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The Playbill Vault does NOT have every playbill, but certainly has a lot of them (nmi)
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:49 pm EST 01/03/22
In reply to: For broadway playbills - dramedy 06:25 pm EST 01/03/22

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re: The Playbill Vault does NOT have every playbill, but certainly has a lot of them (nmi)
Posted by: mikem 11:06 pm EST 01/03/22
In reply to: The Playbill Vault does NOT have every playbill, but certainly has a lot of them (nmi) - BroadwayTonyJ 07:49 pm EST 01/03/22

The Playbill Vault is a fantastic resource, but it doesn't include every cast. Unless you saw the original cast, you probably need to keep the cast list from the Playbill you received at the show.
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re: The Playbill Vault does NOT have every playbill, but certainly has a lot of them
Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 02:30 am EST 01/04/22
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:15 am EST 01/04/22
In reply to: re: The Playbill Vault does NOT have every playbill, but certainly has a lot of them (nmi) - mikem 11:06 pm EST 01/03/22

I agree. It's an incredible source. When I first heard about it, I started searching on it for playbills of various classic musicals. It had most of the ones I searched for, but not every one. I thought it only fair to alert the OP.

I began saving my playbills in '89 when I met my (future) partner. He was shocked that I was throwing my playbills away after seeing a show. As a true theatre enthusiast, he chastised me severely. My only excuse was that my parents were poorly educated and didn't save their playbills, despite having seen Forrest Tucker in Music Man, Mimi Hines in Bells Are Ringing, Eve Arden in Dolly, Celeste Holm in Mame, a great cast in Funny Girl -- my dad said she was better than Streisand -- whoever was in the Fiorello! tour that came to Chicago, and all those former headliners who starred in the Melody Top and Drury Lane Chicago shows in the 50's and early 60's. Eventually my folks gave up theatre for square dancing.

I have about 2000 playbills in my collection, mostly from Chicago, New York, and London shows, but also a few from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Toronto theatre. I have plenty of room. I go through them frequently -- what memories they bring back to me.
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