So who keeps or collects Playbills??- Page 2

[zippyjen]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:24am

i keep all my playbills. i have one from every show i've seen from peter pan, my first- to chitty chitty bang bang- my last.

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:35am

I'm almost ashamed to admit I paied over $60 for a signed RENT OBC playbill! Yeah, I got into a big bidding war on ebay with this other girl, but I WANTED that sucker bad!! Hehe it's now one of my most prized possesions.

[Patronus]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:39am

That's a bargain - you'll likely be able to get double that when the movie hits.

I have the original window card signed by the original broadway cast (well, it's Norbert instead of David Driver - but that's what most people consider the original company) hanging in my apartment.

I had two but I sold it on eBay in 1998 for over $400.

I also remember back in the day that a signed "stash" from Daphne Rubin-Vega went for around $500.

[mabel]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:31am

Yeah, I keep all of my Playbills and my ticket stubs (I'm still a bit peeved that I gave away my ticket envelope that had my stub in it from Sight Unseen...I was chatting w/ some girl and gave her my email...didn't get hers, so alas, I could even grovel pathetically to have her send it to me).

I also collect them from shows I don't see...not so much anymore because I see pretty much everything (as long as it has student rush), but when I used to come into the city on vacation and we'd see 2-3 shows, I'd make the rounds and scrounge for Playbills (either sneaking into the theatre as the show let out, or even...shhhhh...picking them out of the trash! I know it's pathetic, but I was very discriminating. I'd only pick if they were just sitting on top. Come on! I picked an Amy's View and got it signed by Judy Dench. I know that's tacky, since I didn't see the show, but I'm still a fan of hers, so...)

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:36am

I frame mine, they're starting to take over my living room. I even have a wall of shame for shows I thought were bad.

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:36am

good, i'm not the only trash-picker! LOL When I was walking down the street outside the Amsterdam, I happened to glance in the trashcan and there were two perfect Lion King playbills right on top! I was like, heck, why not grab 'em? Haha I do love my playbills.

Updated On: 8/4/05 at 10:36 AM

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:39am

I keep all of my playbills. It would be a shame to throw them away, they are printed for a reason. Plus, I love to look through them all the time. In my closet I have 2 big bags of playbills and two shoe-boxes. And then I have my special drawer for autographed playbills that still don't have their own picture frame.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:40am

I always always always keep mine. Sure, some of them could be worth something someday, but I don't think I would ever sell them. My playbills are sort of religious relics to me. I put on a ceremonial robe and sing to them every night from the Book of Stephen.

[katygrace84]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:43am

Go on, Sorry Grateful. Tell them all about your Assassins autographs.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:45am

I keep playbills and ticket stubs. Fun fun. I have them from all the Broadway shows and Broadway tours I have ever seen. It's funny, because I saw my first when I was 8 and it was Cats. At 8, I wasn't really into theatre or anything, but I must have known I would be because for some unknown reason, even though my mother told me not to, I kept my Cats playbill. Now I treasure it and I am so happy I kept it!

[mabel]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:45am

Ooooh, thanks Everything! I was thinking "hmmm, should I post that or shouldn't I?!?" I picked one from Nine that had Jenna Elphman listed during that little debacle. I was walking w/ a friend whose jaw dropped and was like "what the hell are you doing?!?!?" *shrug* What can I say??

[Herbert_Von_Krolock]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:45am

I keep all of mine from every show I see. It's a cheap souvenir since I'm broke LOL Plus it brings back good memories

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:49am

Shut up, katygrace. Why don't you tell them about your endless and all-consuming obsession with Rent that's probably going to kill your roommate because the movie doesn't come out for three more months?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:55am

I threw a lot of my playbills out when I moved from NYC to DC. I kept the ones in which my friends were in the show though.

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:04am

I do. I usually buy a ton of merchandise. The people who sell the stuff love me because of it! I get a window card too and after the show I try to get some autographs. So when I get home I put them in a poster frame with pictures and put them downstairs as memories. It's just tradition now.

[katygrace84]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:05am

SorryGrateful, why you gotta hate? My roommate loves me and my addictions to the theater equivalent of crack. She understands because she is just as obsessed with other shows. I practically have every Sondheim musical ever written committed to memory because of that tart! And she knows that I love her for it, as well.

I have two words for you: Purple Rain.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:13am

katygrace--
You are a beeotch! But you are absolutely correct. I apologize. Speaking of Purple Rain, I might have to whip that mofo out tonight and crank it while my roommate endlessly watches this morning's tape of the Today Show. Prepare to eat my Computer Blue. And I do try to keep my Sondheim down, as opposed to my evil roommate's cranking up of "Seasons of Love." So, again, shut up.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:49pm

I am a packrat and I keep everything, so I have playbills from shows I saw before I was a theatre fanatic. Now I keep one copy of each playbill that I have in a plastic sheet in a binder, and the rest are in a box in my closet. Ones that are signed are framed and hung about my room. Someday I plan to sell extra copies of the playbills I have and frame the rest and decorate my apartment with them. I also keep ticket stubs and advertisements too (like the little brochures on shows you can get at any hotel in NYC.)

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:47pm

I like to keep my playbills and ticket stubs too. It makes a nice souvenir from the show, and a very cheap one too.

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 4:23pm

I've got them all. Hoping to frame someday.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 4:26pm

Of course I keep/collect them! I have this HUGE box filled with playbills and playbill binders. I really wish I still had the playbills from when I was a really little kid. I only have the ones from the last 8 or 9 years.

[Abikatmom]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 4:30pm

Yeah, I keep mine also. Although I have never been to NYC, I have all the touring playbills...I even have the one of that "American Idol" who was in RENT, I know his name...just didn't want to spell it.

[HeartinNYC]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:49pm

I keep all of them, dating back to the mid-70's. I also have my ticket stubs safely tucked into them ("A Chorus Line" - ticket price: $11.50!). I often go to Papermania conventions and buy up very old Playbills from shows I love.

It's neat to see ads from Mama Leone's Restaurant in the back!

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:54pm

I keep all mine, sadly I live in a tiny NYC apartment, so most of mine (especially the old ones) are in a storage unit!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:57pm

I keep all of my playbills. The only one i dont have is from like 10 years ago. I hang them up in my bedroom which the wall ahave become a broadway collage. It's great, it's my space, and i love it.