East German Poster Database

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• Verlieb dich nicht in eine Helige / Metropol

  Green background with the picture of a woman in dressed in purple medieval-style clothes holding up a portable radio. The poster advertises a musical comedy called “Verlieb dich nicht in eine Heilige” (Don't fall in love with a saint) by Claus-Ulrich Wiesner. Box 5.

• Musical von Tom Jones und Harvey Schmidt: Das Musikalische Himmelbett- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is blue fading to a lighter blue near the bottom. It depicts black silhouetted trees at bottom lining a black and white cobblestone path. A White bed sits on the path with two individuals visible from behind. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for the musical "The Musical Sky Bed" from Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

• My Fair Lady: Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe- Kleist Theater- Musical

  This poster is blue gray with a cut-out cartoon depiction in black and white of a woman in a hat, with hair colored in brown and shirt splotched with purple watercolor. A cut-out mouth strip from a color photograph is across the cartoon's mouth. The title is in white at the top with black text underneath. This poster advertises for a performance of the musical "My Fair Lady" from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

• My Fair Lady, Nach George Bernard Shaws „Pygmalion” und dem Film von Gabrial Pascal, Buch von Alan Jay Lerner- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is pink with a black silhouette of a woman in a hat facing right at top, and an flipped mirror image of the same woman in a more ragged hat with frazzled hair at the bottom. Between them is title in white outlined in black, with reflected outline below. the remaining text is at the bottom in black. This poster advertises for a performance of the play "My Fair Lady" after George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and the film by Gabriel Pascal. Music from Frederick Loewe and German translation from Robert Gilbert.

• Landestheater Halle- Millionen für Penny: Ein Krimi-Musical von Max Colpet, Musik: Lotar Olias, Regie: Jörg Kaehler

  This poster is blue and depicts a woman in a red leotard and red shoes with her right leg raised. Her face is obscured by oval sign reading part of performance title ("für Penny"). The first part of title is in red script outlined in whiten at the top, with the dots above the "I's" as stars. The remaining text is in white script near the bottom, to the left and right of the depicted woman. This poster advertises for "A Million for Penny", a "criminal-musical" from Max Colpet with music by Lotar Olias and directed by Jörg Kaehler.

• Herr von Pourceaugnac: von Molière- Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Posse mit Gesan und Tanz in drei Akten

  This poster is yellow with a cartoon depiction of a baby wearing a bonnet facing left. The bonnet forms a profile of a man facing right. The text is in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for "The Man from Pourceaugnac", from Molière.

• Das Glas Wasser: Musical nach Scribe von Helmut Käutner, Musik von B. Eichom und R. Sonder

  This poster is blue-green with black text. It depicts a glass half-full of pink liquid on a checkered tablecloth, the left half is red/white while the right is black/transparent. Liquid appears to be being poured into the class from left, with name running along line. Several other names run along random black lines, but appear to have nothing to do with actors in the performance. This poster advertises for "The Glass of Water", a musical directed by Rudolf Schraps.