The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design- Page 2

[Kad]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 12:59pm

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. 

[orlikethecolorpurple]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 1:10pm

MB124 said: "They didn’t even match the yellow on the cover artto the “Playbill yellow”…"

I've noticed color difference issues on the Playbill proofs in the past, but it always matches when it's printed. That said, meh.  

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 2:07pm

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. 

[All that Yazz]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 7:36pm

I did wonder if Rocky is going to come wrapped up in yellow wrapping paper, as a present to Frank?

 

Either way this is gonna be my first EVER Broadway show and I’m just stoked for the free programme

[MagicalMusical]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 12:11am

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!

[okfromthetop]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 6:54am

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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[okfromthetop]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 6:54am

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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[okfromthetop]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 6:54am

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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[Sammy232]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 7:13am

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.

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 8:47am

That is clearly snake skin.

[malcs98]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 2:31pm

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…

 

[joevitus]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 2:42pm

QueenAlice said: "That is clearly snake skin."

It clearly isn't.

[joevitus]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 2:47pm

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.

[pmensky]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 3:08pm

It’s trying to signal a fresh take without actually committing to a fresh take. It wants to look like a reimagining without alienating the subscription audience. It’s a hedge.

 

[darquegk]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 3:47pm

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.

[joevitus]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 4:03pm

darquegk said: "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:

"

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."

Disembodied lips never appeared as a signifier before the film and then the logo for the midnight movie poster (the lips logo wasn't part of the first, standard screening ad campaign).