Broadway theatre always seems quite interesting
I went to my first Broadway show this past year. Broadway refers to the theatrical shows that are located in the theatres with 500 seats or more in the Theatre District in New York City. I loved every second of it!
I hope to go to one one day.
It was a bucket list item for me and I was thrilled to visit this very popular tourist attraction in New York! I saw Wicked and it was amazing!
Yea they seem so well crafted and executed, you can tell it is top notch
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