Why is Lion Kings Playbill called a Showbill

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Why is Lion Kings Playbill called a Showbill

Posted: 12/8/05 at 8:14am

Yesterday I went to see Lion King. I looked at the playbill and it was titled SHOWBILL. How come?

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re: Why is Lion Kings Playbill called a Showbill

Posted: 12/8/05 at 8:38am

it's their own version of "playbill." unlike virtually every other theatre, disney decided to do their own thing and came up with the "showbill."

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re: Why is Lion Kings Playbill called a Showbill

Posted: 12/8/05 at 9:15am

Basically, Disney wanted to control who advertised in their program.

Livent did the same thing with RAGTIME - since it was at the Ford Center, and Ford Motors had invested lots of money, they wanted a guarantee that there would not be ads for any other car compnies in the program.

re: Why is Lion Kings Playbill called a Showbill

Posted: 12/8/05 at 10:15am

I have Playbills from other Disney shows...is the "Showbill" specific to Lion King?

Also- I have a Stagebill from The Lion King, not a Showbill- but it's from '97...did they change the title at some point?

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