While the worlds created on the Broadway stage can be larger life, many times a show can be identified by just a single prop. From the cast in Dear Evan Hansen to "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased" from Beetlejuice, these items take on a life of their own, and their impact on a theatre audience lasts long after the curtain comes down.
We asked and you answered: Check out these 30 Broadway props Playbill readers wish they owned.
Sara Bareilles
Jeremy Daniel
Sophia Anne Caruso, Rob McClure, and Kerry Butler
Matthew Murphy
Evan Hansen casts
Marc J. Franklin
Music boxes from Anastasia
Genie's lamp from Aladdin
Mark's camera from Rent
A newspaper from Newsies
The Ferryman set
Marc J. Franklin
Laura Wingfield's unicorn from The Glass Menagerie
Michael J. Lutch
Idina Menzel in Wicked
Joan Marcus
The record player from The Drowsy Chaperone.
Sweeney's razors from Sweeney Todd
The Burn Book from Mean Girls
Joan Marcus
Patti LuPone
Brinkhoff/Moegenburg
Jonathan Groff in Little Shop of Horrors
Emilio Madrid-Kuser
The cast of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.
Joan Marcus
Eliza's lantern from Hamilton
Mary Poppins' umbrella from Mary Poppins
George Holz
Les Misérables
Terrence Mann and Susan Egan
Joan Marcus/Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
John Gallagher, Jr., Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele
The cod from Come From Away
Matthew Murphy
George's sketchbook from Sunday in the Park with George.
Martha Swope/©Billy Rose Theatre Division, NYPL for the Performing Arts
The magnifying glass from Grey Gardens
The chess set from Falsettos
Joan Marcus
The tuna sandwich from Oh, Hello on Broadway
Joan Marcus
Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Julieta Cervantes
Lin-Manuel Miranda and company of In The Heights.
Joan Marcus
A scene from Hairspray on Broadway.
Paul Kolnik
