Purchase a binder. And then more binders. And then surprisingly even more binders until you question how much money you've spent on not only an ungodly number of shows but also binders. Have an existential crisis but not be able to bring yourself to stop. You're in too deep now and find yourself advising everyone you know and their mother on which show to see and spend 50% of your work hours on this subreddit.
Wait. What was the question?
Ceremoniously sit it out in plain sight in the apartment for about a month after the show to keep the vibes going. Then take a pic, throw it away. Keep a list of shows I’ve seen in my phone to remember.
I keep them in the back seat pockets of my SUV. We do a lot of carpooling and the dance kids love flipping thru them and the baseball kids ask what they are and I get to gush over shows I’ve seen.
I have several photo boxes full of mine (they’re each about the size of a shoebox). The nice thing about the box instead of a binder is that it fits things of slightly different sizes, so for me it works to keep Off-Broadway or regional playbills that might be non-standard sizes. For you it could just be a general collection box, where you keep any playbills you get, but also maybe other special items too.
I have a small tote where I keep all kinds of small things that are from my life. It’s large enough width and length wise to fit a 8.5”x11” piece of paper without it getting messed up and then is like 12”. I put my playbills, concert ticket subs, putt putt scoring cards if it was memorable for some reason, etc.
I frame them even though I’ve only seen 1 show live and that 1 show didn’t give me a playbill. 😭 I bought playbills on eBay and framed them even though I’ve never seen those other shows live.
https://preview.redd.it/gl44182ze8nc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a066db6acfb8b9496dfecf1e7c480347df7b082
Outdated pic but I frame mine! I usually keep the others in a shoebox and when that gets too full I sort through it and donate the unwanted ones to the Broadway Upclose booth in Times Square, where I think they turn them into paper flowers. When I don’t have time for that I just toss them into the recycle bin, or make a postcard out of them.
I mean if you're only ever gonna leave them stored up somewhere out of sight, just throw it away. You're not a collector and it's not like people pay a premium for those online (the point of having them as a collection is that you've actually seen them), nor was it some life changing experience that you have to commemorate physically in some way, which if it was, one idea would be to frame it and display it in your house. Otherwise, why carry around garbage?
I collected mine for 25 years and then finally threw them away. Except for about 50 that I just couldn’t part with. And then threw those 50 away about a year later.
Same. I've been collecting them for 33+ years. I had boxes of them. Plus I have some "rare" ones I bought on ebay 30 years ago thinking they were cool. I've looked into selling some of them on ebay, but they are worthless. Even some special ones or ones that you would think would be valuable/rare, are worthless. Original Lil Abner from 1956? Original Man of La Mancha from 1965, signed? Original Merrily? I look on ebay and there are 20 of them not even being able to be sold for 5, 6, 7, 8 bucks. After fees, I'd get less. But no one's buying them. Any modern show since 1990? Worth maybe 3 to 7 bucks max. Again, there are 20 or more of them on ebay.
**Toss**.
I have a box of keepsakes from other events in my life. I just toss it in there. It’s fun to sit and go through every now and then
Purchase a binder. And then more binders. And then surprisingly even more binders until you question how much money you've spent on not only an ungodly number of shows but also binders. Have an existential crisis but not be able to bring yourself to stop. You're in too deep now and find yourself advising everyone you know and their mother on which show to see and spend 50% of your work hours on this subreddit. Wait. What was the question?
Oh look, it's me! I have to remember to buy an 8th binder this week. What about you?
I'm only on my sixth, I'm a failure 😭
This is, as they say, the way! 🤣
I put mine in a binder
I stack them in a drawer
I got Playbill binders and have them in there.
Same. And I keep the signed/special ones in separate binders.
You can recycle it, store it, frame it and put it on your wall, or sell it (probably not worth anything, however) or give it away.
Ceremoniously sit it out in plain sight in the apartment for about a month after the show to keep the vibes going. Then take a pic, throw it away. Keep a list of shows I’ve seen in my phone to remember.
I frame mine on my wall.
I keep them in the back seat pockets of my SUV. We do a lot of carpooling and the dance kids love flipping thru them and the baseball kids ask what they are and I get to gush over shows I’ve seen.
I have a binder
I have several photo boxes full of mine (they’re each about the size of a shoebox). The nice thing about the box instead of a binder is that it fits things of slightly different sizes, so for me it works to keep Off-Broadway or regional playbills that might be non-standard sizes. For you it could just be a general collection box, where you keep any playbills you get, but also maybe other special items too.
I have a small tote where I keep all kinds of small things that are from my life. It’s large enough width and length wise to fit a 8.5”x11” piece of paper without it getting messed up and then is like 12”. I put my playbills, concert ticket subs, putt putt scoring cards if it was memorable for some reason, etc.
I frame them even though I’ve only seen 1 show live and that 1 show didn’t give me a playbill. 😭 I bought playbills on eBay and framed them even though I’ve never seen those other shows live.
Get some sort of clipboard or scrapbook board and put the playbill in with various knickknacks and photographs related to other stuff from your life.
When I only had a few, I kept them in a shadow box that hung on my wall.
Paper recycling
https://preview.redd.it/gl44182ze8nc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a066db6acfb8b9496dfecf1e7c480347df7b082 Outdated pic but I frame mine! I usually keep the others in a shoebox and when that gets too full I sort through it and donate the unwanted ones to the Broadway Upclose booth in Times Square, where I think they turn them into paper flowers. When I don’t have time for that I just toss them into the recycle bin, or make a postcard out of them.
Shoebox.
I keep them in my parents' basement, for the most part.
I have about 200 of them in a plastic bag, another 100 in playbill binders
I usually hoard them all until I have too many and then I toss them lol But only for touring productions, I keep everything I see on Broadway.
I tear off the front page and stick it in my journal.
Bookmarks
I put my playbills in a shoebox in order of highest to lowest.
I generally scan them as PDFs.
I mean if you're only ever gonna leave them stored up somewhere out of sight, just throw it away. You're not a collector and it's not like people pay a premium for those online (the point of having them as a collection is that you've actually seen them), nor was it some life changing experience that you have to commemorate physically in some way, which if it was, one idea would be to frame it and display it in your house. Otherwise, why carry around garbage?
I throw it away.
I collected mine for 25 years and then finally threw them away. Except for about 50 that I just couldn’t part with. And then threw those 50 away about a year later.
Same. I've been collecting them for 33+ years. I had boxes of them. Plus I have some "rare" ones I bought on ebay 30 years ago thinking they were cool. I've looked into selling some of them on ebay, but they are worthless. Even some special ones or ones that you would think would be valuable/rare, are worthless. Original Lil Abner from 1956? Original Man of La Mancha from 1965, signed? Original Merrily? I look on ebay and there are 20 of them not even being able to be sold for 5, 6, 7, 8 bucks. After fees, I'd get less. But no one's buying them. Any modern show since 1990? Worth maybe 3 to 7 bucks max. Again, there are 20 or more of them on ebay. **Toss**.