playbill

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Some of the sentences that adorn them are barely legible because of the fabric’s creases, but one of them, a quote from a playbill interview with Castellucci, describes Huppert as “the synecdoche of theater.”

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

The audience’s involvement in the soul-searching to come is telegraphed when patrons pass through the Woolly Mammoth Theatre doors and are handed, along with a playbill, notebook paper and a pencil.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

So on your seat before mask-optional performances, alongside your playbill, you’ll find a complimentary mask and a kindly worded note.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Growing up, I don’t have a memory of knowing what a gay person looked like, except my parents saw “La Cage aux Folles,” and I think I saw a picture for that on the playbill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2020

Krause being Krause, she has another totem from Falsettos—a tattoo on her right ankle that is a replica of the cover art on the playbill from Broadway.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove