How do *you* store your PLAYBILLs? — Page 3

MrBundles, out of curiosity, how many extra sleeves can fit into the binder?

I have a very large pile that I should have put in a binder 10 years ago in the cabinet about my desk. That's gotta change.

I keep mine in shoeboxes, but I have a friend who always gets a duplicate of his, and he cuts the cover off and tosses the rest away. He's got two of each, so why not? He has papered (intense, wallpaper paste and everything) two walls with them, and it's stunning. The walls, from floor to ceiling, are beautiful memorials to nights at the theatre. I'll ask him for a photo of it to post sometime.

This isn't a great preservation method, but for storage purposes:

The KASSETT series CD boxes that Ikea sells (cardbard with metal rivets, you put them together yourself) are the PERFECT size for Playbills. A little long but just the right width, they come in differenct colors, and they look nice lined up on the shelf. :)

Here's a link if you're interested...
Kassett CD boxes

I have a few different things that I do with my Playbills.


For the playbills that I've collected, and are not actually from shows I've seen, I put in the Playbill binder with the plastic sleeves. It actually works perfectly, and since I'm in a dorm room and can't do a huge wall display, saves me lots of space.

For the playbills I've saved from shows I've seen, however, I have a scrapbook that I started last year for my theatre experiences.

For each time I went to see a show, I have a layout that includes the playbill, the ticket stub, any flyers I got, and if I got them, pictures from the stagedoor.

To put the playbills in the scrapbook, since it's not one that you just slip the materials in, I bought a pack of the extra plastic sleeves from the Playbill binder and cut off the three-ring part, and then I attached that to the page with double sided scrapbook tape. It actually works perfectly.

I write the date, location, and any other info I want to remember (understudies for the night, etc) on the page, and it's a wonderful way to remember my experience, all in one place.

I'll take a picture and post it if any of you guys are interested.

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They are on my bookshelf, the shelf that nobody usually touches unless I add another playbill to it. Ticket stubs in the center fold of the playbill. I should really get some of them framed, never did get around to do that. One time I spazzed about the ink perhaps transfering, but to that that has not happened. They do live in a smoke free environment...so they'll be okay for now.

I have my Playbills commercially bound, by season..sometimes more than one season in a volume. The first volume is 1949-1954. I also have a separate volume for shows seen in Boston during my college years...tryouts and tours.

For the playbills, I keep them in a binder.

For the autographed ones, I put them on clip frames (inexpensive ones from Ikea) with the cover page on the left and the credits page on the right. They're the perfect size.

Hey, I have so many playbills so I don't even have those binders, because I would need like 100. I can't ever bring myself to throw them out. So, I store them in those big plaastic boxs from IKEA.

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If I'm in it, it gets thrown into a box for scrapbooking in the yr 2030.

If I'm not in it it goes into the "mixed paper" bin at the recycle center.

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kasim:
There are people who collect playbills like any other hobby. Baseball cards, toy cars etc. People who are playbill collectors will try and get as many unique playbills as they can. Rare ones with misprints, opening nights, different casts etc. Color and non color covers. There are a million different things that could interest a collector for a wide variety of reasons.

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i have the ultimate Playbill binders, with all Playbills in cronilogical order, mostly all Broadway, but some notable Off-Broadway, exp. Encores! Follies, NYCO Sweeney Todd, and Public's King Lear. It works for me. I don't mind the investment.

My father on the other hand... He has a playbill collection to die for, all the Sondheim OBCs, short runs like A Doll's Life and The Three Muskateers, and my favorite: A Playbill from the night Fiddler became the longest running show on Broadway. And the sit on a shelf or in a box.

It kills me...

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