Playbill’s subscription magazine celebrates 40 years of publishing with new features and more

As Playbill Magazine continues to serve Broadway theaters in its 137th year, chronicling the productions and who’s who of the creatives gracing the Main Stem, its lesser-known monthly subscription edition celebrates its 40th year of publication with a long-awaited revamp. .

The Monthly Mail-In Subscription Edition allows theatergoers, including those who do not regularly see a Broadway or Off-Broadway show, the opportunity to read features that air as part of the Mail-In Edition. magazine room. Starting in January 2022, this edition will feature a number of new and exclusive features not found in the theatrical magazine or even on Playbill.com, including:

A monthly puzzle, like a crossword or a word search on a theatrical theme (the January one is all about Stephen Sondheim’s shows and characters).

In this theater: Popular feature only appears in the Broadway edition of Playbill when space permits. Beginning in January 2022 and over the next 41 months, the subscription edition will examine each of Broadway’s 41 theaters, beginning with the Sondheim Theatre. Each monthly feature will include contemporary photos from the theater taken by Playbill’s lead photographer, Marc. J. Franklin, as well as production photos from key shows that have played on the site.

A feature of the Playbill archives: The January edition will include a reprint of Patricia Boswell’s panel interview with the cast of Stephen Sondheim’s original Broadway production Society, including Elaine Stritch and Larry Kert.

In addition to these new features, the monthly subscription edition also includes Broadway and tour listings.

Subscribe before December 31 to ensure you start receiving the monthly subscription edition of the first feature At This Theater in January. The annual subscription rate of $24 will increase to $30 in 2022. Click here to subscribe.

Playbill also offers an Opening Night subscription service, where the subscriber receives a copy of each Opening Night Playbill, along with an Opening Night sticker, mailed to the subscriber’s home. . The service is provided for 12 continuous months with the possibility to start retroactively from 1 to 2 months at the request of the subscriber to “catch up” with the latest Playbills. This subscription can be purchased here.

To learn more about Playbill Magazine subscriptions, click here.