B&W Playbills?
B&W Playbills?
shiz_student94
Featured Actor Joined: 7/29/07
#1B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:10pmHopefully someone can help me out. I was wondering if 'Curtains' is strictly B&W playbills now? I know they used to have color ones, but I know they also have B&W ones too...although I'm not sure if they have both or they changed to B&W, if i'm making sense. Same with Spring Awakening. Those are the only two i'm curious about. It's probably just cheaper to do B&W, right? Please help :) Thanks all,
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#2re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:12pmWhy would Curtains have both? Curtains is B&W and SA is color.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#2re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:16pmThank god i picked up 3 Curtains in colour! I always pick up 3 for every show
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shiz_student94
Featured Actor Joined: 7/29/07
#3re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:16pmI don't know. Maybe for one reason or another they do. Thanks.
"Sing 'till you're breaking glass or you're breaking down"
#4re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:20pm
Why have most shows gone Black and White.
The only color ones I have seen:
-Wicked
-Spring Awakening
Legally Blonde and Xandau both are now black and white, in which they use to be color. What happened?
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FranzRelax
Leading Actor Joined: 8/4/07
#5re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:21pmIt's just cheaper. That's why they do it. The money used to print color playbills can go elsewhere.
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#6re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:22pmWhere?
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
avab802
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#7re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:28pmMost shows only use color Playbills for the first month or so of their run, then they switch to B&W to save money. I guess Wicked & SA are raking in enough dough that they can afford to keep printing in color.
#8re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:40pmHairspray has always been in color.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
shiz_student94
Featured Actor Joined: 7/29/07
#9re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:08pmMary Poppins is still in color too.
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#10re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:11pm
I LOVE the Mary Poppins Playbill-er-Showbill. I love the way they list the understudies.
Is Lion King color?
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
Updated On: 8/22/07 at 04:11 PM
#11re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:14pmThat's because they're all raking in the cash.
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#12re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:44pmSpelling Bee was in color the last time I saw it in July.
shiz_student94
Featured Actor Joined: 7/29/07
#13re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:29pmYeah, in July '06 when I saw Spelling Bee they still had color...although the B&W is recently a big trend. Unless I just haven't noticed it too much.
"Sing 'till you're breaking glass or you're breaking down"
#14re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:56pm
Avenue Q just switched to Black and White.
Well not just, but recently.
#15re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:59pmI hate Drowsy's Playbill...
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#16re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/23/07 at 12:40amas do i BroadwayEnthusiast..its just boring and blah
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#17re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/23/07 at 2:08amYes TLK is in color but it's basically black and yellow, so it probably doesn't cost as much as tons of colors. (?)
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London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
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#18re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/23/07 at 12:37pmBroadwayEnthusiast, I'll third that. I saw Drowsy for the first time last month and I was not much excited by a Playbill that looked like clipart.
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