Framing a Broadway Playbill
Framing a Broadway Playbill
rayoflight104
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/03
#1Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 6:12pm
Need some advice on what people use to frame their playbills.
What size frames do you use? Do you matte them?
If there's a thread on this already, please post..
Thanks in advance
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#2re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 6:21pmYou might want to check out www.playbill.com, although it probably won't be cheap.
#3re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 6:26pm
The Playbill.com frames are a rip off. If money is not an issue, feel free to buy those. You could also go to a framing store and have them professionally framed for a bit more money. It all depends on what you want to spend.
If you want to save money and space (because the mats on those Playbill.com frames take up a lot more room than necessary), go to any discount frame/craft store and find basic lucite frames measuring 5 1/4 x 8 1/2.
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#4re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:02pm
I found the cheapest way is just using 8x10s.
Mine look really nice...I just took 8x10 frames and positioned the playbills in the center. I have been using white backgrounds and black frames (my room is mostly white and black) but I had the idea to put sheet music as a background...I just haven't done it yet...lol.
So that would be cool...especially if you use sheet music from said show.
Floating frames are the best though, I only have three of those though..lol
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#5re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:03pmAsk Antonijan!
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#6re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:04pm
LizzieCurry, you just DON'T LET UP!
...and I LOVE it!
It's just a message board. Let's not take it too seriously.
rayoflight104
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/03
#7re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:08pm
I'm trying to stay on the more less expensive way of going about doing this.. I did see those on playbill.com - nice but too highly priced for what I'm just wanting to do...
I like the 8x10 idea with sheet music in the background!!
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#8re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:36pm
Lizzie
I cant believe Antonijan hasnt posted a picture of his wall yet. I mean both the words Playbill and Frame are in the title.
"Have they come yet?"
#9re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:53pm
It looks cool...I told one of my friends to do it and they have one like that...
I want to do it, but that involves me redoing 20 frames with sheet music :/ that would take a while. lol.
And seriously, when you can get pretty nice 8x10s for like $5, why spend $15-20 on those special playbill frames?
spend the extra money on tickets to shows :)
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#10re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:57pmWhat do you want the crime to be?
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#11re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:00pm
i have a whole wall thats nothing but frames. Theres 50 of them and i spent like 55 bucks to get the frames. The Dollar Tree has good wooden frames 
rayoflight104
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/03
#12re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 11:22pm
can any of you share what your framed playbill's look like?
i've seen one picture in another thread.. possibly the one that is mentioned in previous posts?
#13re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/16/07 at 11:51pm
Is there a dollar tree in NYC? I have 1,000 playbills and counting, only 30 framed so far. Anyone know where I can get either lucite, steel or wooden frames wholesale? Thanks!
Updated On: 6/16/07 at 11:51 PM
#14re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:06am
Ok this is an older pic of me in my room...you can kinda see some of my playbills (and my posters--which I did in a similar fashion due to them being odd sizes). Please ignore my nerdy-ness :)
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BDavis0092
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/06
#15re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:20amI frame my playbills with the 8x10 frames as well. They cost $5 each at the Hobby Lobby close to my house. You can always find cheap frames. I'm a little worried about colors fading but I'm just going to keep them out of sunlight. That's a great option if you want to go the cheap way.
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#16re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:24am
If you want to make things last, you have to be willing to spend the money. If you don't care, then go the cheap way.
Often times, you get what you pay for. If you're interested in displaying Playbills in mint condition and keeping them that way, be prepared to spend the extra bucks.
Even if you only get 1 Playbill framed per month, it's worth it to have them done professionally with acid-free and high quality materials. In 25 years from now, you will be glad you spent the extra money on framing them properly.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#18re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:27amWhy would it be a joke?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#19re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:31am
No offense Stephanie,
But I am picturing Munk sitting shirtless in his bedroom surrounded by Framed Playbills.
I need a drink.
#20re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:33amNo, I don't have any framed playbills around me - believe it or not.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#21re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:38am
shwoo.
All my old playbills like GOLDEN BOY signed from Sammy etc,
are in my cupboard, safe from light.
Now that I get to go to invited dress rehearsals. all I get are pink sheet of paper and have to search the garbage on Broadway for real Playbills.
I miss the old days.
#22re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:41amYeah, sounds real tough.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
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JB Fan
Stand-by Joined: 9/19/06
#23re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:43am
"All my old playbills like GOLDEN BOY signed from Sammy etc,
are in my cupboard, safe from light. "-CurtainPullDowner
Hold on! You are old enough to have met Sammy? I was certain you had to be a teenager or just out of college ... and, no, that is not a compliment...
if you are in your 40s or 50s...yikes
rayoflight104
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/03
#24re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/18/07 at 9:46am
what window cards are you able to put in 16x20 frames? the window cards i have are all like 14x22....
i've gotten my window cards professionally framed to prevent the fading from sunlight...
besides ebay, what sites are recommended for finding playbills? (like ragtime 1999)
Spacedog78
Featured Actor Joined: 11/3/06
#25re: Framing a Broadway Playbill
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:17pm
how funny, i just framed 12 playbills this weekend. i went to walmart and found these glass 10 x 12 frames for $1.97 each. they aren't anything special, just a sheet of glass with 4 clips to hold it shut. i matted them on black poster board cut to fit and they look fabulous.
these frames are great, and cheap!!
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