PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#1
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
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#2
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:09pmwill the Hair playbill definitly be in black & white.
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#2
Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:30pmI hope it is in color! It looks "ok" in Black & White. But I prefer color.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#4
Posted: 7/14/11 at 1:39pmLove the new spider-man playbill design
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#5
Posted: 7/14/11 at 2:21pmI 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.
Stand-by Joined: 5/9/09
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#6
Posted: 7/19/11 at 12:33amdoes anyone know if the spider man playbills are in color?
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#7
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.
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#8
Posted: 8/18/11 at 11:48pm
MAN AND BOY
American Airlines Theatre
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#9
Posted: 8/19/11 at 12:10amOut of curiosity, ho long does it usually take for a show to switch to B&W??
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#10
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??
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#11
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.
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#12
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season#13
Posted: 8/19/11 at 6:57pmAnother 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.
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #14
Posted: 8/30/11 at 8:31pm
OTHER DESERT CITIES
Booth Theatre
THE MOUNTAINTOP
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
RELATIVELY SPEAKING
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #15
Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:27pm
CHINGLISH
Longacre Theatre
GODSPELL
Circle in the Square Theatre
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #16
Posted: 10/1/11 at 12:16pm
VENUS IN FUR
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #17
Posted: 10/1/11 at 3:45pmWhy 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #18
Posted: 10/2/11 at 5:30pm...Why is Wes Bentley on the Broadway Playbill cover?
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #19
Posted: 10/2/11 at 5:55pm^ because thats not the real playbill.... duh......
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #20
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
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #21
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: 
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #22
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
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #23
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. 
PLAYBILL Covers of the 2011-2012 Season #24
Posted: 11/8/11 at 3:12pmAlot 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.
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