"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
I've wondered this for some time - what is the difference between a Showbill and a Playbill? I have a Lion King Showbill but all the other ones are Playbills. It has always confused me...
My personal favorite out of the like 9 I have is The Producers one with Nathan and Matthew, just because it's fun and they look so cute in that pose. My other ones are rather boring, and the Aida one depresses me because I didn't get to see Deborah, but there she is on the cover.
~Jessica
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
~Roger Bart
The programs from the Teens and Twenties (1910-1929) are truly works of art, if you've never seen them.
These program never identified the show on its cover. It was for the theatre and the cover was 4-color artwork. The one for the New Amsterdam Theatre, for example, featured a beautiful Art Deco cover in full color.
I several such programs (The New Amsterdam, the 46th Street, the Sam Harris) framed and on the wall of my library.
Wonderful Town Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt photographed in the same pose as the drawn figures of Ruth and Eileen in the Wonderful Town logo. It's positively adorable (even in black and white).
All the coloured ones. The black and white logos ruin it for me.
I think the AIDA playbill is gorgeous.
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HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
I really like the Wonderful Town one too! I ave it in black and white but everything else I have of the show are in those awesome colors!
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
I believe you have to join Playbill in order to have Playbills. Producers who have not joined Playbill use Showbill instead.
Interestingly enough, London does not use Playbill or Showbill (at least they didn't two years ago). You have to buy a program to get a listing of the actors, the creative team, etc.
I really liked the Fiddler cover. My HS did Fiddler in the Spring, and my friend and I tried to persuade the faculty to use it as the cover to our programs, but to no use lol. I don't know why I like it, maybe its the unexpected colors.
I like the Wicked one. Im not just saying it cuz im a fan. I like it cuz its so mysterious. With not being able to see Elphabas eyes, and with Glinda whispering. It makes you wonder.
I actually really like the Urinetown Playbill, it's really simple. Hairspray is one of my all time favorites, and I like Wicked's playbill too with the color contrast.
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-TJST