The "Promises, Promises" Poster is GREAT.

Reminds me of an actual '60s Broadway poster. Simply, kitschy, and perfect.

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Love it... not 100% on Seans picture though- wish he was not looking at the camera! Very good though!!

The poster indeed has great style and almost makes you forget how wrong they are for the roles! These two should be doing PLAZA SUITE:

Kristin Chenoweth.... can you say air-brushing?

Yeah just a touch of airbrushing. Does anyone remember the side by side before airbrushing/after comparison pics of her APPLE TREE photo?

since when do printed materials NOT go through extensive retouching and airbrushing?

big deal.

The poster is pretty amusing. Very Rock Hudson / Doris Day. Circa 1965. Which is totally inappropriate for the show, but totally sensible for the current cast. ("Let's focus on the TV/B'WAY-Q, people, NOT whether there's gonna be a WHIT of reality to the enterprise.") Notice that there are no other names on the poster.... Any word on who's playing the Marian Mercer (The Tony-winning part), A. Larry Haines (nominated) or Edward Winter in the (nominated) "Sheldrake" (aka Fred MacMurray) roles? Hmmm....

There is obviously a great deal of savvy planning going on here and let's face it, these two can hold an audience with the raise of an eyebrow. This show may surprise those with hate in their hearts and razors for tongues.

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Updated On: 12/5/09 at 02:25 PM

it's been said but i'll say it again, sean looks REALLY old.

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I think it's a good-looking ad. My one issue with it - Fran Kubelik, the character that Kristin is playing, is a confused young woman battling with her self-esteem. She picks the wrong men in her life and tries to kill herself.

Now, I wouldn't expect the logo to have Kristin with a bottle of sleeping pills in her hand, looking clouded by self doubt. That wouldn't sell many tickets. But I was surprised that she's looking in Sean Hayes' direction with unbridled glee, with a beaming smile.

Neil Simon's book for Promises has some spectacular gags and the Bacharach and David score is one-of-a-kind. But the show is not all go-go kitsch like "Turkey Lurkey Time" and "The Grapes of Roth". There's also an undercurrent of anxiety, loneliness, feelings of low self-worth that all of the major characters grapple with. (It happens in many of the songs too: "Half as Big as Life," "Knowing When To Leave," "Wanting Things," "Whoever You Are," "I'll Never Fall In Love Again," "Promises, Promises"). So while the ad makes the show look like a rollicking film comedy like Pillow Talk, audiences may find the show itself something else altogether.

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Wow it looks like they used every single available font available to them at www.fontdiner.com to create that poster. Nice colors, nice design, great show. wrong leads.

If you put an accurate description of what the show is about, you'd probably turn off the general public. (I don't recall anyone playing up the rape aspects in Oklahoma!)

Even the original 1960s graphics had very little to do with the actual content of the show, as Smaxie just pointed out so well.

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