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,
#2re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:12pmWhy would Curtains have both? Curtains is B&W and SA is color.
#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
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.
#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?
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.
#6re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:22pmWhere?
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.
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.
#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?
#11re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:14pmThat's because they're all raking in the cash.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#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.
#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...
#16re: B&W Playbills?
Posted: 8/23/07 at 12:40amas do i BroadwayEnthusiast..its just boring and blah
#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. (?)
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#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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