Seeing a Broadway show is a common tourist activity in New York. In the City, Broadway shows sell about a billion dollars worth of tickets each year, contributing to generate large amount of money in restaurant and hotel revenues. As of The Broadway League, in New York City Broadway shows sold approximately 937 million dollar worth of tickets in the 2007-08 season, making the region a popular block for entertainment. New York features an array of entertainment venues and Broadway Theaters to choose from. But, entertainment blocks like Broadway Theater are offering ample opportunities for its audience to get hooked to them.
Formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, Early Carroll's Broadway Theatre, and Cin Romais, the Broadway Theater New York is one of the largest legitimate houses in Manhattan, New York. The history of the Broadway Theater dates back to 1925, when it was built as a venue for vaudeville shows and motion pictures. At its opening, B.S Moss had no idea if its large capacity would ensure its durability through the years. But, by 1930, Moss converted his house to a legitimate theatre called the Broadway, realizing that the talkies were killing vaudeville. Till-date, an array of best and the brightest in world of entertainment have rocked the stage of the Theater.
Designed by architect Eugene DeRosa, the Broadway Theater is located at 1681 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan. The Broadway Theater is currently owned by the Shubert Organization, which has kept the facility in perfect condition. Soon after its inception, the theater became an ideal spot for the staging and performing of musical comedies. Movies and vaudeville alternated throughout '30s until the Shuberts bought it in 1939. Today, with a seating capacity of accommodating up to 1,765 people, the Broadway Theater is thriving on booking new musicals from other theaters and dance companies, as well as other spectacle-type shows. In 1934, the Broadway Theater went back to showing talkies after a dud called "The O' Flynn".
The following decade saw a great theatrical event at the Broadway Theater on July 4, 1942. The event that put the facility on map was "This Is The Army". Irving Berlin, who had written a famed World War I soldier show called Yip Yip Yaphank, featured this show; the opening night of which drew a large number of people and is considered as one of the greatest in the history of the theatre. Not before 1959 arrived the Broadway Theatre's milestones, Gypsy. The event offered the great singer, Ethel Merman. Since its inception, the Broadway Theater has undergone massive renovation s several times. But, the large stage, nearly sixty feet deep, and seating capacity have made the facility a popular theatre for musicals through the years.
To-date, the Venue has brought an array of eclectic events and acts for its audience. But, this fall, the most beloved swamp-dwelling ogre will make his Broadway debut in "Shrek the Musical" at the Broadway Theater, New York. Based on Shrek's adventures in the classic William Steig book and Oscar-winning film, this all-new production provides children an opportunity to join Shrek on his journey from the swamp to the stage! So don't wait any longer and reserve your tickets to Shrek and see Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad and a chorus of everybody's favorite fairytale creatures LIVE at Broadway Theater! Broadway theatre refers to all plays and musicals performed in theatres in the Times Square region of Manhattan, New York, with seating capacities in excess of 499. Typically, the owner of a Broadway theatre rents the theatre to a show producer who decides, among other things, the ticket prices for the show. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world.
A Playhouse on Broadway was shown on a map as early as about 1735. Over the years many important legitimate theatres have, indeed, actually stood on Broadway, the newer ones being built farther north as the city moved upward. Today the theatre district lies largely between Times Square and 53rd Street, with most theatres on Broadway itself film houses, while the legitimate theatres generally are clustered on side streets. Since World War II the expression Off Broadway has been used to describe many small, often experimental theatres, most of which are situated away from the major playhouses and which some unions have allowed special lower pay scales.
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