New York: Shubert Theatre, circa 1955. Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected when he.....
Miami Beach, FL: The Colony Theater, Circa 1987. Original playbill for playwright John de Groot's 1987 one-man play, "Papa," based on the writings of Ernest Hemingway. The play premiered at the Colony Theater in 1987 in Southern Florida, and starred William Hindman, a veteran Miami-based actor, as Hemingway. Set in the 1950s in Hemingway's home in Cuba. 7 x 8.5.....
New York: Playbill, 1960. Original "Playbill Magazine" playbill for the 1960 Broadway debut of the play "The Cool World," dated February 22, 1960 and noted as Volume 4 No. 9. "The Cool World" opened first in Philadelphia, then premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 22, 1960 and closed on February 23, for a total of only.....
New York: Henry Miller's Theatre, 1929. Original flyer for the 1929 play "Journey's End," which premiered at Henry Miller's Theatre on Broadway on March 22, 1929 and closed on May 17, 1930, for a total of 485 performances. The first US production of the play after its smash hit at at the Apollo Theatre in London, which starred a young.....