Worst Show Poster
Worst Show Poster
#0Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:43pmIn your opinion, what is the worst poster design for a show?
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#1re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:44pmThe new of RENT. Just...WHY.
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
Katt
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/06
#3re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:45pm
The new Rent one IS pretty horrible.
However, I don't know that I've seen enough to say that it's the worst.
#4re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:45pmOhh, yes. The "RENT Now" campaign
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#5re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:50pm
Yeah, the current Rent one is pathetic. I don't know how else to describe it.
I don't know why they ever ditched the original artwork. It was perfect.
#6re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:51pmI don't know what is the worst, in my opinion probably the new RENT one, but my favorites are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Color Purple!
#7re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:52pmHeh, I was going to say the new Rent one as well. If only the producers would realize how ugly it is too.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#8re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:52pmI don't care for the Sweeney Todd revival logo all that much. It looks good on the Playbill, but not so much on the windowcard or advertisements.
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#9re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:58pmcan someone either post the new rent poster or post a link?
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
#10re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:02pm
http://www.tritongallery.com/triton/posters/rentnew.htm
Ewwww!
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#11re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:03pmYes I must garee that is pretty bad!
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#12re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:04pmthe new rent poster, the H2$ poster (love it on the cd art... but those weird ass monsters... ugh), little women
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#13re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:09pmThe new Rent posters make the Footloose advertisements look aesthetically pleasing.
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#16re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:20pmI take back my previous statement, nothing can make that look good.
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ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#17re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:40pmThe Odd Couple poster has the WORST design layout I have ever seen. The little box is totally unneccessary and just repeats information. I own it because I loved the show and wanted a souvenir, but ICK!
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
~Roger Bart
#18re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:47pm
Carrie.
It looked like a vampire musical.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#19re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 8:53pmthe absurd person singular poster was kinda sh*tty, and steel pier was nice but misleading.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#20re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 9:43pm
I agree with Steel Pier / Absurd Personal Singluar / I don't much care for the Zombie Prom layout.
I actually really like the RENT poster. Its def. trying to appeal to the Myspace generation and I think it works. I actually really want to buy that poster if anyone knows how?
As for ones I like, I really like the I Love You Because poster...its very simple, but it works.
Oh, and I don't like the Color Purple one that much, though it doesn't bother me too much. And I don't like the Sweeny one either, I think this show should have had a much simplier logo considering the simplistic nature of the show.
#21re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 9:56pmThe link to the triton gallery should have it. They have everything.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#22re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 10:06pm
" Its def. trying to appeal to the Myspace generation "
god, we're the 'myspace generation' now?
just shoot me.
"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living
piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character
and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and
incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness.
Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish
it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a
rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the
real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get
along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small
unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings.
Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end.
But end it does. Another part of you vanishes.
That's show business."-Anonymous
#23re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 10:15pmYep, the livejournal generation had kids and gave birth to the myspace gen
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#24re: Worst Show Poster
Posted: 1/22/06 at 10:16pmuh oh- I have xanga. I guess I'm out of style.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
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