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Sold on eBay December 14th, 2023
*LINCOLN ASSASSINATION: ACTRESS LAURA KEENE RARE ORIGINAL 1865 FRAMED HANDBILL*
eBay A magnificent original framed museum quality original March 1865 handbill program, issued less than a month before the Lincoln assassination, for Laura Keene starring in Workmen of Boston at the Boston Theatre, which she acted in repertory with Our American Cousin. The cast features Harry Hawk, who was onstage alone when Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, John Dyott, and the rest of Laura Keene's regular 1865 company. Contained within a gold gilted frame. Ready to hang for display. Dimensions eleven by eight inches with program six by three inches. Light chipping to inside right of frame and corners slightly loose otherwise good. See Laura Keene's extraordinary biography below.Ships UPS insured. Shipping discounts for buyers of multiple items. Credit cards accepted with Paypal. Inquiries always welcome. Please visit my other eBay items for more early dance, theatre music and historical autographs, broadsides, photographs and programs and great actor and actress cabinet photos and CDV's. From Wikipedia:Laura Keene (July 20, 1826 – November 4, 1873) was a British stage actress and manager. In her twenty-year career, she became known as the first powerful female manager in New York.Early lifeBorn Mary Frances Moss in Winchester, England, Keene was a niece of the British actress Elizabeth Yates. Her parents were Jane Moss and Tomas King. As a teenager, Mary Frances Moss married a man named John Taylor and had two daughters, Clara and Emma Taylor. After a few years of marriage, John Taylor made a bad business investment and was forced to leave the country. He was eventually arrested and imprisoned in Australia. Because Taylor left Mary and her two daughters alone with no money, Mary decided to change her name to Laura Keene and jumped into the acting scene CareerKeene made her professional debut as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons" in London. This was followed by performances at London's Royal Olympic Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre, including several months working under Madame Vestris. After less than a year performing in Britain, Keene accepted an offer from James William Wallack to go to New York City, and serve as the leading lady in the stock company at his successful theater.Her first performance at his theatre was in The Will as Albino Mandeville. She enjoyed great popularity during her time at Wallack's Theatre (September 20, 1852, through November 22, 1853). In order to have greater control over her career, she then entered into theater management with the help of John Lutz, who was with her for the rest of her career. She left Wallack's company unexpectedely one night and moved to Baltimore. Keene leased the Charles Street Theater, in Baltimore, from December 24, 1853, to March 2, 1854, where she acted as manager, director and performer. She started doing touring performances in California (April 6 through July 29, 1854), in Australia (October 23, 1854 through January 1855), and again in California (April 9 through October 4, 1855). During the first stint in California, she was hired by Catherine Norton Sinclair to play opposite Edwin Booth. After spending a month as the manager and lessee of the Union Theatre in San Francisco (from June 29 through July 29, 1854), Keene and Booth toured to Australia. Booth's drunken behavior in Australia put an end to their relationship and their tour.[1] On her return to California, she also managed the American Theatre. She managed and performed there for a few years until a new law was passed in California banning any form of entertainment on the Sabbath. This greatly decreased the attendance of theatre performances and gave Keene reason to leave and start a new project in New York.Upon returning to New York City, Keene leased the Metropolitan Theatre, remodeled it, renamed it Laura Keene’s Varieties, and served as manager, director and star performer from December 23, 1855 through June 21, 1856. She planned to continue at this location, but a rival theater owner, William Burton, purchased the building, and moved his own operation there. (It was renamed Burton’s New Theatre, and then the Winter Garden.)At this point, she lined up investors, along with an architect who specialized in theaters, and a new theater was constructed to her specifications. Named Laura Keene’s Theatre, it opened on November 18, 1856. Keene exercised complete control, managing, directing, and starring at this theater for seven seasons, through May 8, 1863.[2]After deciding to give up her own theater, Keene continued as manager and star of a company which toured the United States for most of the next ten years. She also served as manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, from September 20, 1869, through March 25, 1870. Her final performance was on July 4, 1873, while touring in northern Pennsylvania Stage entertainment turned over quickly in that era, with few productions exceeding a dozen performances, but Keene bucked those odds. An 1857 show called The Elves ran for a record 50 performances. Moreover, 1860 was to prove itself an important year for her theater and American drama as well. On March 29, she premiered Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, which ran for six weeks until the end of the season on May 12; the highlight of this play was the creation of an ocean island on stage in a scene which culminated with the hero diving into the ocean to save the colleen bawn Eily O'Connor. (Betting on the play's success, Boucicault took The Colleen Bawn to London, where it opened on September 10, 1860 and ran for 230 performances, becoming the first long run in the history of English theater.) In November 1860, Keene premiered the musical The Seven Sisters, which featured extravagant sets and ran for 253 performances, an astonishing total for the time.[3]First producer and star of Our American CousinIn 1858, Our American Cousin debuted in Laura Keene's Theater. Her company was playing at Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Keene entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre after the President was shot by John Wilkes Booth, and cradled the wounded President's head in her lap right in front of Mary Todd Lincoln [4]DeathKeene died of tuberculosis at the age of 47 at Montclair, New Jersey. She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Sold on eBay Jan 28, 2021
Lot of 157 Playbills
Most have ticket stubs. Not individually. Shows included in lot A Moon for the Misbegotten. A Moon for the Misbegotten (Opening Night). City Center Follies. Head Over Heals. The Addams Family.
Sold on eBay Apr, 5th 2020
Tina Fey Head Shot
You saw it on Stars In The House and now it's here!<br />The headshot. The glorious, glamorous Squat Shot.<br />Why?For more details, check out episode #18 of Starsinthehouse on YouTube, where in Ms Fey promises to take it out and sign it before sending it off.<br />ALL proceeds benefit The Actor's Fund.<br />***PLEASE NOTE**** ***SHIPPING*** To ensure the proper containment of the current outbreak, all shipping related services are temporarily being adjusted. Due to the ongoing changes in this situation, your item(s) will not be shipped until it is safe for the donor to ship them
Sold on eBay October 9th, 2024
Gavin Creel (Cast Signed) "HAIR" Will Swenson 2009 Broadway Souvenir Program
This is a rare autographed souvenir program from the Broadway revival of the groundbreaking GEROME RAGNI, JAMES RADO and GALT MacDERMOT American Tribal Love-Rock Musical "HAIR" at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City. (The revival opened March 31st, 2009 and ran for 519 performances.) ..... Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for "Best Revival of a Musical", the show starred WILL SWENSON as "Berger" and GAVIN CREEL as "Claude" and featured SASHA ALLEN, ALLISON CASE, CAISSIE LEVY, DARIUS NICHOLS, BRYCE RYNESS, KACIE SHEIK, ATO BLANKSON-WOOD, STEEL BURKHARDT, JACKIE BURNS, BRIANA CARLSON GOODMAN LAUREN ELDER, ALLISON GUINN, CHASTEN HARMON, ANTHONY HOLLOCK, JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON, KAITLIN KIYAN, ANDREW KOBER, JOSH LAMON, MEGAN LAWRENCE, NICOLE LEWIS, RYAN LINK, JOHN MORURO, BRANDON PEARSON, MEGAN REINKING, PARIS REMILLARD, MICHAEL JAMES SCOTT, SAYCON SENGBLOH, MAYA SHARPE, THEO STOCKMAN and TOMMAR WILSON ..... Note: The front cover was signed by cast members WILL SWENSON, GAVIN CREEL, SASHA ALLEN, ALLISON CASE, DARIUS NICHOLS, KACIE SHEIK, LAUREN ELDER, ALLISON GUINN, KAITLIN KIYAN and three others. The program will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity ..... Historical note: "HAIR" is a rock musical which was the product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960's. Several of its songs became anthems of the anti–Vietnam War peace movement. The musical's profanity, its depiction of the use of illegal drugs, its treatment of sexuality, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much controversy and as a result initially made it difficult to find a home in a Broadway theatre. The show broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of the "rock musical" and utilizing a racially integrated cast. Hair was conceived by actors JAMES RADO and GEROME RAGNI (both members of the Original Cast). The two actors met in 1964, when they acted together in the Off-Broadway play Hang Down Your Head and Die, and they began writing Hair together in early 1965. The main characters of Claude and Berger were autobiographical Rado's "Claude" being the pensive romantic and Ragni's "Berger" the extrovert. Their close relationship, sometimes volatile, is symbolized in the show by the well known ballad "Easy to be Hard". In addition to the two authors, the Original Broadway Cast included a young DIANE KEATON and MELBA MOORE. Other prominent actors and singers who have appeared in productions throughout the U.S. and abroad include JILL O'HARA, TIM CURRY, MEAT LOAF, ELAINE PAIGE, JOE MANTEGNA, PAUL JABARA, BEN VEREEN, KEITH CARRADINE, TED NEELEY, JOBRIATH, JENNIFER WARREN, DAVID PATRICK KELLY, PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS, DONNA SUMMER, RICHARD O'BRIEN ("The Rocky Horror Show"), ANDRE DeSHIELDS, PAUL NICHOLAS, SHARON REDD and REG LIVERMORE. (Reprinted in part from Wikipedia.) ..... CREDITS: Music by GALT MacDERMOT ("Hair", "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Dude", "Via Galactica", "The Human Comedy"); Book and Lyrics by GEROME RAGNI and JAMES RADO; Sets designed by SCOTT PASK; Costumes designed by MICHAEL McDONALD; Choreographed by KAROLE ARMITAGE; Directed by DIANE PAULUS; Produced by THE PUBLIC THEATRE, JEFFREY RICHARDS, JERRY FRANKEL, GARY GOODARD ENTERTAINMENT, KATHLEEN K. JOHNSON, NEDERLANDER PRODUCTIONS, INC., FRAN KIRMSER PRODUCTIONS, JED BERNSTEIN, MARC FRANKEL, BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA, WENCARLAR PRODUCTIONS, JK PRODUCTIONS, ANDY SANDBERG, JAM THEATRICALS, THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY, NORTON HERRICK, JUJAMCYN THEATERS and JOEY PARNES by special arrangement with ELIZABETH IRELAND McCANN ..... DETAILS: The oversized 24 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes promotional and historical text and page after page of full color production photos. Includes a six panel bi-fold insert with full production credits, individual photos of each of the cast members and bios of each actor and member of the creative team. Also includes "A Be-In - Love-In - Flower Power" flyer ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay December 18th, 2023
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bad Cinderella opening night gift / Carry on bag
eBay Offered for sale is a very rare opening night gift for Andrew Lloyd Webbers most recent musical Bad Cinderella. The show didn't last long on Broadway but this beautiful piece of carry on luggage / back pack was created as an opening gift and given to a select few. This bag was a gift for Emerald Fennell who transferred the original book into a play for the stage. She is very well known in the UK for both her acting as well as writing.Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music as he has done for countless other shows, probably the most well known is Phantom.This bag is very roomy inside. It measures 17 inches by 13 inches by 8 inches. There is a double zipper which opens it up all the way around. There are 3 interior pockets as well. There are handles around all sides too as well as adjustable double straps to carry it on your back. The size is perfect as a carry on for air travel.The original tag is still attached on top.I am including the pin that was inside the bag that has Emerald's name on it.Please ask any questions prior to bidding. There are no returns on such a special rare item.See photos for details.I am open to offers if you are interested. This is a wonderful opportunity to own such a fabulous piece of theatrical memorabilia that was never available to the public!BONUS JUST ADDED! The original letter from the head of the Shubert Organization to Emerald Fennell that was put in the carry on gift!Shipping to verified addresses in the continental USA. (Anyone interested who lives overseas will have to pay the additional fees for overseas shipping through eBay).Thank you for looking and good luck!
Sold on eBay May 13th, 2024
VIVIEN LEIGH Rare signed Letter on her own letter head dated July 3rd, 1963
FRESH FROM A LARGE THEATER & PLAYBILL COLLECTION IS THIS AUTHENTIC & RARE SIGNED LETTER BY VIVIEN LEIGH ON HER OWN STATIONARY DATED JULY 3RD, 1963.IT WAS SENT FROM THE MAJESTIC THEATRE IN NEW YORK TO A MR. FELDMAN AND REFERENCES HER PLAY, "TOVARICH" AND HOW SHE IS DELIGHTED HE ENJOYED THE SHOW. SIGNED; "VIVIEN LEIGH"SIGNATURE IS GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC AND IS ON HER PERSONAL PERIOD STATIONARY. LETTER HAS BEEN GENTLY AFFIXED ARCHIVALLY TO A THIN SHEET OF STOCK FOR PERSERVATION PURPOSES. IT CAN BE REMOVED IF ONLINE PHOTOS OF HER STATIONARY AND SIGNATURE ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW FOR REFERENCE PLAYBILL IS IN VERY GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING WEAR. PLAYBILL IS FROM THE BROADWAY THEATRE. PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTOS AND EMAIL WITH QUESITONSNO RESERVE AUCTION STARTS AT $9.99
Sold on eBay November 17th, 2024
*BARRYMORE DYNASTY: FRANK DREW RARE LARGE 1863 30 X 10 INCH THEATRE BROADSIDE*
A rare large original 29 1/2 by 10 inch October 1863 theatre broadside for the great Irish-American comic actor Frank Drew, a member of the Drew and Barrymore dynasties and grand-uncle of Lionel, Ethel, and John Barrymore, acting multiple roles at the Prince's Theatre in Glasgow including The Irish Lion and a spoof of Lord Byron's Mazeppa. A few small tears otherwise good condition. See the Drew and Barrymore family's extraordinary biographies below. Shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Inquiries always welcome. Please visit my other eBay items for more early theatre and historical autographs, photographs and programs and great singer, actor and actress cabinet photos and CDV's. From Wikipedia:John Drew (September 3, 1827 – May 21, 1862) was an Irish-American stage actor and theatre manager.Born Jonathan Henry Drewland in Dublin, Ireland, to Thomas L. Drewland and Louise Kanten, he was the fifth of six children. He lived in Templeogue, a poor Irish village in County Dublin during the 19th century. In 1832, John Drew emigrated to the United States with his family to Boston, Massachusetts. As a child he spent most of his life living in Boston. This is where he first got into acting. A younger brother, Frank Drew (1831–1903), also became an actor CareerAfter moving to the United States, Drew got a job in the theatrical company of Joseph J. Johlen (the theatre manager). He appeared in a number of Johlen's plays, including Uncle Mutch, The Barber Man, Canterbury of Livingston and The Progrist.Drew made his first New York appearance in 1846. He played Irish and light comedy parts with success in many American cities, and was the manager of the Arch Street Theatre Personal lifeJohn married Louisa Lane in 1848 this being her third marriage and his first. They had three children, Louisa (1852–1888), John Jr. (1853–1927), and Georgiana (1856–1893), the latter two of whom were accomplished actors (Georgiana married Maurice Barrymore in 1876, begetting the Barrymore family; this makes John Drew a great great grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore).Drew died at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the early age of 34, after tripping, falling and fatally hitting his head during a party for daughter Georgiana. He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia, which was later closed, and his remains were moved to Mount Vernon Cemetery. After his death, his wife Louisa took over the management of the Arch Street Theatre.[2] The Arch Street survived until 1936 when it was demolished.The Barrymore family is an American acting family.The Barrymores are also the inspiration of a Broadway play called The Royal Family, which debuted in 1927. There are many members of the Barrymore family that are not mentioned in this article.List of membersJohn Barrymore as Hamlet in 1922Drew Barrymore at the 2014 Berlin International Film FestivalWilliam Edward Blythe (1818–1873), married Matilda Chamberlayne (1822-1849), they had seven childrenHerbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe (aka Maurice Barrymore married Georgiana Emma Drew, and had three children: Lionel, Ethel, and John.Lionel Barrymore Married Doris Rankin (first wife), and had two daughters. Marriage ended in divorce.Mary Barrymore (died in infancy, 2 years old)Ethel Barrymore II (died in infancy).? Married to Irene Fenwick (second wife, until her death)Ethel Barrymore Married Russell Griswold Colt, and had three children. Ethel's children also acted, primarily on the stage.Samuel Peabody ColtJohn Drew ColtEthel Barrymore Colt.? Married John Romeo Miglietta, and had John Drew Miglietta (born 10 September 1946)John Barrymore Married to Katherine Corri Harris (first wife, divorced)? Married Blanche Oelrichs (second wife, divorced), and had:Diana Blanche Barrymore? Married Bramwell Fletcher? Married John R. Howard? Married Robert Wilcox? Married Dolores Costello (third wife, divorced), and had:Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore (living).? Married Thomas Fairbanks (first husband, divorced), and had:Hillary Klaradru Fairbanks (living),? married Thomas Randolph and had:Isabelle Harrison Barrymore RandolphAnthony John Barrymore Fairbanks? married Dianne Zaninovich and had:Samantha Mae Barrymore Fairbanks.? Married Lew Bedell (second husband) and had:Dore Lewis BedellStephanie Mae BedellJohn Drew Barrymore (Jr.) Married Cara Williams (first wife, divorced)John Blyth Barrymore? Married Rebecca PogrowBlyth Lane Brooke Barrymore? Married Jacqueline ManesJohn Blyth Barrymore IV? Married Gabriella Palazzoli (second wife, divorced)Blyth Dolores Barrymore. ? Married Antonio GioffrediNicole Gioffredi? Married Nina Wayne (third wife, Barrymore (died 2014, accidental overdose)[2]? Married Ildiko Jaid (fourth wife, divorced)Drew Barrymore (b. 1975)? Married Jeremy Thomas (first husband, divorced)? Married Tom Green (second husband, divorced)? Married Will Kopelman (third husband, divorced)Olive Barrymore KopelmanFrankie Barrymore Kopelman? Married to Elaine Barrie née Jacobs. (fourth wife of John Barrymore Sr., divorced)Except for John Drew Barrymore, Diana, Drew, and John Blyth, none of the other members of John Barrymore's family have yet entered the entertainment industry. Most of the spouses however were related to the artistic world, mainly actresses and actors.Drew familyThe family of Georgiana Emma Drew, mother of Lionel, Ethel, and John, also includes a large number of actors.John Drew, actor? Louisa Lane Drew, Emma Drew, ? wife of Maurice Barrymore and mother of Lionel, Ethel, and John.John Drew Jr., 'Uncle Jack' by the Barrymore siblings, married actress Josephine Baker 'Aunt Dodo', daughter of his mother's best friend.Louise Drew, 'Cousin Bee', ? married performer Jack Devereaux; their son John Drew Devereaux(1918 1995) was a Broadway stage managerSidney Drew (paternity debatable), known for the Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew comedy act. Married to first wife Gladys Rankin 1890-1914 her death. Wife two was Lucille McVey 1914 to his death in 1919.Sidney Rankin Drew, son of Sidney Drew and Gladys Rankin, left his acting career to join the Lafayette Escadrille, and was killed in actionLouisa Drew (1851–1888), called 'Aunt Wisa' by the Barrymores, moved to Boston, married manager Charles Mendum(1849 1945) had two or ?three children, one of which was Georgie Mendum (..photo of Louisa appears in October 1937 Etsy Magazine layout on the family.)Georgie Drew Mendum (1875–1957), married and divorced from a comedian named George Parsons (married 1903, divorced 1912). Sometimes stayed at the Mamaroneck home of her cousin Ethel Barrymore.Frank Drew (1831–1903), brother of John Drew Sr. (Photo of him appears in October 1937 Etsy Magazine layout on the family)
Sold on eBay August 2nd, 2023
Michael Crawford "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Sarah Brightman 1988 Broadway Playbill
This is a rare February 1988 playbill from the opening weeks of the Original Broadway production of the landmark ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, RICHARD STILGOE and CHARLES HART musical "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. (The production opened January 26th, 1988 at the Majestic Theatre in New York City and closed April 16th, 2023 after 13,981 performances. It is, by over 3,500 performances, the longest-running show in Broadway history.) ..... The musical starred Tony Award winner MICHAEL CRAWFORD in the title role, SARAH BRIGHTMAN as "Christine Daae" and STEVE BARTON as "Raoul" and featured JUDY KAYE (Tony Award winner), CRIS GROENENDAAL, NICHOLAS WYMAN, LEILA MARTIN, DAVID ROMANO, ELISA HEINSOHN, PATTI COHENOUR, REBECCA LUKER, CHARLES RULE, GEORGE LEE ANDREWS and NICOLE FOSSE ..... Side Note: On January 9th, 2006, The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running musical in Broadway history, surpassing the previous record held by Cats. The Phantom of the Opera was honored with seven 1988 Tony Awards including "Best Musical" ..... CREDITS: Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ("Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Song and Dance", "Starlight Express", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Aspects of Love", "By Jeeves", "Sunset Boulevard", "School of Rock"); Book by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and RICHARD STILGOE based on the novel by GASTON LEROUX; Lyrics by CHARLES HART; Additional Lyrics by RICHARD STILGOE; Sets and Costumes designed by MARIA BJORNSON; Choreographed by GILLIAN LYNNE; Directed by HAROLD PRINCE; Produced by CAMERON MACKINTOSH and THE REALLY USEFUL THEATRE COMPANY ..... DETAILS: The 84 page playbill measures 5 5/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, individual head shots of the leading actors and five production photos ..... CONDITION: This rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay December 14th, 2023
RENT OPENING NIGHT PLAYBILL APRIL 29, 1996
eBay RENT OPENED at The Nederlander Theatre.Rent Original Broadway Production Opening Night (4/29/96) Anthony Rapp - Mark Cohen Adam Pascal - Roger Davis Daphne Rubin-Vega - Mimi Márquez Jesse L. Martin - Tom Collins Wilson Jermaine Heredia - Angel Dumott Schunard Idina Menzel - Maureen Johnson Fredi Walker - Joanne Jefferson Taye Diggs - Benjamin Coffin III Book, lyrics, & music by Jonathan Larson. This will make a wonderful Holiday gift for the Rent Head or for your Theatre Memorabilia Collection.If you have any questions please ask.DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY….ALL SERIOUS OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED THANK YOU FOR LOOKING…
Sold on eBay November 28th, 2023
Michael Crawford Signed Phantom of the Opera Mini Music Box -Music of the Night
eBay For Sale is a beautiful collectible Phantom of the Opera mini musical box theatre scene hand signed by Michael Crawford" in black Sharpie marker on the purple top. The Phantom is featured standing next to his chair holding his head. When the play button is pressed it plays "The Music of the Night" with a flashing red light. There is a gold 2003 date on the front. It measures 4" high and 4" wide and 2" deep. It was purchased from the Michael Crawford booth at the Broadway Cares Flea market in Times Square on Sunday, October 1.
Sold on eBay January 15th, 2025
*BOWERY THEATRE EARLY AMERICAN THEATRE RARE LARGE 1874 STAGE BROADSIDE*
A rare original large 1874 Bowery Theatre, New York broadside for Macbeth, Metamora, Richard II, and other plays. Dimensions twenty two by eight and a quarter eighths inches. Edgewear, small tears, and archival repairs otherwise good. Shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Inquiries always welcome. Please visit my other eBay items for more early theatre, opera, film and historical autographs, photographs and programs and great actor and actress cabinet photos and CDV's. From Wikipedia: The Bowery Theatre was a playhouse on the Bowery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Although it was founded by rich families to compete with the upscale Park Theatre, the Bowery saw its most successful period under the populist, pro-American management of Thomas Hamblin in the 1830s and 1840s. By the 1850s, the theatre came to cater to immigrant groups such as the Irish, Germans, and Chinese. It burned down four times in 17 years, a fire in 1929 destroying it for good. Although the theatre's name changed several times (Thalia Theatre, Fay's Bowery Theatre, etc.), it was generally referred to as the "Bowery Theatre".By the mid-1820s, wealthy settler families in the new ward that was made fashionable by the opening of Lafayette Street, parallel to the Bowery, wanted easy access to fashionable high-class European drama, then only available at thePark Theatre. Under the leadership of Henry Astor, they formed the New York Association and bought the land where Astor's Bull's Head Tavern stood,[1] facing the neighborhood and occupying the area between Elizabeth, Canal (then called Walker), and Bayard streets.[2] They hired architect Ithiel Town to design the new venue.Some notable investors included Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, son-in-law to President James Monroe, and James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton.[3]The new playhouse, with its Neoclassical design,[4] was more opulent than the Park, and it seated 3,500 people, making it the biggest theatre in the United States at the time.[5] Frances Trollope compared it to the Park Theatre as "superior in beauty; it is indeed as pretty a theatre as I ever entered, perfect as to size and proportion, elegantly decorated, and the scenery and machinery equal to any in London [6]The Bowery Theatre opened on 22 October 1826 under the name New York Theatre, with the comedy The Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft, under the management of Charles A. Gilfert. New York Mayor Philip Hone spoke at the opening ceremony, imploring the theatre's intended upper-class audience: "It is therefore incumbent upon those whose standing in society enables them to control the opinions and direct the judgment of others, to encourage, by their countenance and support, a well-regulated theatre."[7] Its first few seasons were devoted to ballet, opera, and high drama. The theatre was by this time quite fashionable, and the northward expansion of Manhattan gave the theatre access to a large patronage. The theatre burnt out in 1828, but was rebuilt behind the same facade and reopened under the name Bowery Theatre.[8] Gilfert's understanding of advertising was keen, but in 1829 the owners fired him.Hamblin's tenureThe owners hired Thomas Hamblin and James H. Hackett in August 1830 to manage the theatre. A month later, Hackett left Hamblin in complete control. After the Bowery burned down later that year, Hamblin rebuilt. He then took the theatre in a decidedly different direction for what would be its most innovative and successful period.American theatres stratified in the Jacksonian Era, and the Bowery emerged as the home of American nativists and populist causes, placing it in direct contrast to the Park Theatre's cultivated image of traditional European high culture. This was partially the result of an anti-British theatre riot at the Park; Hamblin renamed the playhouse "theAmerican Theatre, Bowery" in reaction. Hamblin hired unknown American actors and playwrights and allowed them to play for long runs of up to a month. Before 1843, earlyblackface performers such as George Washington Dixon and Thomas D. Rice played there frequently, and acts such as J. B. Booth, Edwin Forrest, Louisa Lane Drew, andFrank Chanfrau also gained renown on the Bowery's stage. George L. Fox and hispantomime became the most popular act at the Bowery until after the Civil War. Bowery productions also debuted or popularized a number of new character types, including the Bowery B'hoy, the Yankee, the Frontiersman, and the blackface Negro.The pro-Americanism of the Bowery's audience came to a head during the Farren Riots of 1834. Farren,[9] the Bowery's British-born stage manager, had reportedly made anti-American comments and fired an American actor. Protesters reacted by attacking the homes, businesses, and churches of abolitionists and blacks in New York City and then storming the theatre on 9 July. Farren apologized for his comments, and George Washington Dixon sang popular songs to quell the rioters.Hamblin defied conventions of theatre as high culture by booking productions that appealed to working-class patrons and by advertising them extensively according to Gilfert's model. Animal acts, blackface minstrel shows, and melodrama enjoyed the most frequent billings, and hybrid forms, such as melodramas about dogs saving their human masters, became unprecedented successes. Spectacular productions with advanced visual effects, including water and fire, featured prominently. Hamblin also innovated by using gas lighting in lieu of candles and kerosene lamps. The Bowery Theatre earned the nickname "The Slaughterhouse" for its low-class offerings, and terms like "Bowery melodrama" and "Bowery actors" were coined to characterize the new type of theatre.[10]In the spring of 1834, Hamblin began buying shares in the theatre from the New York Association; he had enough to control the enterprise completely within 18 months. By the time the Bowery burned again in September 1836, it was the most popular playhouse in New York City,[11] despite steep increases in competition (the Bowery Amphitheatre was right across the street). Visual spectacle had become such an integral part of its appeal that Hamblin claimed $5,000 in wardrobe losses from the fire.[12] Hamblin bought out the remaining shares in the theatre and rented the site to W. E. Dinneford and Thomas Flynn, who rebuilt. When this interim Bowery burned down in February 1838, Hamblin replaced it with a bigger and more opulent structure, which opened in May 1839.Through Hamblin's actions, working-class theatre emerged as a form in its own right, and melodrama became the most popular form of American theatre. Low-class patrons such as Bowery b'hoys and g'hals predominated in the audience. The Spirit of the Times described the Bowery's patrons:“By reasonable computation there were about 300 persons on the stage and wings in fatigue with side arms—a few jolly tars, and a number of 'apple-munching urchins.' The scene was indescribably ludicrous. Booth played [Richard III] in his best style, and was really anxious to make a hit, but the confusion incidental to such a crowd on the stage, occasioned constant and most humorous interruptions. It was every thing or any thing, but a tragedy. In the scene with Lady Anne, a scene so much admired for its address, the gallery spectators amused themselves by throwing pennies and silver pieces on the stage, which occasioned an immense scramble among the boys, and they frequently ran between King Richard and Lady Anne, to snatch a stray copper. In the tent scene, so solemn and so impressive, several curious amateurs went up to the table, took up the crown, poised the heavy sword, and examined all the regalia with great care, while Richard was in agony from the terrible dream; and when the scene changed, discovering the ghosts of King Henry, Lady Anne and children, it was difficult to select them from the crowd who thrust their faces and persons among the Royal shadows.The Battle of Bosworth Field capped the climax—the audience mingled with the soldiers and raced across the stage, to the shouts of the people, the roll of the drums and the bellowing of the trumpets; and when the fight between Richard and Richmond came on, they made a ring round the combattants to see fair play, and kept them at if for nearly a quarter of an hour by "Shrewsberry clock [13]”Some sources even suggest that patrons engaged in sexual behavior in the lobbies and boxes.[14] Understandably, Hamblin was careful to remain in this crowd's good graces. For example, he regularly offered use of the Bowery Theatre for the annual firemen's ball. Only the Chatham Garden Theatre boasted a rowdier audience [15]Profits were harder to come by in the 1840s, as more playhouses sprung up in New York. Hamblin staged more effects-driven melodrama and later increased bookings of circus acts, minstrel shows, and other variety entertainments. The Bowery burned down once more in April 1845.[16] This time, Hamblin had fire insurance, and he rebuilt with an eye toward appealing to a more upscale patronage and to staging more spectacular melodrama. The theatre now seated 4,000 and with a stage 126 feet (38 m) square, secured its place as one of the largest playhouses in the world.[5] The architect and builder of the new theatre was J. M. Trimble.[17] Hamblin left the management to A. W. Jackson, though Jackson and later managers largely upheld Hamblin's emphasis on melodrama and visual splendor. Hamblin died in January 1853, and the theatre remained in his family until 1867.Successful plays of Hamblin's tenure included:The Elephant of Siam and the Fire Fiend by Samuel Beazley, which featured the elephant Mademoiselle D'Jeck and ran for 18 consecutive performances in early 1831 [18]Mazeppa Or, The Wild Horse of Ukraine, which debuted on July 22, 1833 and had 43 consecutive performances, an astounding feat for its time.[18]Nick of the Woods, adapted by Louisa Honor de Medina from the popular novel, debuted in February 1838, and reappeared after a theatre fire in May 1839 starringJoseph Proctor.Putnam, the Iron Son of '76 by Nathaniel Bannister. This play debuted on August 5, 1844 and ran for 78 consecutive performances [19][20]Later managementBy the middle of the 19th century, immigrant groups, notably the Irish, began populating the Bowery neighborhood. They came to form a significant portion of the Bowery's audience, mostly in the low-price gallery section. In order to cater to them, the theatre offered plays by James Pilgrim and other Irish playwrights. Meanwhile, the Bowery emerged as the theatrical center for New York's Lower East Side.Germans Gustav Amberg, Heinrich Conried, and Mathilde Cottrelly converted the Bowery into the Thalia Theatre in 1879, offering primarily German theatre during their ownership. In 1891, Yiddish theatre became the predominant attraction. Italian vaudeville succeeded this, followed by Chinese vaudeville.In 1894, Maria Roda addressed a large rally at the Thalia Theater celebrating Emma Goldman's release from prison. Although Roda spoke in Italian and Goldman understood none of it, she was moved by Roda's charismatic presence. She wrote, "Maria's strange beauty and the music of her speech roused the whole assembly to tensest enthusiasm. Maria proved a veritable ray of sunlight to me." She then pledged to become Maria Roda's "teacher, friend, comrade [21] Fay s Bowery Theatre" burned down on 5 June 1929 under Chinese management and was never rebuilt.
Sold on eBay October 3rd, 2023
Michael Crawford "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Sarah Brightman 1988 Broadway Playbill
This is a rare March 1988 playbill from the opening months of the Original Broadway production of the landmark ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, RICHARD STILGOE and CHARLES HART musical "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. (The production opened January 26th, 1988 and closed April 16th, 2023 after 13,981 performances. It is, by over 3,500 performances, the longest-running show in Broadway history.) ..... The musical starred Tony Award winner MICHAEL CRAWFORD in the title role, SARAH BRIGHTMAN as "Christine Daae" and STEVE BARTON as "Raoul" and featured JUDY KAYE (Tony Award winner), CRIS GROENENDAAL, NICHOLAS WYMAN, LEILA MARTIN, DAVID ROMANO, ELISA HEINSOHN, PATTI COHENOUR, REBECCA LUKER, CHARLES RULE, GEORGE LEE ANDREWS and NICOLE FOSSE ..... Side Note: On January 9th, 2006, The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running musical in Broadway history, surpassing the previous record held by Cats. The Phantom of the Opera was honored with seven 1988 Tony Awards including "Best Musical" ..... CREDITS: Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ("Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Song and Dance", "Starlight Express", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Aspects of Love", "By Jeeves", "Sunset Boulevard", "School of Rock"); Book by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and RICHARD STILGOE based on the novel by GASTON LEROUX; Lyrics by CHARLES HART; Additional Lyrics by RICHARD STILGOE; Sets and Costumes designed by MARIA BJORNSON; Choreographed by GILLIAN LYNNE; Directed by HAROLD PRINCE; Produced by CAMERON MACKINTOSH and THE REALLY USEFUL THEATRE COMPANY ..... DETAILS: The 76 page playbill measures 5 5/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, individual head shots of the leading actors and five production photos ..... BONUS: The playbill includes a full page ad promoting the upcoming Broadway Musical Flop "CARRIE" starring BARBARA COOK (shown in the last scanned image). Of course, Barbara Cook would be replaced by BETTY BUCKLEY before the musical opened May 12th, 1988 at New York's Virginia Theatre ..... CONDITION: With the exception of tiny marks at the top of the front cover and light surface wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay December 14th, 2024
Clay Aiken (Cast Signed) "SPAMALOT" Jonathan Hadary 2008 Broadway Playbill
This is a rare autographed April 2008 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the ERIC IDLE and JOHN DU PREZ musical comedy hit "MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT" at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in New York City. (The production opened March 17th, 2005 and ran for 1575 performances.) ..... The Tony Award winning "Best Musical" starred JONATHAN HADARY, HANNAH WADDINGHAM and "American Idol" finalist CLAY AIKEN, who was making his Broadway debut as "Sir Robin" and featured TOM DECKMAN, RICK HOLMES, DAVID HIBBARD, BRAD OSCAR, BRADLEY DEAN and JOHN CLEESE as "God" ..... Note: The front cover was signed by CLAY AIKEN, JONATHAN HADARY, HANNAH WADDINGHAM and several other members of the cast ..... CREDITS: Book and Lyrics by ERIC IDLE "lovingly ripped off" from the Motion Picture "MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL" and the Original Screenplay by GRAHAM CHAPMAN, JOHN CLEESE, TERRY GILLIAM, ERIC IDLE, TERRY JONES and MICHAEL PALIN; Music by JOHN DU PREZ and ERIC IDLE; Sets and Costumes designed by TIM HATLEY; Choreographed by CASEY NICHOLAW; Directed by MIKE NICHOLS ..... DETAILS: The 62 page playbill measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, promotional text, bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team as well as individual head shots of each cast member ..... BONUS: Includes a full page ad for the CLAY AIKEN album, "On My Way Home", which would be released the following month (sixth scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a corner crease to the cover and moderate edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay Sep 12, 2021
52 Broadway Musical Playbill Books Newsies Dear Evan Hansen Head Over Heels Cats
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 52 Broadway Musical Playbill Books Newsies Dear Evan Hansen Head Over Heels Cats at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
Sold on eBay January 25th, 2024
Aladdin Cast Signed Authentic Show Used 15"high Prop Metal Drum W/Skin Top
eBay For Sale is a cast signed rare show used 15" high X 11" wide metal drum stand with filigre design, red velvet trim and a skin drum head with all 7 key signatures in black Sharpie marker. Please note that there are reflections from the light showing on the stand. It was purchased from the Aladdin booth at the Broadway Cares Flea market in Times Square on Sunday, October 1. There were only 2 signed prop drums available.
Sold on eBay October 17th, 2024
Zasu Pitts "CORDELIA" Nancy (Reagan) Davis 1946 FLOP New Haven Tryout Playbill
This is a rare August 23rd, 1946 program (playbill) from the two-night, out-of-town tryout and WORLD PREMIERE engagement of the GEORGE BATSON comedy "CORDELIA" at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. (The production opened August 23rd, 1946 in New Haven and closed September 28th, 1946 at the Auditorium in Trenton, New Jersey, failing to arrive in New York. A revised version, retitled "A Dangerous Woman" would open January 24th, 1947 at the Erie Theatre in Schenectady, New York and close February 15th, 1947 at Ford's Theatre in Baltimore, once again failing to arrive on Broadway.) ..... The play starred ZASU PITTS in the title role and the cast included PHYLLIS DeBUS, SUSAN STEELL, CURTIS COOKSEY, PATTY POPE, WILLIAM VAN SLEET, GORDON McDONALD, LOTUS ROBB, NANCY DAVIS, ROBERT LYNN, KITTY KELLY and VALERIE VALAIRE ..... Side note: NANCY DAVIS made her Broadway debut (and only Broadway appearance) earlier in the year in the musical "Lute Song". Six years later she would marry actor Ronald Reagan and in 1981 would become the nation's First Lady ..... CREDITS: Book by GEORGE BATSON; Sets designed by CHARLES ELSON; Costumes designed by EDITH HEAD; Directed by RUSSELL FILLMORE; Produced by JULES J. LEVENTHAL ..... DETAILS: The 36 page playbill measures 6 1/8" X 9 1/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, a bio of ZASU PITTS and wonderful vintage advertising, but no cast photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor creasing to the top right corner, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay November 17th, 2023
George Hearn (Cast Signed) "A DOLL'S LIFE" Betsy Joslyn 1982 FLOP Opening Night
eBay This is a rare autographed September 23rd, 1982 OPENING NIGHT playbill from the Original Broadway production of the LARRY GROSSMAN, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical flop "A DOLL'S LIFE" which played the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. (The production opened September 23rd, 1982 and closed after only five performances.) ..... Written as a sequel to Ibsen's "A Doll's House", the musical starred GEORGE HEARN and BETSY JOSLYN and featured PETER GALLAGHER, EDMUND LYNDECK, BARBARA LANG, PENNY ORLOFF, NORMAN A. LARGE, MICHAEL VITA, WILLI BURKE, PATTI COHENOUR and DAVID VOSBURGH ..... Note: The playbill's title page was signed by GEORGE HEARN, BETSY JOSLYN, PETER GALLAGHER and EDMUND LYNDECK and will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity ..... CREDITS: Book and Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Bells are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways are for Sleeping", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Lorelei", "On the Twentieth Century", "Applause", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Music by LARRY GROSSMAN ("Minnie's Boys", "Goodtime Charley", "A Doll's Life", "Grind"); Sets designed by TIMOTHY O'BRIEN and TAZEENA FIRTH; Costumes designed by FLORENCE KLOTZ; Choreographed by LARRY FULLER; Directed by HAROLD PRINCE; Produced by JAMES M. NEDERLANDER, SIDNEY SHLENKER, WARNER PRODUCTIONS, INC., JOSEPH HARRIS, ROBERT FRYER, MARY LEA JOHNSON and MARTIN RICHARDS in association with HAROLD PRINCE ..... DETAILS: The 80 page playbill measures 5 5/8" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team as well as individual head shots of each of the leading actors and a page of "Scenes" (seven production photos) from the musical ..... CONDITION: With the exception of tiny tears at the staples, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay October 22nd, 2024
Robert Cuccioli (Cast Signed) "JEKYLL and HYDE" Christiane Noll 1998 Playbill
This is a rare autographed October 1998 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the FRANK WILDHORN and LESLIE BRICUSSE musical "JEKYLL and HYDE" at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City. (The production opened April 28th, 1997 and ran for 1543 performances.) ..... The musical starred ROBERT CUCCIOLI in the title roles, LUBA MASON and CHRISTIANE NOLL and featured GEORGE MERRITT, BARRIE INGHAM, ROBERT EVAN, MARTIN VAN TREUREN, REBECCA SPENCER, EMILY ZACHARIAS, BRAD OSCAR and JOHN TREACY EGAN ..... Note: The front cover was signed by cast members ROBERT CUCCIOLI, LUBA MASON, CHRISTIANE NOLL, ROBERT EVAN, BRAD OSCAR and JOHN TREACY EGAN. The playbill will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity ..... CREDITS: Music by FRANK WILDHORN ("Jekyll and Hyde", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Victor / Victoria", "The Civil War", "Dracula the Musical", "Wonderland", "Bonnie and Clyde"); Book and Lyrics by LESLIE BRICUSSE ("Stop the World - I Want To Get Off", "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd", "Pickwick", "Victor / Victoria", "Jekyll and Hyde"); Sets designed by ROBIN PHILLIPS; Costumes designed by ANN CURTIS; Choreographed by JOEY PIZZI; Directed by ROBIN PHILLIPS; Produced by PACE THEATRICAL GROUP and FOX THEATRICALS in association with JERRY FRANKEL ..... DETAILS: The 68 page playbill measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team and individual head shots of the cast members ..... BONUS: Includes a single page insert promoting the concert appearance of CHRISTIANE NOLL at the China Club on October 25th, 1998, presenting selections from her first solo album "A Broadway Love Story" (last scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a phone number written on the back cover and light edge wear, this rare playbill in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay January 31st, 2025
Dave Willetts "LES MISERABLES" Clive Carter / Jenna Russell 1986 London Program
This is a rare souvenir brochure (program) from the Original West End production of the groundbreaking ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG musical "LES MISERABLES" at the Palace Theatre in London. (The London production, now the longest-running musical in West End history, opened at the Barbican Centre on September 30th, 1985, moved to the Palace Theatre on December 4th, 1985 and transferred to the Queen's Theatre on April 1st, 2004 where it is still playing.) ..... Based on the VICTOR HUGO classic, the cast included DAVE WILLETTS as "Jean Valjean", CLIVE CARTER as "Javert", MARTIN SMITH as "Marius", KATHLEEN ROWE McALLEN as "Fantine", JAYNE DRAPER as "Eponine", MARTIN GEORGE as "Enjolras", MYRA SANDS as "Madame Thenardier", DAVID DELVE as "Thenardier" and JACINTA MULCAHY as "Cosette". In featured roles were JENNA RUSSELL, DAVID ADLER, GRAHAM BICKLEY, ZOE BRIGHT, KAREN BROUGHTON, MAURICE CLARKE, HILARY CROMIE, TRICIA DEIGHTON, IAN DRING, STEPHEN EARLE, SUSIE FENWICK, LEON FERGUSON, DIERDRE FORREST, DON GALLAGHER, GRAHAM GILL, JEANNIE HARRIS, LIZA HAYDEN, JAMES HEAD, PAUL HEGARTY, MARK INSCO, TONY PEDRETTI, GILLIAN RUSHTON, HOLLY RUSSELL and CAMERON STEWART ..... CREDITS: Book by ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG based on the VICTOR HUGO novel; Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG; Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER; Original French Text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL; Additional Material by JAMES FENTON; Sets designed by JOHN NAPIER; Costumes designed by ANDREANE NEOFITOU; Directed and Adapted by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD; Produced by the ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY and CAMERON MACKINTOSH ..... DETAILS: The oversized twenty page program measures 9 3/8" X 13 1/2" inches, was published in October 1986 and includes full production credits, cast list (shown in the third scanned image), extensive promotional and historical text and page after page of full color production photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Sold on eBay September 25th, 2024