A instructional presentation for Playbillvault.com

1. Presenting
Playbill Vault
The largest source of information
about Broadway people, shows,
theatres, and awards.
A Ready Reference Instructional Presentation- Donna Edgar

2. What is Playbill Vault.Com?
PlaybillVault.com is a free comprehensive database of Broadway
history from Playbill Inc. The database was launched December 1,
2011 and is updated daily.
This data base has over 612,240 records. It contains information
on over 10,000 Broadway shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams
and crew members.
Playbill Vault offers an interactive treasure trove for theatre fans,
students, aficionados and historians alike. (Playbillvault.com, 2015)
The collection features records from all Broadway shows
associated with Playbill, from 1930 until the present season.

3. What can I expect to find in Playbill Vault?
The world’s largest catalog of virtual and interactive Playbills.
Information regarding theatres, run time and grosses.
Easy search options, all productions are searchable by title,
person, theatre or by season starting with the 1930-1931 season.

4. Let the Show Begin!
How to Access Playbill Vault
Play Bill Vault is a free database that you can
access by a link on the Play Bill website or
directly at the following web address.
http://www.playbillvault.com/index.html

5. Act I
How to Search
Clickable tabs divide the home page into six major areas: People, Shows,
Theatres, Awards, Seasons, and Grosses. Users may browse Shows,
People, or Theatres from the browse tab. The keyword search box
located at the top of the home page can be used for quick searches.
The Extra Tab contains Official Broadway Shows, Actors and
Personnel Twitter and Facebook accounts.

6. Search By People
Using the Search People tab, you can search for members of the
theatre community with little or no information. For instance, if
you were searching for an actress and only knew her first name
and year of birth you can find her here! The more information
you can provide the more accurate the search will be.

7. Search by People Results
Search by people results will give you
the following information:
• Name
• Occupation
• Birth date and City of birth
• Official Website, Facebook page
and Twitter account
• Roles performed
• Photos

8. Search by Show
When you search by show, you can search by show title or theatre.
On this tab you can find any Broadway show from 1930 to current
runs.

9. Search by Show Results
In addition to the information on the
right Show search results will provide
the following information:
• Inside look at the Playbill
• Synopsis
• Current Cast information
• Awards
• Grosses
• Photos

10. Search by Theatres
You can perform this search by either theatre name or street address.
In addition to providing information about the theatre, you can find
information on every performance at the theatre dating back to 1930.

11. Search by Theatre Results
Search by theatre will give you
the following information:
• Current and previous name
of the theatre
• Brief history of the theatre
• Year built
• Number of seats
• Photos
• What is currently playing and
all previous shows that have
played at the theatre.

12. Search By Awards
You can search for winners and nominees of over 10 awards in over 40
categories. You can search by all awards within a time frame, by actor or by
show. The search can be narrowed down to include only the winners,
nominees or both. Included on the page is a list of award winning shows
currently playing on Broadway. Search results include name of the award,
category, name of winner/nominee and name of show.

13. Search by Season
Using this search you can find information on shows that opened during
any season from 1930-1931 through 2015-2016.
The search results give the name of the show, theatre and date it opened.
There are links to view the Playbill and also to get a brief description of
the play.

14. Intermission
Broadway Fun Facts
♪ Broadway theatres are mostly not on Broadway There are 40
Broadway theatres, but only 4 are actually on Broadway.
♪ Seating capacity is what makes a Broadway theatre. A
Broadway theatre doesn’t have to be on Broadway, but it does
have to seat at least 500 people. An Off-Broadway theatre
seats between 100 and 499.
♪ There is no row ‘I’ in most Broadway theatres. This is to avoid
disappointing people who might have thought they were
sitting in row 1.
(Luxorlimo.com, 2015)

15. Act II
Grosses
This tab will show you the grosses by week of
every show from 6/9/1985 to current. It
shows the current gross for the week compared
to the prior week, average ticket price and
number of seats sold.

16. Browse
Not quite sure what you are looking for?
Click on the browse tab where you can browse
over 7,000 shows, 125,000 people or 600 theatres.
You can either browse by category or use the
search function.

17. Curtain Call
What’s New!
• Starting October 30th Playbill Vault.com will launch a brand new feature
in conjunction with the Library of Congress called "Treasures of the
Library of Congress"
• The first show featured is Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
• Users will have access to never-before-seen documents, rare handwritten
manuscripts and photographs
(Playbillvault.com, 2015)

18. Credits
References
• Playbillvault.com,. (2015). The Largest Internet Database of Broadway Information - Playbill Vault.
Retrieved 10/31/2015, from http://www.playbillvault.com/index.html
• Luxorlimo.com,. (2015). 11 Fun Facts About Broadway, Then and Now - Blog | Luxor Limousine.
Retrieved 11/1/2015, from http://www.luxorlimo.com/blog/2015/08/07/broadway-theatre-
10-fun-facts-about-broadway-then-and-now