PLAYBILL Covers of the 2016-2017 Season

[bwayphreak234]

I LOVE the Sunday Playbill.

[broadwayguy91]

LOVED the first Significant Other playbill cover, the 2nd one is meh.

(possibly because 4x Gideon Glick is better than 1x Gideon Glick. but that's just me. heh)

[wish i were here2]

I LOVE the Sunday playbill! It's classy and looks like a painters palette where they mix colors and stuff. 

[BroadwayRox3588]

[CATSNYrevival]

Is that a photograph of Sally Field in the rehearsal room?

[Call_me_jorge]

CATSNYrevival said: "Is that a photograph of Sally Field in the rehearsal room?

 

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Weren't the photos on the front page playbill also taken from rehearsals? I feel Like it's becoming a trend

[little_sally]

Call_me_jorge said: "CATSNYrevival said: "Is that a photograph of Sally Field in the rehearsal room?

 

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Weren't the photos on the front page playbill also taken from rehearsals? I feel Like it's becoming a trend

 

It's what Scott Rudin seems to do now with all of his playbills. The Crucible was the same thing. They have these arbitrary pics from rehearsals or the show themselves without much context.

 

[VintageSnarker]

It makes it feel like they forgot about the Playbills and then had to scramble to get something up last minute. There are a lot of talented photographers but for many campaigns I'm often left thinking that the photo they chose can't be the best photo that was taken. If it was, they should have tried a little harder.

[desperateAndee]

Definitely a rehearsal room image. However, The Front Page, The Crucible and Blackbird changed their Playbills after opening night. I'm assuming the same will happen here. 

[WayTooBroadway]

They change their Playbills a few days after previews start.

You can also try a little harder.

[10086sunset]

Happen to like the Scott Ruden pattern...One for previews and one post...

The same happened for Shuffle Along, although they went back to the original image they used in previews...

[@z5]

Though the Humans did stay consistent throughout the whole run. I am kind of digging Glass Menagerie one though. Rudin seems to like more candid photos on playbills, like the second Blackbird one was an incredibly powerful image.

[CATSNYrevival]

I don't mind the photographs, especially for plays, I just hadn't noticed him using rehearsal photos before this.

[WayTooBroadway]

THE HUMANS made sense using a production photo since it was an Off-Brodway transfer.

[Mr. Nowack]

It was occasionally done this way back in the 60's, especially early on when no production photos had been taken yet. I think it's quite beautiful.



 

[little_sally]

I like it a lot too.

[Mr. Nowack]

It's kindof interesting that in today's internet age the Playbill cover has come to be its own form of promotion. That's why I love when it isn't just the poster art with a yellow header, especially love the Rudin trend towards production photos.

[GreasedLightning]

The Vault has removed the Sally Field cover of Menagerie. Wonder if they're changing design. 

[wish i were here2]

[wish i were here2]

NEW PLAYBILLS!

[LesWickedly]

Wow all of those look great. Still don't understand why Groundhog Day is doing this whole simplistic design, but it's ok. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Sweat, Charlie, and Groundhog Day are honestly just terrible, to me. Sweat especially.

The best ones are easily Amélie, Anastasia, The Play That Goes Wrong, and Miss Saigon.

Thanks for sharing them all, wish!

[10086sunset]

Happen to really like Bandstand, along with Amelie, Anastasia, Saigon and The Play That Goes Wrong. 

Sweat looks so flat...Present Laughter isn't much better... 

[VintageSnarker]

Amelie is cute. Though perhaps the red is a little aggressive and doesn't reflect how colorful (that is, the variety of colors) the show is. It would also be nice to have more contrast between the raspberries and the background. I also wonder if it means they're changing her wig. I hope so. Her expression is perfect though.

I love the Anastasia one. I'm glad they're sticking with that artwork.

I know it's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and not Willy Wonka but I'm a little surprised they didn't feature any of the cast or at least some imagery to represent the show a little more. They're really banking on name recognition of the property.

The stark look of Groundhog Day will be good when people start getting those Playbills signed but it doesn't do much to sell the show. 

Miss Saigon is the same art but it looks fantastic. 

I get the concept of The Play That Goes Wrong but... meh.

I can't tell what Sweat is about from that Playbill.

I'm hoping to add Amelie, Anastasia, and Miss Saigon to my collection. And to see those shows, of course!

[@z5]

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

[GreasedLightning]

War Paint is UGLY. 

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