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"Live in Living Color" ...except on your Playbill



Hi everyone! I am BACK! I want to start off my revival of this blog with a short rant regarding one of my Broadway pet peeves. 

I am an avid Playbill collector. I have four Playbill binders plus a few shoeboxes of Playbills from Broadway, National Tour, and regional productions stashed under my bed. I know, I know... NERD ALERT!!! I love and am very proud of my Playbill collection. 

What I can't stand, however, is walking into a Broadway show and being handed a black & white Playbill. 

It REALLY shouldn't be a big deal. In the grand scheme of life, it's not a big deal. This is for sure classified as a first-world problem. I just think that when Broadway ticket prices are higher than they've ever been, can't the theatre spring the extra cash to print the cover design in color? The Playbill banner at the top is always yellow (or rainbow in June for Pride Month), so why can't the rest of the cover be? 

To drive my point home, let's take a look at some beautiful Playbill designs that I should have received, when instead I got their less-than-brilliant black & white counterparts:

Let's get it together, Broadway! Let the Playbill collectors have some more color in our lives! 

MEMPHIS




ANYTHING GOES


                               
BIG FISH


ANASTASIA


HOLIDAY INN




CINDERELLA



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