Playbill

This article is about the theater magazine. For a program, see Programme (booklet). For the typeface, see Playbill (typeface). For aerobatic team, see Paybills.

Playbill
EditorDiep Tran
CategoriesTheatre
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation
(2012)		4,073,680
First issue1884; New Series 1982
CompanyTotalTheater
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.playbill.com Edit this at Wikidata
ISSN0551-0678
OCLC1264051597

Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of Playbill are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's program.

Playbill was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street[which?] in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, Playbill is used at theaters throughout the United States. As of September 2012, its circulation was 4,073,680.[1]

  1. ^ "National Rate Card" (PDF). Playbill. January 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.