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Posted: 7/29/16 at 2:52pm
In a few months I will be giving a historical presenting on the History of the Broadway Playbill. As of now I plan to discuss its historical significance, cultural importance including facts and figure, it’s design and outline, as well as talking about collectors of Playbills. I am at the very beginning stages of research and was hoping for some guidance and/or suggestions of points of discussion that would make this an exciting and interesting presentation!
- Does anyone here have some suggestions as to where I can find this information? Surprisingly Playbill.com does not seem to have this info on their website.
- Also is there anyone in the Guinness Book of world records for having the largest playbill collection? Do YOU think you have the largest collection? Possibly autographed? I would love to show photos of the size of people's collection to represent how much meaning Playbills have to theatre lovers and that they are just not items you throw in the trash
- I would like to be able to have actual playbills (other than from my large collection) that I can give to each person who attends the presentation so as I’m discussing the layout of a Playbill they can flip through one. Would I be able to just go to a random theatre on Broadway and ask for 25-30 current Playbills?
I will probably have more questions that I will post on this thread. Thanks for your help in advance!
