Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2006- May 2007

by Robert Viagas

(Applause Books). Many people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences, with photos, signed posters, ticket stubs, and of course Playbills . Playbill Books has expanded this idea into an annual project that is becoming a Broadway The Playbill Broadway Yearbook . Taking the form of a school yearbook, the third edition is packed with photos and memorabilia from the 2006-2007 Broadway season. The new edition includes chapters on all 67 Broadway shows that ran during the season new shows like Curtains and Spring Awakening as well as long-running ones like Wicked . In addition to headshots of all the actors who appeared in Playbill , the book has photos of producers, writers, designers, stage managers, stagehands, musicians even ushers. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook also has a correspondent on each production to report on inside opening-night gifts, who got the Gypsy Robe, daily rituals, celebrity visits, memorable ad-libs, and more. Correspondents range from dressers and stage doormen to stage managers, dancers, featured players, and even stars of the shows.

Genres: Theatre

1 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Robert Viagas was an editor at Playbill, founder of Playbill.com and author or editor of more than a dozen books on the performing arts.