PLAYBILL Covers of the 2017-2018 Season- Page 6

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 5:36pm

According to Instagram, yes it did. Hmm.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 5:39pm

^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 5:40pm

bwayphreak234 said: "^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself."

I just don't know why they wouldn't use their beautiful key art that's on the marquee and every other promotional material across the city. Seems like a no-brainer to me. 

[Bwayfan292]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 5:41pm

Yikes. Shoulda just stuck with the rehersal shot.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 6:10pm

This is not that bad. It's stark and dramatic. I like it. Is it the best? No. But I think it's very sleek.

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 6:17pm

I really like it...heh. I do wish Jessie was included, but it’s very dramatic and places the focus on Billy.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 6:26pm

It kind of looks like a shot from the revival of Pippin

[10086sunset]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 7:32pm

Ugh, Carousel.
I didn’t think was was possible to create a second cover that was worse than the first.
Congratulations guys, you found a way.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 7:55pm

I actually like the playbill. Mainly because Joshua Henry is such a hunk.

[msmp]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 8:58pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "bwayphreak234 said: "^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself."

I just don't know why they wouldn't use their beautiful key art that's on the marquee and every other promotional material across the city. Seems like a no-brainer to me."

This is my question. It's some of the nicest key-art of any show currently running on Broadway, and yet they have gone out of their way to not use it on the Playbill. Very strange decision.

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 9:03pm

It might be Scott Rudin's hang-up about releasing production shots. I remember how Hello Dolly! they released like a total of 3 or 4 production photos.

As for the playbill I like it. Joshua Henry is really amazing as Billy and that picture captures some of his intensity.

Updated On: 4/4/18 at 09:03 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 10:11pm

GeorgeandDot said: "I actually like the playbill. Mainly because Joshua Henry is such a hunk."

I feel like the new cover emphasizes his skin color (because of the lighting plus the B&W) and his physical build (because of the costume and angle of the photo) which seems to imply that the show is delving into the significance of casting a black man as Billy... which by all accounts, it does not.

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 10:14pm

poisonivy2 said: "It mightbe Scott Rudin's hang-up about releasing production shots. I remember how Hello Dolly! they released like a total of 3 or 4 production photos."
 

It's definitely a Scott Rudin "thing", but it doesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason for the productions that have this photo cover + non-logo font. Skylight, View from the Bridge, Humans, Blackbird, Crucible, Front Page, and Glass Menagerie had covers like this. But then Dolly, Doll's House, 1984, and Shuffle Along used their regular color logos.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 10:18pm

If the title of the show was taken off the cover, no one would have any idea which show it was.

I simply think it’s too abstract.

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 11:02pm

SomethingPeculiar said: "poisonivy2 said: "It mightbe Scott Rudin's hang-up about releasing production shots. I remember how Hello Dolly! they released like a total of 3 or 4 production photos."


It's definitely a Scott Rudin "thing", but itdoesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason for the productions that have this photo cover +non-logo font. Skylight, View from the Bridge, Humans, Blackbird, Crucible, Front Page, and Glass Menagerie had covers like this. But then Dolly, Doll's House, 1984, and Shuffle Along used their regular colorlogos."

Book of Mormon also used their regular logo font for the playbill.

 

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 4/4/18 at 11:24pm

Once On This Island has updated their Playbill to feature the art with Hailey Kilgore:

 

[76Trombones 2]

Posted: 4/5/18 at 5:18pm

msmp said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "bwayphreak234 said: "^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself."

I just don't know why they wouldn't use their beautiful key art that's on the marquee and every other promotional material across the city. Seems like a no-brainer to me."

This is my question. It's some of the nicest key-art of any show currently running on Broadway, and yet they have gone out of their way to not use it on the Playbill. Very strange decision."

One of the reasons I like the Playbill covers of the and 60's and 70's is because their emphasis was always on the actors and their acting. I love Rudin's retro Playbills because I think it's his attempt at returning us to a time when acting was the priority over marketing. It's a small gesture (as I'm sure most people don't care what Playbills looks like), but I see it as an important one in terms of how theater is viewed. 

Updated On: 4/5/18 at 05:18 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/5/18 at 10:27pm

Ooh, I want one of those new Once on This Island Playbills.

[@z5]

Posted: 4/5/18 at 11:12pm

Once on this Island has been that cover for like the past 3 months

[antonijan]

Posted: 4/6/18 at 3:15pm

I want the new Carousel playbill...anybody have a spare?

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 4/6/18 at 4:08pm

@z5 said: "Once on this Island has been that cover for like the past 3 months"

I know, but no one had shared it here and wanted to make sure that the Playbill fans got to see it. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 4/13/18 at 10:32am

It looks like Kinky Boots is using a 5th Anniversary Playbill for the entire month of April. I am amazed no one has posted this already.

What was the last production to mark an anniversary or closing with a unique Playbill cover?

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Not to answer my own question but It looks like its the Phantom 30th this past January which I actually like the cover because its really unique.



and before that it was the Lion King's 20th in November, which simply changed the color of the Playbill logo to from Playbill Yellow to Lion King Yellow, and added a "Celebrating 20 years" tag line.

[antonijan]

Posted: 4/13/18 at 6:35pm

Anybody have the Head Over Hills Playbill images yet?

[Frenchbacon]

Posted: 4/14/18 at 8:44pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "bwayphreak234 said: "^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself."

I just don't know why they wouldn't use their beautiful key art that's on the marquee and every other promotional material across the city. Seems like a no-brainer to me."

I whole-heartedly agree with this. It's better than the rehearsal photo, but I think their WONDERFUL marquee art would look great on a playbill.

[CoolDogeGuy]

Posted: 4/15/18 at 2:23am

Frenchbacon said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "bwayphreak234 said: "^ Absolutely dreadful. Just like the production itself."

I just don't know why they wouldn't use their beautiful key art that's on the marquee and every other promotional material across the city. Seems like a no-brainer to me."

I whole-heartedly agree with this. It's better than the rehearsal photo, but I think their WONDERFUL marquee art would look great on a playbill."

EXACTLY!!! I love the marquee art more than the current Playbill design and I can't see why they are deciding not to put the marquee art on the Playbill.