My First Play/Playbill
My First Play/Playbill
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#0My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:33pm
The first play I went to was back in 1984 was "Cuba and His Teddy Bear" with Robert DeNiro, Ralph Macchio and Burt Young.
The back of the Playbill is an ad for the World Trade Center
"The New York Harbor Spectacle Begins At The World Trade Center"
"Like a quarter-mile high crow's nest, the Deck at the WTC is the best beginning of your New York Harbor experience."
It goes on to invite you to sip chowder at the Tall Ships bar and to sample the seafood on the Concourse
Wow.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:34pmIt was either Oliver or Here's Love
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#2re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:35pm
First Playbill I kept was The Lion King with Heather Headley and Jason Raize
First play I saw was Cats
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#3re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:48pm
My first play/musical was probably Annie.
My first Playbill was from the RENT tour.
ihearttheatre
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/12/05
#4re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:52pm
The first one I saw was Beauty and the Beast, in '96 or something. My most vivid memory of that show was when someone threw a pitchfork into the orchestra pit by accident. I guess that's what a 5or6 year old focuses on. *ponders* Or maybe I was just a strange child.
The first playbill I kept was the Lion King- OBC. I was like 7or8 that time. The only reason I kept the playbill was it was signed by the kid who played young simba.
#5re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:53pmummm... I thought Lion King didn't give out Playbills.
ihearttheatre
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/12/05
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#7re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 9:00pmMy first Broadway show was The Secret Garden; I still have the Playbill. It was in 1992.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#8re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 9:01pm
First Stagebill, Les Mis.
First PLAYBILL, was for The Music Man and Aida.
#9re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:59pm
first play was Peter Pan on bway in 1991 (i was born in '87- you do the math!) Apparently even at that young age my eyes never closed once and I never stopped watching what was going on... I wish i still had that playbill- although I do still have our ticket stubs!!!!!!
I cant remembber the first playbill I kept- maybe Les Mis? my relatives always gave me theirs so its hard to remember.
#10re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:28pm
First Play: Beauty and the Beast
First Playbill I have now: A Year with Frog and Toad
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#11re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:28pm
First Play: Beauty and the Beast
First Playbill I have now: A Year with Frog and Toad
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#12re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:46pm
I think my first live entertainment event I ever attended was this concert for Z100 (Zootopia?)
My first playbill was '42nd Street' revival.
#13re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 12:36am
my first musical was Cray For You.
first playbill is from that musical.
I was 5 i think, and i gave them a standing ovation. And didn;t know what that was at the time.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#14re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 8:33am
My first "playbill" was for 'The Lion King', I got really upset when I got it and it said "stagebill."
I got even more upset when I saw the show and realized it sucked!
#15re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 8:57am
My bad, it was actually a "Stagebill"
Wrong both times, its called a Showbill.
To Kill A Mockingbird
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#16re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 9:31am
First play: CATS
Playbill: CATS
I was about 8, and only somewhat into theatre. I must have known deep down even then that I would become a theatre freak and want it later.
ihearttheatre
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/12/05
#17re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 11:15am
If it's a Showbill, why does it say Stagebill on the cover?
Just wondering..
kate2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
anne3
Stand-by Joined: 10/20/05
#20re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 10:48pmI saw Grease back in 98 and I still have both the playbill and the ticket. I am the type of person that saves such random things. I found it when I started seeing shows again. Sometimes being a packrat realy does pay off. :)
Broadway_Boy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/22/05
#21re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 10:48pm
First Musical: Sound of Music or BIG or Beauty and the Beast. (don't remember)
First Play: Doubt
First Playbill: The Lion King
#22re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 10:54pm
First Playbill: Les Miserables
First Show: Um, this was through the school, so I guess Annie, or Camelot.
#23re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/29/05 at 11:03pm
First show: Cats, I still have the program, but I think I lost the playbill
First Playbill: either Beauty and the Beast or Fool Moon (Bill Irwin's off-broadway show)
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#24re: My First Play/Playbill
Posted: 10/30/05 at 12:58am
My first play: Sandy Duncan in Peter Pan (I faintly remember it)
My first play (that I remember seeing): Babes in Toyland
My first Broadway Tour: Crazy for You
My first Broadway Musical: Oklahoma!
My first playbill: Stagebill for Crazy for You
Playbill (in Chicago) for RENT
Showbill (in Chicago) for Ragtime
I wonder why the Lion King uses Showbill in New York. I always thought they created Showbill for other cities so that Playbill could be a New York-thing (I just thought they wanted to be pretentious). Of course, now they use Playbill in Chicago (for the tours), but what's the difference? It seems unecessary to still have Showbill.
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