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#51

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/19/08 at 5:39pm

I remember when I had six. The total is now 33,435. They are on shelves in bookcases.
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#54

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/19/08 at 10:26pm

i have some extra playbills that i would love to trade for playbills that i do not have. if you have some that you want to trade please pm me. thanks alot!
#55

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 7:42am

I collect playbills. I buy them, keep them, (I even found a Spring Awakening OBC in the trash can...on the top of course.) I have about 10 signed and like 50 unsigned. My favorites, of course, are the ones I actually went to see but I like them all. Right now i keep them in a drawer, does anyone know where i can get like a playbill book or something to put them in?
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#56

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 7:52am

I have 54 my favs are

1. Signed In the heights playbill
2. Zero Mostel Fiddler on the roof playbill 1965
3. Record Breaking performance of Fiddler on The Roof
#57

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 7:52am

You know the Rent souvenir program that comes with that awful bag? That's where all my Playbills are, gettin' their corners all turned up. I have all of my tickets stored in one of the envelopes they give to you when you purchase from the box office.

I never threw away concert stubs, but I never did anything special with them either. Most of my concert tickets are in the box I keep my nailpolish in. Doesn't bode well for the future of my Playbills.
#58

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:02pm

I have my playbills (about 25 cast and individually signed and about 75 unsigned) in semi-rigid protective comic book sleeves and placed in a comic book box. There are a few (Toni Braxton-Aida, cast signed Jersey Boys, Grease, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde) that I have in special Playbill frames on the wall.

It's a great hobby and also a great chance to meet celebrities in person at the stage door.
#59

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:35pm

i keep all of mine and they are singed but some shows i let them sign my souviner book. i am planning on put them in a book with sleeves. same here great hobby for a theatre fan and it could be something for tourists to bring home. plus i lost a couple of playbills because i was in a rush and drop them in the street or left it in the theatre. broadway people do this for their job and they have lives just like us. i do remember another thread like this.
#60

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:48pm

Yes I keep all of them and use the binders/special bags to keep them safe.

Especially the signed ones.

Which are most of them re: Do you keep your Playbills?
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#61

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:57pm

I'm also a collector, with probably 10 playbills that I did not see that version of the show/performance. Some are signed, some aren't, some are in person, some are through the mail. And I'm thinking of getting a binder, but as of right now I have a box full as well!
#62

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/22/08 at 8:46pm

"This is BroadwayWorld.com...shouldn't we be asking if anyone here doesn't keep their Playbills?"

I agree. Usually at most shows I go to, I buy a poster and then frame the poster poster, playbill and ticket stub together. If they don't have posters I frame the Playbill and ticket stub.

I also only collect playbills and posters from the shows that I have actually seen
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#63

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/22/08 at 8:54pm

i have a miniture collection most of them are from my regional theatre i go to all the time and they're scattered everywhere but it's something i'd like to pick up
#64

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/22/08 at 8:56pm

Can you buy one of the Playbill binders online somewhere?
I'm gonna go look, but if anyone knows right off the top of their heads, let me know. re: Do you keep your Playbills?
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#66

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/22/08 at 10:00pm

wow! if you have 33,435 that is crazy. i can not even imagine what that looks like!
#67

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 2:55am

Definitely! re: Do you keep your Playbills?
I find it hard to have the actors sign it, since most of the touring shows don't seem to allow for that.
Mine are kept in a trunk with other "memories".
I also like to buy the poster, and frame it...right now I don't have the room to hang them, but if I get to move soon (like i have been wanting for a while), i plan to have a special studio and display them there :)
Oh, yes, and I only have the ones from the shows I have actually attended...otherwise, where would the memory be...?
#69

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:33am

Nope. I wouldn't know what to do with them all.

I did in HS/college...and it did break my heart when I realized it was time to get rid of them. But when I couldn't even remember the last time I looked at them, for any reason other than to add to the pile, I got over it.

I've been going to B'way shows since 1978....I would guess I average 15 to 20 shows a year.


I usually keep them only until I've read it. If it's a show I've seen before, I usually don't even take one unless I'm not seeing any other show that month.
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#72

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 7:47pm

Yay pictures, about time!

"I find it hard to have the actors sign it, since most of the touring shows don't seem to allow for that."

I have never had a problem getting actors coming out of the stage door to sign mine in Denver.
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#73

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 7:47pm

Double Post
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Updated On: 6/23/08 at 07:47 PM

#75

re: Do you keep your Playbills?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 11:57pm

I find it hard to have the actors sign it, since most of the touring shows don't seem to allow for that.

What tours have you been seeing?
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