My grandma just gave me Super Cool Playbills from the past 10-20 years.- Page 2

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 3:23pm

It is fun looking at old Playbills, even "vintage" ones like you received!

I sure wish we had the "Secret Garden" and "Miss Saigon" Playbills here at my old folks home. There are still a few of us ancient geezers here who saw those shows way back when they first came out. Of course our memories are fading and those Playbills might help settle some arguments, which when you're as old as we are can be life threatening...

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 3:25pm

MimiLovesRoger, there was no "riot," and the only person overreacting in this thread is you.

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 3:28pm

Sorry...again.

Guess I'm not very good with words now...

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 3:40pm

MimiLovesRoger, there is no need to apologize! All of us old coots are just teasing you.

I clearly remember that when I was 16, 21 seemed really grown up and 44 seemed positively ancient.

Unfortunately I don't clearly remember much else these days. Just wait 'til you get old...

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 3:58pm

MimiLovesRoger, It's fine that you think those Playbills are vintage; but using your age as an excuse is just not a good idea. I'm 16 and certainly don't think your Playbills are vintage. So blaming the fact that you're grossly misinformed on your age is just...a no-no. Updated On: 11/22/06 at 03:58 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:02pm

Too true. I was born in the 70s, but I'm not about to call something from 1971 "vintage."

[lildogs]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:03pm

I call my Mod Squad jacket vintage...faux pas?

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:07pm

haha u just changed the post

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:12pm

I'm going to play with my antique Rubik's Cube now...

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:46pm

Thanks guys, you're really helping this girl's self esteem here.

And as you notice, i did change the title of this post.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:52pm

Don't take it personally. It was just funny to us....older folks.

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:55pm

I won't call them 'vintage' now.

They are simply older playbills of shows that are no longer on Broadway that my wonderful grandmother passed on to me yesterday evening.

(Totally not even being sarcastic...)

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 4:59pm

How cool for you, and how nice of your grandmother... :)

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 5:03pm

Does your grandmother still have an interest in the theater, or has Broadway changed too much since the early 90s to appeal to her?

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:09pm

She still loves theatre. <3

She took me to NYC this summer and we saw 3 shows. She can't take a lot of time off from work, though. But she comes to watch me and my brothers when we're in shows (at our comm. theatre).

[glimpseofstocking]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:07am

Well I'm 16, and I definitely wouldn't consider those vintage....

Anyway, that's really cool that your Grandma gave you those Playbills. My Grandma gave me quite a few of her old Playbills as well, I really treasure them. Especially the Playbill from the original production of Funny Girl

[allofmylife]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 2:29am

I'm alot older than many of you and I consider them vintage. And cool. And I saw all those shows and they were fantastic. And two decades from now, when you give your grandkids the programs from Rent and Sweeney and Wicked they'll think they're supercool.

Except for Wicked which I think is.... uh, not supercool, but that's just my opinion.

You should go on ebay to entertainemnt memorabilia, then theater, then playbills and look at the cool programs from the 1930's (you'll recognize many of the names) and start buying them. I really believe that theater programs are a perfect window into history AND one of the few collectibles that are still underpriced.

Updated On: 11/23/06 at 02:29 AM

[Come Back to Me]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:21am

I'd call my Fiorello (1959) and Oklahoma (194 playbills vintage...

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:25am

Pure camp.

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 11:13am

Sorry that I considered them vintage. I guess all of you are right!