Like all design, the style of Broadway's iconic show posters goes through phases. With each decade, a new type of design becomes the next trend, influencing the next ten years or more of Broadway artwork. The original posters and Playbill covers for some of your favorite shows tend to give away the era in which the show took place, but have you ever wondered what some of those show posters might have looked like if they had been designed during a different time period?
From transplanting Hamilton into the 1970s to introducing killer Patrick Bateman to the decadence of the 1920s, Playbill re-imagines eight show posters swapped into different decades.
The Phantom of the Opera Playbill - Opening Night, Jan 1988
....to the 1910s.
....to the 1920s.
Hadestown Playbill - Opening Night
....to the 1930s.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Playbill - Opening Night
....to the 1940s.
Rent Playbill - Opening Night
....to the 1950s.
Spring Awakening Playbill - Opening Night
....to the 1960s.
Hamilton Playbill - January 2018
....to the 1970s.
Next to Normal Playbill - Opening Night
....to the 1980s.
