Playbill Scraper
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from $3.00 / 1,000 results
Scrape Playbill's Broadway database - search shows, people and venues, browse by theatre, and fetch full show detail pages with cast, creative team, opening/closing dates and synopses.
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from $3.00 / 1,000 results
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Crawler Bros
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You can access the Playbill Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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