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Post by Agency on Nov 6, 2007 3:27:53 GMT -5
Broadway theatre is the most well known form of professional theatre to the American general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. 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. Broadway theatre, or a Broadway show, refers to a performance, usually a play or musical presented in one of the thirty-nine large professional theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located the many Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres, movie theatres, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment. It extends from 42nd Street to 53rd Street, and from Sixth Avenue to Ninth Avenue, and includes Times Square. The Great White Way is the name given to the section of Broadway which runs through the Theatre District. Broadway Avenue actually runs the entire length of Manhattan, but when using the icon in the chat, it just refers to the area where all the theatres are grouped together.
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