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re: Thank You "Honeymoon in Vegas"...

Posted by:	PJ 11:10 am EDT 09/10/14
In reply to:	re: Thank You "Honeymoon in Vegas"... - MikeR 11:01 am EDT 09/10/14

I was perhaps a bit too critical of the PARADE artwork, but I question what poster artwork does/should do. Is it a visual summary of the production, capturing plot/theme/tone? Or is it marketing material intended to pique interest and sell tickets? Or is it just arresting artwork somehow inspired by the piece? I love hearing about the development of marketing campaigns and show artwork. A few years back, there was a spectacular and fascinating NYTimes multimedia article about how the recent (though I forget HOW recent...there are too many) LA CAGE artwork was arrived at.

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McMullan's poster art

Posted by:	Chazwaza 02:07 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to:	re: Thank You "Honeymoon in Vegas"... - PJ 11:10 am EDT 09/10/14

If I'm not mistaken, he tries to capture a representative moment from the show. This is true of all the posters of his I can recall at Lincoln Center, though there may be some exceptions or more abstract ones. And sometimes LCT decides to go with a photo-based poster instead (like Dessa Rose or Marie Christine or Contact). I dislike quite a few of his, and like many. Parade happens to be one of the ones I like a lot.

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