Broadway
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They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway --"On Broadway" (1963) by Mann and Weil |
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Broadway may refer to:
- A street name found in a number of cities, but particularly in the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City, cutting a lazy diagonal through the otherwise rigid grid.
- The theater district of Manhattan; specifically, those theaters featuring musical theatre.
- A synonym for the "American theater", much as "the West End' is for the British theater.
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Theatrical types and locations
- Broadway theatre, theatrical productions produced in one of 40 professional theatres located around Broadway in Manhattan
- Off-Broadway, a theatre, or production produced in a smaller professional venue in New York City
- Off-Off-Broadway, a theatrical production using a non-union cast, or produced in a very small venue in New York City
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New York City
- Broadway (Manhattan), goes through Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester County, concurrent with U.S. Route 9 in New York (see below), above upper Manhattan
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Namesakes
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