The Broadway Playbill has been woven into the theatregoing experience for most of the lives of those who now attend theatre. Playbills get pressed into albums, read at intermissions, framed like posters, and collected by Broadway attendees. Many of the cover designs have become a part of Broadway history, remembered long after the show has closed.
Take a look 52 of the most iconic Playbill covers in Broadway history and be sure to share your favorites.
A Chorus Line Playbill - July 1975
A Little Night Music
Amadeus
Angels in America Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
Annie Playbill - Feb 1980
Cabaret Playbill - Opening Night
Carrie Playbill - May 1988
Cats Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1982
Chicago Playbill - June 1975
Crazy For You Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1992
Damn Yankees Playbill - May 1957
Dear World Playbill - Dec 1968
Death of a Salesman
Dreamgirls
Evita
Falsettos
Fiddler on the Roof Playbill - Sept 1964
Follies Playbill - May 1971
Godspell Playbill - July 1976
Hairspray Playbill - Opening Night, July 2002
Hadestown Playbill - Opening Night
Into the Woods Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1987
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1993
La Cage aux Folles Playbill - Aug 1983
Les Miserables Playbill
Mean Girls Playbill - Opening Night
Merrily We Roll Along
Miss Saigon Playbill
Newsies
Nine Playbill - May 1982
Oklahoma! Playbill - Feb 1945
Parade Playbill - Dec 1998
Pippin
Promises, Promises Playbill - March 1969
Ragtime Playbill - Opening Night
Rent Playbill - Opening Night
Sunday in the Park with George Playbill - May 1984
Sweeney Todd Playbill - Feb 1979
Putnam County Spelling Bee Playbill - Opening Night
Lion King
The Most Happy Fella Playbill - July 1956
The Normal Heart Playbill - Opening Night, April 2011
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
The Rink Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1984
The Secret Garden Playbill - May 1991
The Who's Tommy Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
The Wiz Playbill - December 1974
Thoroughly Modern Millie Playbill - Opening Night
West Side Story Playbill - Feb 1959
