The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design — Page 2

quizking101 said: "Kad said: "Considering performances don’t start for over a month, could this not just be a placeholder?"

This is what was posted officially on Playbill Vault which, to my understanding, is going to be their design, at least initially until the monthly cycle comes around and it can be changed"

But it is weird that the Richard O’Brien credit is everywhere else for this production but not the playbill cover. 

To me, the “break through” design just doesn’t make sense because a regular Playbill isn’t completely yellow— so it’s breaking through something that isn’t usually there. Unlike Titanique where she’s breaking through a picture of the ship. I like Lot666’s idea of a tattoo peaking out behind fishnets. 

Lot666 said: "I think it would've been more effective (and appropriate) if the fishnet had been placed in the foreground, with the logo designed as a tattoo showing through a tear in the fabric."

I think this is a genius idea!

with that construction yellow it really does scream chainlink fence!

where's the skin? the carnality? 

https://playbill.com/production/the-rocky-horror-show-broadway-studio-54-2026



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The direction they went for their cast announcement was much more fun and a great starting point for overall artwork related to the show. Neon and hot colors is a much better palette. Doing that then going back to a primary colors key art shows no overall theme for how they want to market the show.

okfromthetop said: "with that construction yellow it really does scream chainlink fence!

where's the skin? the carnality?

https://playbill.com/production/the-rocky-horror-show-broadway-studio-54-2026



Personally I kinda like it…I mean it’s better than most Playbill designs these days…

 

BrodyFosse123 said: "This is the original Playbill cover for the original 1975 Broadway production and the 2 different ones issued for the 2000 Broadway revival:

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The original is deservedly iconic. The trouble with the other two is that they seem to be referencing the famous lips--which are a visual from the film, not the stage show. I like the new logo better than either of these two, though I'm still not crazy about it.

joevitus said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "This is the original Playbill cover for the original 1975 Broadway production and the 2 different ones issued for the 2000 Broadway revival:

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The original is deservedly iconic. The trouble with the other two is that they seem to be referencing the famous lips--which are a visual from the film, not the stage show. I like the new logo better than either of these two, though I'm still not crazy about it."

The red lips predate the film, though it made them the most famous: the stylized black-and-white figure with the red lips dates back to the Roxy production (which sometimes used a color version as well), if not earlier. If anything on earth is synonymous with Rocky Horror, it's the red lips, and I don't consider it a movie-exclusive image.

I don’t mind them using a different font than the more traditional Rocky Horror look, it’s just the warping that makes it look like 80s Microsoft Word. Maybe that’s what they were going for.

CATSNYrevival said: "I don’t mind them using a different font than the more traditional Rocky Horror look, it’s just the warping that makes it look like 80s Microsoft Word. Maybe that’s what they were going for."

 

Maybe they were going for a "Time Warp"?

It just kept rolling through my mind after reading your comment!

 

Damn, that’s a bummer.