Theatre journal for musicals, plays and every night at the show

This theatre journal is for anyone who adores live performance and wants to hold onto every musical, play, opera and ballet they see. The 40 undated pages include 24 show logs, a numbered index, a tracker comparing musicals and plays, a wishlist of shows, a record of theatres you have visited, notes on cast and creative team, pages for ticket stubs and a stats page for the year, in US Letter and A4. It is an instant PDF download, and nothing is posted.

Print it once, slip it into a binder and bring it home after each show.

How a theatre journal keeps each performance alive

The details that fade first all have a home in each log: what you saw, where and when, your section, row and seat, who played whom, the song or scene that stayed with you, and a box for a program cutout or ticket.

Give each show up to five stars overall, plus five circles each for story, music, acting, staging and costumes, then note who came along and whether you would go again. The index counts up to 50 shows, the musicals and plays tracker shows which you see more often, and the stub pages hold eight tickets each. When the season ends, hand out your own awards and fill in your stats, and the pages become a record of every night out.

Who this show diary is for

• Musical fans who want to remember every cast, song and seat
• Playgoers who catch local, touring and big city productions and want one place for all of them
• Season ticket holders who want to follow a full season and give out their own awards
• Drama and musical theatre students who want to study what made a performance work
• Anyone who saves ticket stubs and programs and wants them kept together

Design, sizes and printing

• Clean white pages, soft blush pink accents and very little ink needed
• Roomy margins all around, so a home printer will not clip anything
• US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm), portrait
• No dates, so begin with your next show and keep going for years
• Fits a binder or clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop
• Print the trackers a single time, then print the show logs and stub pages again whenever they fill, for your own personal use

Inside the theatre journal: 40 pages

1. 1Cover with a list of contents
2. 2Start here, with four steps (before, during, after, keep), my theatre story with 8 prompts such as the first show you ever saw and your dream role, ideas for a lovely night at the theatre, shows on your list this season and your theatre goals
3. 3An index of 50 numbered shows, each with the title, date, type and stars
4. 4Musicals versus plays, with 30 tally circles and a 14 line log for each side, an extra tracker for opera, ballet and dance, comedy and cabaret and concert stagings, and a summary of the season
5. 5A wishlist of shows, 18 lines noting the title, musical or play, where it is on, who to take and a booked box, plus dream productions anywhere on earth, revivals you are hoping for and dates and ticket alerts
6. 6Theatres you have visited, 16 lines noting the venue, city, first visit, best seat and what you saw there, plus your favorite theatre, venues on your wish list and notes on seats
7. 7 to 3024 show logs. Each asks for the show, the theatre and city, the date, the type (musical, play, opera, ballet or other), your section, row and seat, matinee or evening, a 7 line cast table of roles and performers, a program box, stars plus scores for story, music, acting, staging and costumes, the song or scene you loved, who you went with, would you see it again and your thoughts
8. 31Cast and crew notes, with 13 lines for performers to follow, 7 lines for creative team members you admire and shows you would see again just for the cast
9. 32Stage door notes, with six boxes for autographs, a table of understudies and swings you have seen and sweet moments with the cast
10. 33 to 34Ticket stub collage, eight framed spots per page, each with lines for the show and date
11. 35Favorite songs and scenes, 20 lines for the song or scene, the show and why you love it, plus songs that are stuck in your head and lines to remember
12. 36My theatre awards in 14 categories, from best musical and best play to made me cry and best night out, with room for a category of your own
13. 37Yearly stats with 10 number boxes (shows seen, musicals, plays, theatres, matinees and more), shows per month, a top ten, a favorite performer and theatre, the cast album you played most, what you spent on tickets and what you hope to see next year
14. 38My theatre year, with the show of the year, ticket of the year, best evening, a performance you will never forget, the biggest surprise, something new you tried and a note to next season
15. 39Lined notes
16. 40Dot grid page for sketches and notes

What you download

• Theatre Journal, US Letter PDF (40 pages)
• Theatre Journal, A4 PDF (40 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know before you buy

• You print this PDF at home. It is not a hyperlinked digital planner, although most note taking apps let you import the file and handwrite on it.
• This is a digital product, so nothing arrives by mail.
• Printed colors can differ a little from what your screen shows.
• Licensed for your own personal use. Sharing, reselling or passing the files on is not allowed.
• Since the files are digital they are not returnable. If one will not open or prints wrongly, email us and we will sort it out quickly.
• Show names in the product photos are invented. The files contain no show titles, logos or published lyrics.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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