I recently visited New York City for the first time and saw my first Broadway show? Have you ever visited New York?
I have! Along with London's West End Broadway is considered to be the highest level of commercial theater. What did you think of Broadway?
I loved the Theater District and I loved the show "Wicked" which I saw with my two daughters. What is your favorite show?
I saw the Book of Mormon. It is a comedy about two Mormon missionaries who travel to Africa to convert the locals. It is very funny!
That sounds like a good show! There are so many choices right now that I don't even know what I would choose if I were to return.
season (which ended May 26, 2019) total attendance was 14,768,254 and Broadway shows had US$1,829,312,140 in grosses, with attendance up 9.5%, grosses up 10.3%, and playing weeks up 9.3%.
The majority of Broadway shows are musicals. Historian Martin Shefter argues that "'Broadway musicals', culminating in the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, became enormously influential forms of American popular culture" and contributed to making New York City the cultural capital of the Western Hemisphere.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, also known simply as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Theater District is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2018–2019