Posted: 3/5/16 at 6:47am

I quite like Blackbird's new playbill!

The new Hughie one hasn't been posted yet!

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #178
Posted: 3/5/16 at 9:06am

Wow.

Really liked the original Blackbird.

This might be even better.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #179
Posted: 3/5/16 at 9:18am

bandit964 said: "i agree Long Day's Journey looks great in B&W. Although, I don't think they added any extra effort. They just used the color promo poster and put it in B&W.

Noises Off, She Loves Me, and all other Roundabout Playbills are usually just that, though...

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #180
Posted: 3/5/16 at 6:20pm

Ooh, I'm into the new Blackbird Playbill. I agree that the Long Day's Journey into Night Playbill looks good in black and white. So did the Noises Off Playbill (maybe not as good as color but it didn't look bad) in person. She Loves Me is a disappointment though. It's too dark and stark for such a light, romantic show.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #181
Posted: 3/5/16 at 6:26pm

Roundabout just takes their seasonal logo art and slaps it on a Playbill in black and white with no real thought. "She Loves Me" looks like the program for a funeral. Even if they inverted the colors so the writing was in black on a white background it would look better.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #182
Posted: 3/6/16 at 4:50pm

The new Hughie one is very nice.

Eclipsed and School of Rock have both gone black and white as well.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #183
Posted: 3/7/16 at 7:25am

GreasedLightening: Yeah, that's my point,

woeisme3 said, "Roundabout's black and white playbills can work if they just put a little effort in."

I'm just saying I don't think any effort went in.

Updated On: 3/7/16 at 07:25 AM

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #184
Posted: 3/7/16 at 8:04am

Sad that Eclipsed is going B&W - their color playbill is really lovely.

The "new and improved" PlaybillVault still hasn't displayed Hughie's new playbill - but from pictures on Instagram it looks to be a marked improvement.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #185
Posted: 3/7/16 at 10:33am

Darn, the School of Rock playbill is going B&W? PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season I always thought that red, white, and black emblem looked so good.

[B'way 2015-2016] Hedwig, If/Then, Cabaret, Les Mis(x3), On the Town, Gigi, Something Rotten(x2), Fun Home, Jersey Boys, Gentleman's Guide, Kinky Boots, Finding Neverland, King & I, Spring Awakening(x2), Therese Raquin, Allegiance(x2), Lord of the Dance, Old Times, Dames at Sea, Book of Mormon(x2), Curious Incident, Aladdin, View from the Bridge, School of Rock, Noises Off, Bright Star, American in Paris, Tuck Everlasting, She Loves Me(x2), Fully Committed, The Father, Paramour, American Psycho, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Shuffle Along, The Crucible

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #186
Posted: 3/9/16 at 1:14pm

"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #187
Posted: 3/12/16 at 10:54am

I prefer the first Crucible Playbill. This one looks too sexual, while the first one could be interpreted as dealing with either sex or possession.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #188
Posted: 3/17/16 at 4:58pm

Was the Shuffle Along cover changed?

Playbill Vault has a new one posted.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #189
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:06pm

I appoligise for any spelling mistakes. I may be on my mobile. Clumsy fingers and small little touchscreen keys don't mixx. I try to spellcheck, but I may miss something.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #190
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:08pm

It is so ugly in comparison, for any other show this would be reasonable, but when you compare the two, this one is black and white fun home.

(Sorry, could not post text with the picture)

I appoligise for any spelling mistakes. I may be on my mobile. Clumsy fingers and small little touchscreen keys don't mixx. I try to spellcheck, but I may miss something.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #191
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:22pm

The first one looked amazing.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #192
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:37pm

I hope that's not the permanent Shuffle Along Playbill. I would love to have one with the artwork they've been using to advertise and I have no space for posters/windowcards.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #193
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:53pm

How disappointing. I understand that vintage-style Playbills typically featured (and the new variety of them currently feature) production shots, but the first one was probably the most beautiful Playbill I have ever seen.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #194
Posted: 3/17/16 at 5:54pm

Dafuq is that new SHUFFLE ALONG???

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #195
Posted: 3/17/16 at 10:38pm

That's interesting that they have that new Shuffle Along playbill art. A friend of mine went to the show tonight and the Playbill is still the same. I wonder if they're planning to change it in the coming weeks (though I hope they don't)

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #196
Posted: 3/17/16 at 11:27pm

I don't hate the new artwork (that's probably my favorite color), but it just seems stupid to replace gorgeous artwork with what is effectively a stock photo.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #197
Posted: 3/17/16 at 11:35pm

If they entirely abandon the original artwork and don't even feature it on the window card, I am going to be really disappointed. This new Playbill cover is hideous. It looks like someone made it in 5 minutes.

Updated On: 3/17/16 at 11:35 PM

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #198
Posted: 3/17/16 at 11:50pm

Well I'm definitely happy i saw Shuffle Along last night and therefore got the original playbill cover signed by Audra.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #199
Posted: 3/17/16 at 11:53pm

Disaster has also gone black and white.

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PLAYBILL Covers of the 2015-2016 Season #200
Posted: 3/18/16 at 3:23am

I think I'd like the new Shuffle Along playbill artwork if the original had never existed, or they hadn't already been using that artwork for advertising. At face value I actually like how it looks.