Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Sluggy
Featured Actor Joined: 7/15/04
#0Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:52amI know there are special Playbills for opening nights, but does anyone know if anything special is done for closing performances?
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BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#1re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:56amThere was one for Les Miserables.
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QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
#2re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 10:06am
I've been to a few closing nights and the Playbills were the same.
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Mamie
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#3re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 12:38pm"Cats" had a special one too.
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Sluggy
Featured Actor Joined: 7/15/04
#4re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 2:20pmCould you expand a little on how they were different? Were there special inserts or covers or something? Thanks!
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"Toward Mecca."
#5re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 2:31pm
The CATS one had the familiar cat-eye logo, but with a single tear falling from one eye. The Les Miserables one had a full-color photo of the students at the barricade, along with the closing date printed on it (in addition, there are some special pages with behind the scenes photos, memorials, statistics, etc.).
A Chorus Line also had a special cover for its final performance. It showed a closeup of the last couple of dancers in the traditional "lineup" graphic with the words "The End of the Line" printed.
Sluggy
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#6re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 2:51pmGreat! Thanks!
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Sluggy
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#7re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 2:51pmGreat! Thanks!
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 1/10/05 at 4:35pmI think the Les Mis one said "Au revoir" on it.
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#10re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:27pm
A CHORUS LINE
"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..."
#11re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:28pm
LES MISERABLES
"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..."
#12re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:32pm
Whoops. My mistake. Thanks, CATSNY.
"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: 3/28/08 at 08:32 PM
#13re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:32pmAu revoir was likely Mackintosh's idea as he is a fan of the Mary Poppins books and a big deal is made out of Au revoir not meaning goodbye, but rather "'till we meet again."
#14re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:34pm
The tear wasn't yellow.
Updated On: 3/28/08 at 08:34 PM
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#15re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:50pm
Chorus Line's closing was also my 4th Birthday. I have that playbill too.
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jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#16re: Closing Night Playbills - any difference?
Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:53pm
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