L'Officiel des spectacles is a weekly cultural guide to Paris founded by Jean-Philippe Richemond in 1946.
Its purpose was to inform its readers, in the most precise and concise way possible, of every event taking place that week that was "not of a political, religious, or controversial nature."
At the time, the format of the magazine comprised eight sections: theatre, cinema, music, dance, cabarets, expositions, museums and churches of Paris.
The hallmark of the publication was the information that would lead to its success: Between September 1946 and July 2013, 3,471 editions were published with one sole interruption (of one week, during the events of May 1968).
[3] The contents of the sections have progressively evolved to adapt to the changing language and mores of Parisians and inhabitants of Île de France.