Posters: The Fine Art of Selling Broadway

[Julie Yard]

Thought this was a fun article and other's might have some thoughts.

I loved the Stage Kiss poster, and all the Hedwigs are spot on. The Yentl poster is great too. If other posters sold you maybe you can post the image.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/arts/posters-the-fine-art-of-selling-theater.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

[Fantod]

Every single one of those posters aside from Stage Kiss is hideous

[Fantod]

The nicest poster this year was Act One

[macnyc]

Yentl was good too!

[JoseLee_]

My favorite poster of the year is Side Show.. if i had no idea what the show was about.. i'd still want it

[RippedMan]

See I think all of those are really clever.

I thought Side Show was terrible. It was just bland and unimaginative, which I think reflects some of the show's problems.

[gleek4114]

I've always been partial to the Broadway Next to Normal poster. The sorrow filled eyes looming over a suburban neighborhood. But Next to Normal has lent itself to some great designs for various regional productions. The show has so many "iconic" and/or thought provoking images that could be centered around in a design.

[Fantod]

If we're talking all time, then Mame, Carousel, Dear World, Gypsy (revival), Follies, and Hallelujah, Baby!

[uncageg]

I love the poster for The Last Ship. It is my favorite B'way poster right now. Also love the posters for "Nevermore". Especially the one of the guy wearing the cool glasses.

[Wee Thomas2]

That Act One poster is great.

This is my favorite one of all time, though. Just love the colors

[Fantod]

Yes, that poster is beautiful. Did McMullan ever do an Our Town poster?

I still say this is the best poster

[Mr. Nowack]

This has always been one of my favorites. The way the title makes a shadow and the way the powerline poles get smaller to suggest the unending desert is just wonderful.

[Fantod]

The Broadway version in color looks even nicer

[Mr. Nowack]

This one is bizarrely modern and I love it.

[Mr. Nowack]

This one is even more striking than the OBC on a black background with those purple letters.

[Mr. Nowack]

This one is just so elegant and beautifully painted

[Mr. Nowack]

These next two I just stumbled across and have no idea what the plays are about but I'm so intrigued by the posters.

[Mr. Nowack]

[Mr. Nowack]

And this is one of my all-time favourites as well. So simple but so great.

[Fantod]

I love how simple and cheerful this one looks:

[Fantod]

And Mr. Nowack, I don't know about The Midnight Sun, but The Moon is Blue is a delightfully funny play.

[Kad]

How did you come to be familiar with The Moon is Blue, Fantod?

[Fantod]

The script

[Mr. Nowack]

Just one more I just stumbled across today. I love the art deco look of it, evoking the posters of the '20s and '30s in 1975.

[Robbie2]

~ SWEENEY TODD ~
Just one of my favorites over the years