编辑“︁Playbill”︁（章节）

== 历史 ==

该杂志始于1884年弗兰克·万斯·施特劳斯（Frank Vance Strauss）创立的纽约剧院节目公司（New York Theatre Program Corporation）<ref>{{Cite news|date=1939|title=Inside description of ownership|work=The Playbill}}</ref>，专门印刷戏剧节目单。根据施特劳斯的构想，节目单被精心设计成杂志发行，很受观众欢迎<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-13|title=The fascinating history of theater program|url=https://thesmithcenter.com/explore/smith-center-blog/the-fascinating-history-of-theater-programs/|url-status=no|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The Smith Center|archive-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615163059/https://thesmithcenter.com/explore/smith-center-blog/the-fascinating-history-of-theater-programs/}}</ref>。“Playbill”这个名字本身是1934年左右才出现的，早期刊发的杂志没有标题。<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Culwell-Block|first=Logan|date=2018-08-24|title=The Evolution of the Playbill Design From 1885–2018|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/the-evolution-of-the-playbill-design-from-18852018|url-status=no|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Playbill|language=en|archive-date=2022-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113125105/https://www.playbill.com/article/the-evolution-of-the-playbill-design-from-18852018}}</ref>

1918年，弗兰克·万斯·施特劳斯将公司卖给了他的侄子理查德·M·胡贝尔（Richard M. Huber）。1918年起，该公司开始为整个[[百老汇]]印刷节目单<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Magazine Theatre Program|url=https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/collections/ephemera/names/the-magazine-theatre-program|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Dumbarton Oaks|archive-date=2023-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624131837/https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/collections/ephemera/names/the-magazine-theatre-program|dead-url=no}}</ref>。1934至1935年，杂志开始使用“The Playbill”标题<ref name=":2" />，1957年改用“Playbill”<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=1999-07-05|title=Gilman Kraft, 73, Performing Arts Publisher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/05/arts/gilman-kraft-73-performing-arts-publisher.html|accessdate=2022-06-10|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2015-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527095026/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/05/arts/gilman-kraft-73-performing-arts-publisher.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

杂志于1994年1月推出网站。2016年1月4日推出了其第一个应用程序Playbill Passport<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/playbill-passport-app-launches-the-first-ever-mobile-companion-to-broadway-programs-com-377359|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095818/http://www.playbill.com/article/playbill-passport-app-launches-the-first-ever-mobile-companion-to-broadway-programs-com-377359|archivedate=6 March 2016|title=Playbill Passport App Launches: The First-Ever Mobile Companion to Broadway Programs|date=6 March 2016|work=Playbill|accessdate=January 4, 2016}}</ref>。