These Playbill covers range from 1930 to 1945 and include such notable productions as:
- The 1931 Broadway premiere of Private Lives, featuring Gertrude Lawrence and playwright Noël Coward as the sparring Amanda and Elyot
- The 1937 revival of A Doll's House, starring a young Ruth Gordon as Nora Helmer
- The 1940 production of Romeo and Juliet, featuring newlyweds Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as the star-crossed lovers
- The War World II–era plays Boy Meets Girl and That Old Devil, which traded traditional cover art for patriotic ads for U.S. war bonds Explore these historic productions and many more in the Playbill Vault.
Abe Lincoln In Illinois (March 1939)
A Little Racketeer (Jan. 1932)
Arsenic and Old Lace (June 1941)
The Barber Had Two Sons (Feb. 1943)
Merchant of Venice (Nov. 1931)
Mourning Becomes Electra (Dec. 1931)
Mourning Becomes Electra (May 1932)
Mr. and Mrs. North (Jan. 1941)
Mrs. January and Mr. X (April 1944)
Murder at the Vanities (Sept. 1933)
Murder at the Vanities (Nov. 1933)
Murder in the Cathedral (Feb. 1938)
No Time For Comedy (June 1939)
Potash and Perlmutter (April 1935)
Richard of Bordeaux (Feb. 1934)
Right of Happiness (April 1931)
Rocket to the Moon (Dec. 1938)
Run Little Chillun (March 1933)
Schoolhouse on the Lot (March 1938)
Sing High Sing Low (Nov. 1931)
Stepdaughters of War (Oct. 1930)
Strike Up the Band (March 1930)
Symphony in Two Flats (Oct. 1930)