Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Oldest Broadway Item you have.
#1Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:47pmFor me, it has to be The Music Man playbill from 1957.
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#2re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
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 
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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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#2re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:52pmSouvenir program from Don Cesar's Return with James K. Hackett, 1902
BroadwayEd
#3re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
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
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#4re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:56pmA Souvenir book from Mame signed by Angela Lansbury.
Jonny boy
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/07
#5re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 1:58pmAn original " The Wiz " T-shirt from the original broadway show..
BkCollector
Broadway Star Joined: 2/6/08
#6re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
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)
#7re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:02pmhaha, Stritch.
get all the bitchy dish at: thatbroadwayblog.blogspot.com
#8re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:07pm
I just looked at my Music Man Playbill and noticed its tears and creases. (Sigh)
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
Updated On: 3/27/08 at 02:07 PM
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#9re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 2:44pmMy 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.
#11re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
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
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#12re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
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!
Tick Tock
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#14re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:18pmA Merman-Gypsy Playbill, that I got on eBay in a box of random old Playbills.
#15re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 4:38pmA 1949 Playbill from Streetcar with Uta Hagan...found while cleaning my great-aunt's basement.
#16re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:14pmMine isn't as good, but a Damn Yankees playbill from 1994.
#17re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:16pmSweeney Todd Tour Program Signed By Angela Lansbury.
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.
#18re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:21pmMy Sweeney Todd Souvineer Brochure from the Original London Production, 1980.
ScottInLA
Stand-by Joined: 1/15/05
#19re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:29pmOne of Mary Martin's toenail clippings.
#20re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:41pm
playbills
Life With Father-Empire Theatre 1939
Kiss and Tell-Biltmore Theatre 1943
Your fupa is showing.
#21re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:55pmPlaybill from the original cast of A Chorus Line
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#22re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:52pmI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:22pmA program from the Ziegfeld Follies @ The New Amsterdam
Poster Emeritus
Tom148502
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/07
#25re: Oldest Broadway Item you have.
Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:36pm
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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.
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