PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 3:06pm

SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK
Foxwoods Theatre


MASTER CLASS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre


HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL
St. James Theatre

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:09pm

will the Hair playbill definitly be in black & white.

[The Guilty One2]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:30pm

I hope it is in color! It looks "ok" in Black & White. But I prefer color.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 7/14/11 at 12:54pm

FOLLIES
Marquis Theatre

[LegallyBroadway2]

Posted: 7/14/11 at 1:39pm

Love the new spider-man playbill design

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/14/11 at 2:21pm

I have a KenCen FOLLIES window card in my room and I'm still not 100% on the artwork. I was hoping they'd change it for Broadway, but I guess not.

[BlackCabbiTabbi]

Posted: 7/19/11 at 12:33am

does anyone know if the spider man playbills are in color?

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/19/11 at 8:42am

When I was in the city last (July 6th), the SPIDER MAN Playbills were reverted to B&W (I saw a little boy with one in hand at Chevy's).

CATCH ME also went B&W at the same time.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 8/18/11 at 11:48pm

MAN AND BOY
American Airlines Theatre

[staunchcharacter]

Posted: 8/19/11 at 12:10am

Out of curiosity, ho long does it usually take for a show to switch to B&W??

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 8/19/11 at 8:15am

I saw Young Frankenstein about 6 months into the run nd it was b&w then. Roundabout always does b&w.

Also - this has probably been asked before - but when I saw Mary Poppins (in its last week of previews on Broadway) it was a "Showbill" --- what's the difference??

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 8/19/11 at 10:26am

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/112023-ASK-PLAYBILLCOM-Playbill-and-Showbill

"Why not just call it a Playbill? Well, Playbill does not want its advertisers showing up to Mary Poppins and rifling through the program, confused as to why their ad is not there. They use the Showbill brand to signify that the mix of advertisers is different."

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/112230-ASK-PLAYBILLCOM-Theatre-Size-Equity-Archives-and-Playbill-Covers

"According to Playbill Magazine Publisher and President Philip Birsh, Playbill gives the shows the choice, and they can have color if they pay for it. The black-and-white covers are provided free of charge."

Read between the lines.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 8/19/11 at 10:26am

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/112023-ASK-PLAYBILLCOM-Playbill-and-Showbill

"Why not just call it a Playbill? Well, Playbill does not want its advertisers showing up to Mary Poppins and rifling through the program, confused as to why their ad is not there. They use the Showbill brand to signify that the mix of advertisers is different."

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/112230-ASK-PLAYBILLCOM-Theatre-Size-Equity-Archives-and-Playbill-Covers

"According to Playbill Magazine Publisher and President Philip Birsh, Playbill gives the shows the choice, and they can have color if they pay for it. The black-and-white covers are provided free of charge."

Read between the lines.

[winston89]

Posted: 8/19/11 at 6:57pm

Another difference between a Showbill and a Playbill is also content. For example, Playbills have theatre related articles and is a magazine that gets updated issues out to the theatres every so often. Showbills like the ones used for Poppins have articles that are specific to the show itself. In other words, all the articles in the Poppins Showbill are just on Poppins itself and its creation and things of that nature rather then articles about other shows on Broadway.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 8:31pm

OTHER DESERT CITIES
Booth Theatre


THE MOUNTAINTOP
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre


RELATIVELY SPEAKING
Brooks Atkinson Theatre

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:27pm

CHINGLISH
Longacre Theatre



GODSPELL
Circle in the Square Theatre

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 10/1/11 at 12:16pm

VENUS IN FUR
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

[Elke]

Posted: 10/1/11 at 3:45pm

Why would they use the old Venus In Fur artwork? I agree the new one is badly edited, but using the old artwork instead makes no sense

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 5:30pm

...Why is Wes Bentley on the Broadway Playbill cover?

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 5:55pm

^ because thats not the real playbill.... duh......

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 7:11pm

Tell that to the folks at Playbill.com. They are the ones who put it online as the Broadway Playbill cover. I just linked it. You can look at the source in the Image Info. Or just go here: http://www.playbill.com/events/event_detail/22593-Venus-in-Fur-at-Samuel-J-Friedman-Theatre

Updated On: 10/2/11 at 07:11 PM

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 10/17/11 at 4:46pm

Some new Playbill covers posted today.


BONNIE & CLYDE
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre



AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN
Ethel Barrymore Theatre



HUGH JACKMAN, BACK ON BROADWAY
Broadhurst Theatre



LYSISTRATA JONES
Walter Kerr Theatre



ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
St. James Theatre



PRIVATE LIVES
Music Box Theatre



SEMINAR
John Golden Theatre


And I guess the other cover was just a placeholder, because Playbill.com now shows this one:

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 2:02pm

STICK FLY
Cort Theatre


SISTER ACT (as of November 2011)
Broadway Theatre


MEMPHIS (as of October 2011)
Shubert Theatre

[Elke]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 2:59pm

Bonnie & Clyde has such gorgeous artwork, are they seriously using B&W Playbills from the start of the run? Such a pity!

Same for Hugh Jackman... gorgeous artwork there too.

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 3:12pm

Alot of shows are starting off with B&W or switching rather quickly nowadays...Maybe Color Playbills are simply too much of a luxury for productions.