Triton's "Lost Collection"

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 9:00am

In Charles Isherwood's review of Sylvia this morning, he writes a joke lede where he says A.R. Gurney's "dark drama about a psychopath with tendencies toward bestiality, opened at the Cort Theater on Broadway".  That made me think of another play at the Cort, the infamous Leda Had a Little Swan.   That play, which had something to do with children being given animals to support them through puberty, closed in previews in 1968, and fans of William Goldman's The Season will remember the uproarious chapter where he describes the angry walkouts occurring during a performance.  

So, the Sylvia review made me think of Leda, which sent me to do a Google image search.   I had never seen the artwork, but to my surprise, the window card turned up.  

It turns out that Triton Gallery discovered a box in their warehouse, filled with many rare window cards for hits and flops alike.  I figured that if anyone here hadn't seen them, they might enjoy looking at them. Link: http://tritongallery.com/triton/frameset_large.htm.  In particular, I love that poster for Plain and Fancy.   

Updated On: 10/28/15 at 09:00 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 9:13am

Thanks for sharing Smaxie!

 

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 9:24am

 

I have a Plain and Fancy LP autographed by Barbara Cook somewhere.

 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 12:27pm

I love that sight. It's so cool to see the full color versions of logos I had only seen in black and white on playbills, or only the title treatments.

 

I do wish larger versions were available.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 12:40pm

Here's another rarity (and another legendary preview closer covered in The Season).

 

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 12:43pm

I wish I could afford a couple of those!  I'd love to have Fiddler to go with my framed LP autographed by Jerry Bock from when I worked with him.  And I would LOVE the Via Galactica window card!  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 12:46pm

You can always get repros done from Triton. They're $75 and look identical to the original poster. The process they use is absolutely remarkable for those.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 1:13pm

I never knew that. Might have to get something...

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/28/15 at 1:17pm

Yeah, definitely. Even posters with BRIGHT colors come out just as bright and look identical.