Framing a Broadway Playbill

[rayoflight104]

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]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 6:21pm

You might want to check out www.playbill.com, although it probably won't be cheap.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

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.

[StephanietheStar]

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

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:03pm

Ask Antonijan!

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:04pm

LizzieCurry, you just DON'T LET UP!

...and I LOVE it!

[rayoflight104]

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]

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.

[StephanietheStar]

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 :)

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:57pm

What do you want the crime to be?

[ucjrdude902]

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]

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?

[peanut2]

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

[StephanietheStar]

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 :)

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:20am

I 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.

[munkustrap178]

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.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:26am

Was that a joke Munkey?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:27am

Why would it be a joke?

[CurtainPullDowner]

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.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:33am

No, I don't have any framed playbills around me - believe it or not.

[CurtainPullDowner]

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.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:41am

Yeah, sounds real tough.

[JB Fan]

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]

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]

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!!