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best posters/design
#25**
Posted: 8/16/05 at 12:57pmI like all the McMullen showcards..like Parade, Light in the Piazza, etc. I also liked the showcard for the 1998 Cabaret revival, Titanic (either design), and Bat Boy. The showcard for the original Little Shop of Horrors is also cool.
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#26**
Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:14pmFor me, there are two different reasons to love poster designs: as marketing tools and as works of art. Those purposes aren't mutually exclusive, but some are clearly more logo than poster (Phantom, Lion King, etc.) or vice-versa (Follies, McMullen's series, etc.). Some of my favorites from the latter category are the beautiful windowcards McMullen created for Lincoln Center (in fact, Parade and Piazza are the two I currently have displayed in my front room). I also thought the Hal Prince revival of Show Boat had an amazing poster.
supafreak
Chorus Member Joined: 7/13/05
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#29**
Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:21pm
Voting for Carrie, but Byrd's artwork for the original Follies and Godspell are both inspired...particularly Follies, with the crack going down the face.
Every version of Follies (but the concert) had a great poster...but not like the original.
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Nath
Stand-by Joined: 7/3/05
#31**
Posted: 8/22/05 at 1:06am
I'bve seen these before and really liked the development of the work. Always found it odd the obsession with teh elphaba/fyero link, esp when it is not the main 'theme' of the show... (and also as a book lover a main deviant from the book)... Also I don't think the final poster suits the look of 'the production' its too simple/clean...
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#35**
Posted: 9/1/06 at 6:34pm
Follies usually jumps to the top of this list, and it's certainly a brilliant poster, and the perfect embodiment for the show itself. Looking at it these days, though, does anyone else find it a little too '70s psychedelic? All that orange and purple and green?
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BrunetteBombshell
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#37**
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:03pm
Speaking of Follies, years ago I had a weird experience which Follies reminds me of
In 1971 saw Follies. In 1974 got involved trying to save a grand old theater. Did not succeed but it started a life long love affair with theater architecture.
In the mid 80's, a few of us were touring a derelict movie palace in Brooklyn. It was called the Loews Pitkin. The theater was an absolute wreck. We were doing this in the dead of winter. We exited thru the lobby. I happened to look down & a pipe had burst & the entire floor was a sheet of ice. Embedded in the ice was a plaster face that was a spitting image of the Follies logo minus the crack. I tried to smash it out with a piece of pipe as but the cold got to me I had to give up.
The face was almost looking up at me if to say please release me. I have never forgotten that episode
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#38**
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:18pm
I just wanted to say I detest the phrasing "There are always two sides to every story." It's redundant and it's hideous.
"There are two sides to every story" is much cleaner.
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#39best posters/design
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:23pmI love the new Grey Gardens logo/poster whatever it is.
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jacobp
Featured Actor Joined: 12/6/05
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#42YEH
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:50pmAnything by James McMullan is fantastic, I love his style. He does most of the production photos for Lincoln Center, including The Light in the Piazza, Carousel, Bernarda Alba, and Parade.
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#43YEH
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:13pm
Does anyone remember the logo for the Stephen Sondheim play (yes, play), GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER? It was a gargoyle with a gun. When the show announced it was closing, the NY Times ad changed a bit so that the gargoyle was holding the gun to its own head. Hysterical. The play on the other hand....ugh!
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#45YEH
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:02am
Strange to be commenting on the Wicked logo this far after the fact. My boss has a graphics design background. (He's also a big Wizard of Oz fan.) Back in 2003, when the first full-page ad for Wicked appeared in the New York Times, I held it up for him. His eyes got as big around as saucers and he said, "Oooh." Later, after I had a window card hanging in the store, he would often refer to it to other people as an example of a wonderful design concept. As a Broadway poster, I've always thought Wicked was okay. It's striking in it's colors and simplicity, but it doesn't have the same effect as the Cats' eyes or the Phantom's mask. As graphic design goes, how many other shows have been able to pack so much into so little?
Of course, he'd already decided long ago that he hated Cats and Phantom (without having seen either), so there was no debating the merits of the advertising itself. But, for some reason, he loves the Wicked poster and has decided (without having seen it, either) that it is the best show ever. He still says that to this day, even though we've had more seasons with more posters since then.
I've decided that it's best not to talk to him on such matters.
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#47YEH
Posted: 9/2/06 at 8:09am
One of CM's real abilities is recognizing a memorable icon. I think 'Cats' is the most artistic version- something about the dancer in the eye really appeals to me.
'Hairspray' manages to capture the spirit of the show.
One of my all time favourites is the heap of adventure that is the Broadway revival poster for 'Candide'.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
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