Playbill

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An issue of Playbill magazine for the 1970 Broadway Theatre production of Purlie, starring Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, and John Heffernan. The magazine has an off-white cover with the signature yellow title block of black text “PLAYBILL / the national magazine for theatregoers” across the top. In the first quarter corner at the top beside the name block is “The / Broadway / Theatre”. The cover design includes “Purlie” in large, stylized font above an illustration of the character Purlie leaping into the air on the right and the character Lutiebelle looking up at him from the lower left corner. The magazine has 48 pages. The feature pages for Purlie cover from pages 13 through 22 and list the cast, Acts 1 and 2, Scenes, and musical numbers. There are black and white advertisements throughout each page and on the back cover, which has no markings.

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