Old Playbills and Stagebills- Page 2

[LouW95]

Posted: 6/2/05 at 10:55pm

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.
Updated On: 6/2/05 at 10:55 PM

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/2/05 at 11:01pm

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.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 6/2/05 at 11:27pm

LW95 - how did you come to have this collection???

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 12:46am

the oldest I have is "M. Butterfly" OBC playbill, which I founded in a box somewhere in my school once upon a time.

[LightMyCandle]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 1:17am

""LW95 - how did you come to have this collection??? ""

Yeah that. Wowzahs, that's quite the collection!

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 1:23am

I have:

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.

[The Ninth Show]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:19am

I have one from the 1971 production of No, No Nanette signed by Ruby Keeler and Patsy Kelly.

[musicalfan07]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 6:15pm

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

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 6:23pm

Anyone else have treasures such as these?

My parents' program from the tour of Zorba. (!)

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 6:28pm

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.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 6:54pm

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

[Tom148502]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 7:23pm

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.

[Tom148502]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 7:29pm

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

[2seatsoffcenter]

Posted: 6/8/07 at 7:53pm

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???

[antonijan]

Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:36am

The Playbills I'm NOT planning to get rid of and the volume that they're bound in are...

are you a librarian? :P

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 6/9/07 at 8:24am

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.

[antonijan]

Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:23pm

My oldest one is the Lez Mis from 2001 :P

I wonder who got the oldest Playbill or Stagebill in history. Makes me wanna go to a Museum of Broadway Show Artifacts or Playbill Museum.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:26pm

Updated On: 6/9/07 at 01:26 PM