BEETLEJUICE January Playbill

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 12/30/19 at 7:27pm

Would love to get my hands on one of these! Hope a copy will show up on eBay, unless someone is going and can grab a couple extra.

LYDIA Playbill
https://mobile.twitter.com/BeetlejuiceBway/status/1209187606304456704

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/2/20 at 9:34am

For sale at Playbill:

https://www.playbillstore.com/beetlejuice-the-broadway-musical-special-january-edition-playbill.aspx

I’ll add it to my growing Beetlejuice collection. :) 

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 6:23am

In another thread, someone on here said that they’ll be doing a February Playbill as well - is this confirmed?

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 9:21am

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "In another thread, someone on here said that they’ll be doing a February Playbill as well - is this confirmed? "

Yes! Confirmed by the show via Twitter: https://twitter.com/beetlejuicebway/status/1208508385987047427?s=21

[VotePeron]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 9:26am

Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry.

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 10:47am

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. "

 

Shipping is INCLUDED in all orders that are just Playbills. Been doing it for years now. Not sure how it works if you mix and match merchandise, maybe they ship the Playbill separately.

Updated On: 1/3/20 at 10:47 AM

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 10:54am

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

Isn't it literally capitalism?!

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 4:02pm

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

Almost all of the merchandise you buy from a Broadway show has that kind of markup. Magnets end up costing in the range of $1-$2 and are sold for $10. Window cards are about $2.50 at their most expensive and go down in cost from there and typically sell for $20-$25. The lowest profit margins are typically on clothing/apparel, and even that is often priced with a 250% markup at minimum.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 4:38pm

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

Seems kind of ridiculous to pay any amount of money for a Playbill -- especially a current show -- when you can just download it on Playbill Vault. 

[ModernMillie3]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 4:51pm

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

Do you know what makes me angry? Using the term "literal robbery" when robbery is a violent felony that occurs when someone violate someone's home, someone's person, and goes to prison for. So no, it's not anything like that. At all. Maybe read a book or look up the actual definition of literal or robbery before saying anything that vacuous again. 

It's called running a business and making a profit. Have a problem with that? Don't buy one. 

Updated On: 1/3/20 at 04:51 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:00pm

VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

What an incredibly bizarre thing to say. 

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:13pm

JSquared2 said: "Seems kind of ridiculous to pay any amount of money for a Playbill -- especially a current show -- when you can just download it on Playbill Vault."

 

Wouldn’t there be a physical and visual difference between one that I would have printed at home from an online source compared to one that’s professionally done on a commercial printing press using the original printing plates at Playbill? How about the differences between the palate of colors, print quality, type and size of paper, and the way it’s cut and bound? The way it folds and the way it lays when on display? I’m sure I could just ‘get one’ off the internet, but one that is to be added to someone’s collection, the collector would most likely want a Playbill original and not a poorer, lesser quality version printed at home. 

 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:42pm

I don't know why people even want Playbills anymore, they are a ridiculous waste and don't have any information that you can't get online and on the cast board at the theater. They are simply a promotional tool for advertisers. Nothing more. If you want a copy Playbill has every right to charge for one, since they are only free in the sense that Playbill is paying the theaters to use them instead of another company. That said, if you live in the area and happen to walk by the theater, the staff will most likely give you one if you ask.

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:51pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "VotePeron said: "Playbill charging $20 for these before shipping is literal robbery. People want to talk about Broadway being so inaccessible - don’t pay for this. Or at least write to the theater with a $20 donation to BCEFA and they’ll send you one. But this cost Playbill pennies to produce, and they’re making a 99% profit. Wow this makes me so angry."

Almost all of the merchandise you buy from a Broadway show has that kind of markup. Magnets end up costing in the range of $1-$2 and are sold for $10. Window cards are about $2.50 at their most expensive and go down in cost from there and typically sell for $20-$25. The lowest profit margins are typically on clothing/apparel, and even that is often priced with a 250% markup at minimum."

Roundabout wanted 20 bucks for a Rose Tattoo magnet. My jaw dropped. Needless to say I did not buy the magnet. 10 bucks is already a bit pricey but I am used to it.

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:55pm

uncageg said: "Roundabout wanted 20 bucks for a Rose Tattoo magnet. My jaw dropped. Needless to say I did not buy the magnet. 10 bucks is already a bit pricey but I am used to it."

Now that really IS literal robbery, figuratively speaking of course.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 5:58pm

uncageg said: "Roundabout wanted 20 bucks for a Rose Tattoo magnet. My jaw dropped. Needless to say I did not buy the magnet. 10 bucks is already a bit pricey but I am used to it."

Now that is highway robbery. I'd be willing to bet it's because they used the show's key art featuring Marisa Tomei (I didn't see the show so didn't see what the magnets looked like). In almost all of the recent cases the stars have been demanding 10% of the profits if they use their image on merchandise items (window cards being the exception), so they probably bumped up the price to avoid cutting into their profit margins (which is a trash move considering that there is about a 900% markup on the magnets anyway).

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/3/20 at 7:08pm

Fosse76 said: "I don't know why people even want Playbills anymore, they are a ridiculous waste and don't have any information that you can't get online and on the cast board at the theater. They are simply a promotional tool for advertisers. Nothing more. If you want a copy Playbill has every right to charge for one, since they are only free in the sense that Playbill is paying the theaters to use them instead of another company. That said, if you live in the area and happento walk by the theater, the staff will most likely give you one if you ask."

 

For me personally it’s a nice souvenir and reminder of the show, what was playing and coming to Broadway and my local touring theater around that time, and often contains nice articles and pictures. I have a couple dozen Playbills and show programs on display in my living room, and I love the reminders of my trips to NYC and my time at the shows. I’m still in the process of framing things. Here’s a few pics...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/57377062@N04/albums/72157710650632431