PLAYBILL Covers of the 2022-2023 Season

Shoutout to Beetlejuice's Pride Playbill

Updated On: 6/14/22 at 11:09 AM

LAME!!!! Put Julie on it, you cowards!

Most of these are exactly what I'd expect, but that Kimberly Akimbo one is a pleasant surprise! I really like it!

Re: Kpop

SO glad they have swapped out the color scheme from their original design. While it could be a bit 'more' it is far more simple and sleek than the previous design with the colorful background and white lettering.



Re: Kimberly Akimbo

This design works so much as a CONCEPT, I love it, BUT the excision here is rather awful. It looks more like a proposed design and not the final one. The logo on the shirt looks so cut and pasted onto the art. It's like a Redbubble tee-shirt. When the artist uploads their art and then that art is generated onto a blank stock photo to give the idea of what the shirt will look like and not a photo of the shirt itself.

I don't know anything about Kimberly Akimbo, and that artwork does not make me interested in seeing it.

I liked the 1776 artwork better before they added the egg. I guess it's supposed to be a nod to the original artwork, but it just clashes. You've got this detailed little picture in red, white and blue overlaying a bold reddish pink type face on a deep purple background.

And I can't get over how bad the Into the Woods artwork is. It's just plain ugly.

fashionguru_23 said: "I do wish we could get more of the photographs of rehearsals/productions on the covers (ie. the last revival of Carousel, The Front Page, West Side Story, or any Playbill from the late 1950's-late 1960's."

That was a Scott Rudin thing - that is, a thing he decided to revive from the 50s and 60s. To my knowledge, he's the only recent producer who has implemented it (he produced all those shows you mentioned).

fashionguru_23 said: "The "Take Me Out" cover looks like the show has run for 6 years, and now they have to advertise what "stunt casting" they are doing to appeal to anyone and everyone to come to their show.""

Or they know exactly what they're selling...which is Jesse Williams (sorry JTF). The art makes complete sense.

Emma_Pillsbury said: "jkcohen626 said: "Most of these are exactly what I'd expect, but that Kimberly Akimbo one is a pleasant surprise! I really like it!"

I just now realized that the logo for Kimberly Akimbo is a facsimile of the old logo for Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park!"

Does this mean anything within the context of the show?

Did not see this posted here, lots of new covers coming up in the next few weeks.









































Thoughts - Glad the original KPOP was not what they were planning on long-term, it was atrocious and the new designs are absolutely stellar. Love seeing actual key art on Where The Mountain Meets The Sea, interesting it's not in color though and Cost of Living is (whereas most of their shows aren't). Lion King is a fantastic surprise. What in the name of everything that is holy is Music Man doing (my gut tells me they're trying to lean into autographs) but it doesn't not make it... a choice for sure. Most everything else is about as expected/as I'd hoped for. Hooray

That new Lion King cover looks awesome, and just in time for the 25th anniversary.

Ohio State Murders is giving me War Paint vibes with that cover art. What a great, great piece of narrative text that I hope plays just as well on stage.

I like what they did with KPOP, all three groups being highlighted on separate Playbills.

They blew it with the & Juliet art. Why not just use the London artwork, or simply the pink ampersand with the pink background? The Broadway key art just seems very crammed IMO.



As for everything else, mostly plain / generic. Nothing really stands out.

I realize they wanted a lot of pink and gold but I feel like there was a better way to do & Juliet so the words would pop.

Becky Nurse of Salem is classic. Feels like the energy went there instead of Camelot.

Ooh, what's going on with K-POP? Will they be offering them all simultaneously or cycle through them at different times? I think the solo cover works best because there isn't that blank wall at the back though I do like the one with the girl group. I wish they'd been given some intention because it just looks like a magazine photoshoot.

The Music Man... why?

Some Like It Hot continues to look like a combo between a travel ad and clip art. At least Dirty Rotten Scoundrels took place in the French Riviera.

Love the designs for & Juliet, The Lion King, and Some Like It Hot!