First Broadway preview of "Lestat" - signed by the full cast The record-breaking performance of "The Phantom of the Opera"
And, not a Playbill or Broadway...but a signed program from a Russian ballet company that performed "The Bluebird" here during the Gorbachev era. I was eleven and it was one of the loveliest things I'd seen.
Frankenstein (1981) Carrie (198 Signed by Betty Buckley, Linzi Hateley, Charlotte D'amboise, Gene Anthony Ray, Paul Gyngell, Darlene Love, and Sally Anne Triplett Raggedy Ann (1986) Opening Night
*EDIT: Jesus Christ Superstar with Sebastian Bach and Carl Anderson, Signed*
BroadwayChica, I did the same thing!! I love my bloody Sweeney Playbill!! Updated On: 4/30/08 at 05:56 PM
"The Phantom of the Opera" autographed by Howard McGillin & Jennifer Hope Wills "Company" autographed by 9/14 cast members, including Raul Esparza "Curtains" autographed by almost the entire cast, including David Hyde Pierce "Monty Python's Spamalot" autographed by Hank Azaria & David Hyde Pierce "The Odd Couple" autographed by Matthew Broderick
The most valuable piece of theatre memorablilia I own is the program (not a "Playbill") from the original Off-Broadway production of Rent at New York Theatre Workshop, signed by all the principals.
Also, though I certainly wasn't there to see the production, I'm fond of my (unsigned) Playbill for the original Broadway production of Kiss Me Kate with Alfred Drake.
-Young Frankenstein signed by Megan Mullally, Roger Bart, Andrea Martin -Gypsy signed by Patti LuPone -Follies at Encores! signed by Victoria Clark -Dirty Rotten Scoundrels signed by Joanna Gleason, Greg Jbara (Ms. Gleason's 2nd to last night) -Wicked signed by Julia Murney -Curtains signed by David Hyde Pierce -The Producers with Roger Bart on the cover as Leo Bloom
For the 1960 Alec Wilder musical, "Kittiwake Island", which ran for only 7 performances, starring a young Lanie Kazan. But my most prized playbill is the programme my grandfather gave me from the Palace Theatre, Manchester, of the world premiere in 1950 of Noel Coward's musical play, "Ace of Clubs".
My Avatar is the amazing young singer, James Anest