Retro Playbill Covers to be distributed at every Broadway show in October, for company's 140th anniversary- Page 2

[lopside]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 7:49am

They're not selling playbills yet, but they do have posters with all the covers. 

[Danasi]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 2:35pm

ChrisTyler1288 said: "If Playbill was smart, they’d offer these for purchase online similar to their Opening Night Playbills."

I wouldn't be surprised if they do offer them for sale eventually. Though maybe not all 4 covers for every show?  They might be waiting to try and get people to go to see the shows to get the designs since fall's a slower time. I could see more demand for the covers as it gets later in October too as fans try to collect them all

[jagman106]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 4:24pm

At last night's performance of OUAM, we received the 1960s cover. Everyone around us in our section of the Orchestra appeared to receive the same cover. I'm seeing The Hills of California and The Roommate in the next few weeks, so I'll be curious to see the cover I receive and whether a variety of covers are distributed that night.

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 5:29pm

This afternoon at Cabaret, they had 3 of the 4 (the one with the top yellow logo a la the 1950s/60s was not available.

Needless to say they were definitely conversation pieces

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 9:55pm

I doubt there's a chain here, and reddit might be better suited for this request, but I collect Playbills, and would be curious to see if anyone (local or not) would want to create some kind of hunting chain? I'm a local and have pretty easy access to a handful of theaters Playbills that I would use as trade material. If anyone wants to DM, maybe we can spend the month helping each other?!

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/2/24 at 10:55pm

R&J had them all in circulation and GUARDED. They were mixed up and they made sure everyone only got one. If you were looking for others, you should just check after the show 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:00am

I got all 4 at "Cabaret" tonight but oof it was tough lol

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:11am

Jordan Catalano said: "I got all 4 at "Cabaret" tonight but oof it was tough lol"

DAMN! I canvassed everywhere for that last one and NOTHING

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:23am

They were in their own little stack tucked under a seat near the exit. 

[dearalanaaaa]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 1:35am

Got 3/4 of them at R + J today! Hoping to score at a show tomorrow, but I got 3/4 at Sunset yesterday just to find the fourth laying outside the theater today! Maybe the Reddit will start a trading thread, I'm so ready to catch em all! 

[HunterK]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:29pm

At JOB last night, up in the mezzanine, they had them laid out on a shelf and they said "Pick one". I asked if I could pick all 4 and the usher said "of course".

At "The Hills of California" they were all mixed together and it was luck of the draw. At intermission I found them (like Jordan) all behind the last seat in the orchestra and now have the collection. 

What irked me was that most patrons just left them on the floor for both shows. I wanted to scream "Look at what your missing."

It is nice to see Playbill.com selling the whole seats. I want the "Oh Mary!" set.

Updated On: 10/3/24 at 12:29 PM

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:45pm

HunterK said: "AtJOB last night, up in the mezzanine, they had them laid out on a shelf and they said "Pick one". I asked if I could pick all 4 and the usher said "of course".

At "The Hills of California" they were all mixed together and it was luck of the draw. At intermission I found them (like Jordan) all behind the last seat in the orchestra and now have the collection.

What irked me was that most patrons just left them on the floor for both shows. I wanted to scream "Look at what your missing."

It is nice to see Playbill.com selling the whole seats. I want the "Oh Mary!" set."

It’s actually not the set of 4 that Playbill Store is selling, it’s a poster of the 4 covers, sadly.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 1:04pm

At R+J it seemed like each usher had a different stack of designs but each usher only had one design.  Sunset had them shuffled together and handed them out to people before heading upstairs.  Did a bit of a walk around after both shows and was able to find a few on the ground though only saw two designs for Sunset so not sure if they were handing out all 4 that day.  

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/4/24 at 1:46am

Hadestown just had the 1970s cover tonight

[inception]

Posted: 10/4/24 at 8:31am

I think the posters are cool, especially the ones where they put a bit of effort into making the show artwork different on each cover as well.  It would be cool if the posters were available in person somewhere instead of just via mail order. I was thinking that once the red bucket collections start, that having autographed copies of these posters might go over well.

Updated On: 10/4/24 at 08:31 AM

[HunterK]

Posted: 10/4/24 at 8:50am

Sunset Blvd. Just had 2 last night….and I searched! 😂

[Danasi]

Posted: 10/7/24 at 1:33pm

Once Upon a Mattress just had one design when I went, and that was with casually checking multiple levels too

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 12:35am

It took me literally until the final day of the month, but with help from friends both new and old, and a TON of persistence, I have collected the entire Legacy Playbill Collection for every show!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/VIUTZLQpO1

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 12:43am

Even though tonight was the last night, Death Becomes Her was being rather pissy. Also, they REALLY spread them out. Orchestra seemed to have 2 versions, front mezzanine had a mix, and the rear mezzanine had one that wasn’t in either section.

Honestly glad this month is over because in all my years of theatregoing, I have NEVER sniffed out so many playbills like a bloodhound before.

[inception]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 1:15am

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[Wick3]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 1:57am

quizking101 said: "Even though tonight was the last night, Death Becomes Her was being rather pissy. Also, they REALLY spread them out. Orchestra seemed to have 2 versions, front mezzanine had a mix, and the rear mezzanine had one that wasn’t in either section.

Honestly glad this month is over because in all my years of theatregoing, I have NEVER sniffed out so many playbills like a bloodhound before."

Were you able to collect all 4 postcards too at Death Becomes her? 

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 7:35am

I was! And then a couple spares

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 11/1/24 at 3:48pm

I'm sad to see this go as a gimmick, even though some of these designs looked like they were given like two seconds worth of effort.