Oldest Broadway Item you have.

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:47pm

For me, it has to be The Music Man playbill from 1957.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:52pm

The original published and out of print libretto of SWEET CHARITY.
The original program for CHICAGO signed by Chita Rivera .


Not that old, but love them. And sure they will be worth something in years to come. Not that I would ever sell them, especially the program.
Updated On: 3/27/08 at 01:52 PM

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:52pm

Souvenir program from Don Cesar's Return with James K. Hackett, 1902

[JRybka]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:55pm

I was going to joke and say I have STRITCH at my house but....


probably my A Chorus Line Program from when I saw it in the late 70s

[GottaHaveAGimmick]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:56pm

A Souvenir book from Mame signed by Angela Lansbury.

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:58pm

An original " The Wiz " T-shirt from the original broadway show..

[BkCollector]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:00pm

OBC Playbills
A Little Night Music
How to succeed
Hello, Dolly (with ticket stub)
Gypsy (with ticket stub)

[ThatBroadwayBitch]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:02pm

haha, Stritch.

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:07pm

I just looked at my Music Man Playbill and noticed its tears and creases. (Sigh)

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 02:07 PM

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:44pm

My Playbill for Fifth of July from April 1981, with a note from Swoosie Kurtz still attached. I sent a congrulatory telegram after her Tony win and she sent a really sweet note back.

[once a month]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 3:38pm

Ethel Merman program from Annie Get Your Gun
Mary Martin Autograph and program

original Chicago and Chorus Line posters (as well as each succeeding ACL poster)
Gwen Verdon's photo and autograph

autographed harmonica opening night Tommy
Alice Ripley as Betty Schaefer, larger than lifesize Sideshow door

[BNN]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:05pm

OBC Cabaret Playbill with Ed Winters replacement slip

which I found inside a Cabaret vinyl record at Salvation Army!

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:15pm

My Angela Lansbury Gypsy program.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:18pm

A Merman-Gypsy Playbill, that I got on eBay in a box of random old Playbills.

[matty159]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:38pm

A 1949 Playbill from Streetcar with Uta Hagan...found while cleaning my great-aunt's basement.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:14pm

Mine isn't as good, but a Damn Yankees playbill from 1994.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:16pm

Sweeney Todd Tour Program Signed By Angela Lansbury.

[musicalfan07]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:21pm

My Sweeney Todd Souvineer Brochure from the Original London Production, 1980.

[ScottInLA]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:29pm

One of Mary Martin's toenail clippings.

[MrBundles]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:41pm

playbills

Life With Father-Empire Theatre 1939
Kiss and Tell-Biltmore Theatre 1943

[Katurian2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:55pm

Playbill from the original cast of A Chorus Line

[clever name]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:52pm

I have a Tru poster signed by Robert Morse 1990. He said to hang it in the bathroom so that's what we did and it's been there ever since.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:22pm

A program from the Ziegfeld Follies @ The New Amsterdam

[Patti-Is-Perfection.]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:24pm

Patti's underwear.

[Tom148502]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:36pm

(192 pages from the playbill for the musical RAIN OR SHINE
(1937) autographed pages from the souvenir program for BABES IN ARMS

A scrapbook about my aunt Marion Herson's career includes the above as well as photos and articles about TAKE A CHANCE, FINE AND DANDY, THE LITTLE SHOW, LADY DO and many other shows.