Have hundreds of Playbills from the 1930s to present. Many are signed by actors such as Mae West, Vivian Vance and Bea Arthur. If you are looking for a certain show or performer, private message me here. I am not a Playbill dealer but might be able to help you locate a particular Playbill.
This one isn't old but it's limited: The closing night playbill of Les Mis. Which is MUCH different from a normal playbill, in case you were wondering. But, yeah I have no old posters.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
Liza with a Z Big Deal(OBC) Pajama Game(OBC) Annie(OBC) Angela Lansbury in The King And I Sugar Babys(OBC) Sandy Duncan in Peter Pan
Most of these were bought from a book store in Jekyll Island, GA! Who'd EVER think of finding PLAYBILLS in GA!? 3 of them were given to me froman elderly couple that also saw the OBC of CAMALOT. They got a poster and the whole cast had signed it! He said that he was sorry but he had given it to someone way back when. But he knew that I LOVED theatre and that if he still had it, he would give it to me! This family is SOOO SWEET in so meny ways.
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
I have one from the 1971 production of No, No Nanette signed by Ruby Keeler and Patsy Kelly.
Did you ever see something and say, "I just have to have it"?
Sometimes a dream appears unattainable...but for anyone who's on the downside of advantage, and relying purely on courage, it's possible.
My oldest program (sorry not Playbill) is a souvineer brochure for My Fair Lady at Drury Lane in MINT CONDITION! on ebay. I got it for something like £3.79! mf07
It's not a Playbiil, but I have a program from Sweeney Todd with Angela Lansbury and George Hearn and it's signed by Angela.
It was a great eBay find.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
I have a ton of them from shows I saw in the 60/70/80's
In addition, a dear friend who passed away a few years ago gave me some beauties such as the Original Streetcar Named Desire with Brando. To bad it wasn't signed
After just giving away dozens of Playbills on here last week, this afternoon I discovered a couple hundred more ranging from a Playbill for the original Victoria Regina starring Helen Hayes to fairly current shows. After making sure that I have at least one copy of everything in my bound ot to be bound collection, Eventually, I'll be trying to get rid of the rest ....not the Victoria Regina, of course, as I'm not THAT old so I won't have that one in my bound volumes I'm not even going to think about the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of issues of Theatre Week magazine and the *complete* collection of SHOW MUSIC ON RECORD magazines that I'll be getting rid of.
The Playbills I'm NOT planning to get rid of and the volume that they're bound in are:
49-54 Miss Liberty 49-54 Pardon Our French 49-54 Tree Grows In Brooklyn, A 49-54 Make A Wish 49-54 Music In The Air 49-54 My Darlin' Aida 49-54 Pal Joey 49-54 Me And Juliet 49-54 Can-Can 49-54 Wonderful Town 49-54 Kismet 49-54 King And I, The 49-54 Ballets de Paris, Roland Petit's 49-54 Kind Sir 49-54 Girl In Pink Tights, The 49-54 Golden Apple, The 49-54 By The Beautiful Sea 49-54 Teahouse Of The August Moon, The 49-54 Show Boat 54-55 Can-Can 54-55 By The Beautiful Sea 54-55 Golden Apple, The 54-55 Kismet 54-55 Dear Charles 54-55 Pajama Game, The 54-55 Solid Gold Cadillac, The 54-55 Fifth Season, The 54-55 Midsummer Night's Dream, A 54-55 Boy Friend, The 54-55 Peter Pan 54-55 Fanny 54-55 On Your Toes 54-55 Saint Of Bleecker Street, The 54-55 Plain And Fancy 54-55 Silk Stockings 54-55 Boheme, La 54-55 House Of Flowers 55-56 Plain And Fancy 55-56 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 55-56 Inherit The Wind 55-56 Damn Yankees 55-56 Bus Stop 55-56 Ankles Aweigh 55-56 Skin Of Our Teeth, The 55-56 Witness For The Prosecution 55-56 Vamp, The 55-56 Desk Set, The 55-56 Ballo In Maschera, Un 55-56 Lark, The 55-56 Pipe Dream 55-56 Matchmaker, The 55-56 Threepenny Opera, The 55-56 Lohengrin 55-56 Streetcar Named Desire, A 56-57 New Faces of '56, Leonard Sillman's 56-57 Most Happy Fella, The 56-57 New Faces of '56, Leonard Sillman's 56-57 Diary of Anne Frank, The 56-57 My Fair Lady 56-57 Hatful of Rain, A 56-57 Mr. Wonderful 56-57 Middle of The Night 56-57 Damn Yankees 56-57 New Faces of '56, Leonard Sillman's 56-57 Judy Garland 56-57 Too Late The Phalarope 56-57 Fanny 56-57 Judy Garland 56-57 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter 56-57 Lovers, Villains & Fools 56-57 Meistersinger von Nuernberg, Die 56-57 Judy Garland 56-57 Trovatore, Il 56-57 Norma 56-57 Teahouse of The August Moon, The 56-57 Glass Menagerie, The 56-57 Sleeping Prince, The 56-57 Major Barbara 56-57 New Faces of '56, Leonard Sillman's 56-57 Candide 56-57 Cranks 56-57 Li'l Abner 56-57 Mister Roberts 56-57 Macbeth 56-57 Happy Hunting 56-57 U.S.A. 56-57 Happy Hunting 56-57 Bells Are Ringing 56-57 Carmen 56-57 Judy Garland-Closing Night 1/9/57 56-57 Auntie Mame 56-57 Ziegfeld Follies 56-57 Brigadoon 56-57 Long Day's Journey Into Night 57-58 Most Happy Fella, The 57-58 New Girl In Town 57-58 West Side Story 57-58 Carousel 57-58 Bells Are Ringing 57-58 Jamaica 57-58 Happy Hunting 57-58 Rumple 57-58 Oh Captain! 57-58 Wonderful Town 57-58 Entertainer, The 57-58 Sunrise At Campobello 57-58 Music Man, The 57-58 Garden District 57-58 Rope Dancers, The 57-58 Lost In The Stars 57-58 Say, Darling 57-58 Look Homeward, Angel 58-59 West Side Story 58-59 Jamaica 58-59 Visit, The 58-59 Li'l Abner 58-59 Dark At The Top Of The Stairs 58-59 Look Back In Anger 58-59 Two For The Seesaw 58-59 Jerome Robbins' Ballets: U.S.A. 58-59 Touch Of The Poet, A 58-59 Goldilocks 58-59 Pleasure Of His Company, The 58-59 Girls In 509, The 58-59 Patate 58-59 Marriage-Go-Round, The 58-59 World Of Suzie Wong, The 58-59 Once More With Feeling 58-59 Man In The Dog Suit, The 58-59 Goldilocks 58-59 Dark At The Top Of The Stairs 58-59 Disenchanted, The 58-59 Plume De Ma Tante, La 58-59 Flower Drum Song 58-59 On The Town 58-59 Destry Rides Again 58-59 Judy Garland At The Metropolitan Opera House 58-59 First Impressions 58-59 Redhead 59-60 Gypsy 59-60 Sweet Bird Of Youth 59-60 Raisin In The Sun, A 59-60 Once Upon A Mattress 59-60 Our Town 59-60 Sound Of Music, The 59-60 Saratoga 59-60 Leave It To Jane 59-60 Take Me Along 59-60 Redhead 59-60 Fiorello! 59-60 Greenwillow 60-62 Take Me Along 60-62 Music Man, The 60-62 Irma La Douce 60-62 Unsinkable Molly Brown, The 60-62 Camelot 60-62 Donnybrook! 60-62 Wildcat 60-62 Do Re Mi 60-62 Gay Life, The 60-62 Carnival! 60-62 I Can Get It For You Wholesale 60-62 No Strings Boston 62-64 Mr. President*** Boston 62-64 Come On Strong*** Boston 62-64 Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Boston 62-64 Tchin-Tchin*** Boston 62-64 I Can Get It For You Wholesale Boston 62-64 Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, The*** Boston 62-64 My Fair Lady Boston 62-64 Little Mary Sunshine Boston 62-64 Photo Finish*** Boston 62-64 Tovarich*** Boston 62-64 Tovarich*** Boston 62-64 My Mother, My Father And Me*** Boston 62-64 The Sound Of Music Boston 62-64 Rattle Of A Simple Man*** Boston 62-64 Mary, Mary Boston 62-64 Carnival Boston 62-64 Jennie*** Boston 62-64 No Strings Boston 62-64 110 In The Shade*** Boston 62-64 110 In The Shade*** Boston 62-64 Girl Who Came To Supper, The*** Boston 62-64 Stop The World-I Want To Get Off Boston 62-64 Man For All Seasons, A Boston 62-64 Funny Girl*** Boston 62-64 Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A Boston 62-64 High Spirits*** Boston 62-64 Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A Boston 62-64 Beyond The Fringe 1964 Boston 62-64 Camelot Boston 62-64 Camelot Boston 62-64 Hamlet*** Boston 62-64 Fade Out-Fade In*** Boston 62-64 Fade Out-Fade In*** Boston 62-64 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying 62-65 Sound Of Music, The 62-65 Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A 62-65 Milk & Honey 62-65 Stop The World-I Want To Get Off 62-65 Mr. President 62-65 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying 62-65 Cafe Crown 62-65 Salad Of The Mad Cafe, The 62-65 Oliver! 62-65 Fade Out-Fade In 62-65 Funny Girl 62-65 Golden Boy 62-65 High Spirits 62-65 Ben Franklin In Paris 62-65 What Makes Sammy Run? 62-65 I Had A Ball 62-65 Baker Street 62-65 Do I Hear A Waltz? 62-65 Golden Boy 62-65 Half A Sixpence 62-65 Flora, The Red Menace 62-65 Kiss Me, Kate 62-65 Roar Of The Greasepaint-The Smell Of The Crowd, The 65-68 South Pacific 65-68 Music Man, The 65-68 Funny Girl 65-68 Flora, The Red Menace 65-68 Roar Of The Greasepaint-The Smell Of The Crowd, The 65-68 Half A Sixpence 65-68 Pickwick 65-68 Hello, Dolly! 65-68 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 65-68 Skyscraper 65-68 Skyscraper 65-68 Marat/Sade 65-68 Fiddler On The Roof 65-68 Sweet Charity 65-68 Hello, Dolly! 65-68 Annie Get Your Gun 65-68 Judy Garland At Home At The Palace 65-68 I Do! I Do! 65-68 Henry, Sweet Henry 65-68 Mame 65-68 Fiddler On The Roof 65-68 George M! 65-68 Happy Time, The 68-71 Mame 68-71 Golden Rainbow 68-71 Promises, Promises 68-71 Hair 68-71 Tony Awards, The 1969 68-71 Look To The Lilies 68-71 Hello, Dolly! 68-71 Coco 68-71 Company 68-71 Applause 68-71 Rothschilds, The 71-74 No, No, Nanette 71-74 Follies 71-74 Purlie 71-74 Jesus Christ Superstar 71-74 Butley 71-74 Pippin 71-74 Sugar 71-74 Carmen 71-74 Two Gentlemen Of Verona 71-74 Little Night Music, A 71-74 Irene 71-74 Two Gentlemen Of Verona 71-74 Irene 71-74 Seesaw 71-74 Pippin 71-74 Gigi 71-74 Molly 71-74 Raisin 71-74 Lorelei 71-74 Over Here! 71-74 Music! Music! 74-77 Wiz, The 74-77 Shenandoah 74-77 Wiz, The 74-77 Gypsy 74-77 Shenandoah 74-77 Bobby Vinton 74-77 Chicago 74-77 Equus 74-77 Matter Of Gravity, A 74-77 Pacific Overtures 74-77 Chorus Line, A 74-77 My Fair Lady 74-77 Bubbling Brown Sugar 74-77 Very Good Eddie 74-77 Porgy And Bess 74-77 Porgy And Bess 74-77 Magic Show, The 74-77 Chorus Line, A 74-77 Party With Betty Comden And Adolph Green, A 77-78 King And I, The 77-78 Act, The 77-78 I Love My Wife 77-78 Dracula 77-78 Beatlemania 77-78 Timbuktu! 77-78 Hello, Dolly! 77-78 On The Twentieth Century 77-78 Dancin' 77-78 Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The 78-79 Grease 78-79 Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The 78-79 Annie 78-79 Street Scene 78-79 Da 78-79 King Of Hearts 78-79 Broadway Musical, A 78-79 Joley 78-79 Sweeney Todd 78-79 Whoopee! 78-79 V.I.P. Night On Broadway 79-80 Sweeney Todd 79-80 Chorus Line, A 79-80 Peter Pan 79-80 I Remember Mama 79-80 Peter Pan 79-80 Evita 79-80 Sugar Babies 79-80 West Side Story 79-80 Whose Life Is It Anyway? 79-80 Oklahoma! 79-80 Silverlake 80-82 Sugar Babies 80-82 Barnum 80-82 Day In Hollywood-A Night In The Ukraine, A 80-82 42nd Street 80-82 Elephant Man, The 80-82 42nd Street 80-82 Woman Of The Year 80-82 Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The 80-82 Little Foxes, The 80-82 Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music 80-82 Amadeus 80-82 Merrily We Roll Along 80-82 Little Me 80-82 West Side Waltz, The 80-82 Dreamgirls 80-82 Night Of 100 Stars 82-84 Nine 82-84 Doll's Life, A 82-84 Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 82-84 Agnes Of God 82-84 Cage Aux Folles, La 82-84 Five-Six-Seven-Eight...Dance! 82-84 ASCAP Celebrates Ira Gershwin 82-84 My One And Only 82-84 American Buffalo 82-84 On Your Toes 82-84 Zorba 82-84 Tap Dance Kid, The 82-84 Rink, The 82-84 Sunday In The Park With George 82-84 Glengarry Glen Ross 84-87 Me And My Girl 84-87 As Is 84-87 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 84-87 Follies In Concert 84-87 Grind 84-87 Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The 84-87 Big River 84-87 Cage Aux Folles, La 84-87 Smile 84-87 Broadway Bound 84-87 Oh! Calcutta! 84-87 Puritani, I 84-87 South Pacific 84-87 Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake 84-87 Starlight Express 84-87 Miserables, Les 87-90 Into The Woods 87-90 Fledermaus, Die 87-90 Anything Goes 87-90 Burn This 87-90 Miserables, Les 87-90 Burn This 87-90 Carrie 87-90 Anything Goes 87-90 Into The Woods 87-90 Chorus Line, A 87-90 City Of Angels 87-90 Grand Hotel 87-90 Jerome Robbins' Broadway 90-94 Will Rogers Follies, The 90-94 Miss Saigon 90-94 Buddy 90-94 City Of Angels 90-94 Carousel 90-94 Allegro 90-94 Kiss Of The Spider Woman 90-94 Blood Brothers 90-94 Hello Again 94-95 Glass Menagerie, The 94-95 Show Boat 94-95 Passion 94-95 Wonderful Town 94-95 Beauty And The Beast 94-95 Crazy For You 94-95 Beauty And The Beast 94-95 Sunset Boulevard 94-95 Jesus Christ Superstar 94-95 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying 94-95 Love! Valour! Compassion! 94-95 Pal Joey 94-95 Kiss Of The Spider Woman 95-96 Chronicle Of A Death Foretold 95-96 Party 95-96 Tony N' Tina's Wedding 95-96 Victor/Victoria 95-96 Du Barry Was A Lady 95-96 Cats 95-96 Grease! 95-96 Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A 95-96 One Touch Of Venus 95-96 No End Of Blame 95-96 King And I, The 95-96 Delicate Balance, A 95-96 State Fair 95-96 Rent 95-96 Chicago 95-96 Big 95-96 Bring In 'Da Noise Bring In 'Da Funk 95-96 Cocoanuts, The 96-97 Bring In 'Da Noise Bring In 'Da Funk 96-97 Big 96-97 Cocoanuts, The 96-97 Sweet Adeline 96-97 Promises, Promises 96-97 Jekyll & Hyde 96-97 Titanic 96-97 Boys From Syracuse, The 96-97 Steel Pier 96-97 Once Upon A Mattress 96-97 Life, The 97-98 1776 97-98 Barrymore 97-98 Candide 97-98 Barrymore 97-98 Scarlet Pimpernel, The 97-98 Titanic 97-98 Triumph Of Love 97-98 Side Show 97-98 Ragtime 97-98 Strike Up The Band 97-98 Li'l Abner 97-98 Lion King, The 97-98 Cabaret 97-98 Follies 97-98 St. Louis Woman 97-98 High Society 97-98 Sound Of Music, The 98-99 Hedwig And The Angry Inch 98-99 When Pigs Fly, Howard Crabtree's 98-99 New Brain, A 98-99 View From The Bridge, A 98-99 New Brain, A 98-99 Nunsense A-Men! 98-99 Parade 98-99 Annie Get Your Gun 98-99 Babes In Arms 98-99 Death Of A Salesman 98-99 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown 98-99 Fosse 98-99 Ziegfeld Follies Of 1936, The 98-99 Mineola Twins, The 98-99 Not About Nightingales 98-99 Do Re Mi 98-99 Park Avenue 98-99 Footloose 98-99 Peter Pan 99-00 Ragtime 99-00 Cabaret 99-00 Marie Christine 99-00 Do I Hear A Waltz? 99-00 Sail Away 99-00 Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know 99-00 Wild Party, The 99-00 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 99-00 Saturday Night 99-00 Amadeus 99-00 Wild Party, The 99-00 Chicago 99-00 Tenderloin 99-00 Porgy And Bess 99-00 Kiss Me Kate 99-00 Wild Party, The 99-00 Wonderful Town 99-00 Aida 99-00 Contact 00-01 Nutcracker, The 00-01 Seussical The Musical 00-01 Connecticut Yankee, A 00-01 Pete 'N' Keely 00-01 Class Act, A 00-01 Music Man, The 00-01 Jane Eyre 00-01 Follies 00-01 Full Monty, The 00-01 Annie Get Your Gun 00-01 Bloomer Girl 00-01 Bells Are Ringing 00-01 Hair 00-01 Producers, The 00-01 Bat Boy 01-02 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 01-02 42nd Street 01-02 Urinetown The Musical 01-02 Elaine Stritch At Liberty 01-02 Carnival 01-02 Tale Of The Allergist's Wife 01-02 Bea Arthur On Broadway Just Between Friends 01-02 Golden Boy 01-02 Pajama Game, The 01-02 Elaine Stritch At Liberty 02-03 Urinetown 02-03 Hairspray 02-03 City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash 02-03 House of Flowers 02-03 Il Trovatore 02-03 New Moon, The 02-03 Lion King, The 02-03 No Strings 02-03 Take Me Out 03-04 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 03-04 Encores! Bash 03-04 Can-Can 03-04 Little Shop of Horrors 03-04 Boy From Oz, The 03-04 Pardon My English 03-04 Avenue Q 03-04 Caroline, Or Change 03-04 Bye Bye Birdie 03-04 Candide 03-04 Assassins 04-05 Frogs, The 04-05 Movin' Out 04-05 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 04-05 Dame Edna Back With A Vengeance 04-05 Encores! Bash 04-05 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 04-05 Tree Grows In Brooklyn, A 04-05 Fiddler On The Roof 04-05 The Musical of Musicals 04-05 Spamalot, Monty Python's 04-05 Purlie 04-05 Rent 04-05 Apple Tree, The 04-05 On Golden Pond 04-05 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The 05-06 Light in the Piazza, The 05-06 Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life 05-06 Kismet 05-06 Ring of Fire 05-06 Color Purple, The 05-06 Wedding Singer, The 05-06 70 Girls 70 05-06 Doubt 05-06 Naked Boys Singing 05-06 Three Penny Opera, The 05-06 Property Known as Garland, The 05-06 Of Thee I Sing 05-06 Mamma Mia! 05-06 Doubt 06-07 Color Purple, The 06-07 Follies 06-07 Drowsy Chaperone, The 06-07 Grey Gardens 06-07 Company 06-07 Face The Music 06-07 Wicked 06-07 Stairway To Paradise 06-07 Curtains 06-07 Spring Awakening 06-07 In The Heights
I found three boxes of Playbills that I placed in the basement of my house many years ago. They were primarily from the 1970's - 1980's.
I couldn't beleive what I stashed away! Multiple copies of Original Cast Playbills all in great condition.
The one that blew me away was the discovery of the opening night Playbil of MOOSE MURDERS (complete with opening night sticker). I wonder what it is worth???
I have some really really old ones. My oldest is from 1912 at the Liberty Theatre. I forget what the show is, but I have a bunch of playbills from when they showed the theatre on the front and not the show. I should go look up what shows they're from.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
I'm not even going to think about the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of issues of Theatre Week magazine and the *complete* collection of SHOW MUSIC ON RECORD magazines that I'll be getting rid of.
