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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Broadway famous thoroughfare in New York City. It extends from Bowling Green near the foot of Manhattan island N to 262d St. in the Bronx. Throughout its length Broadway is chiefly a commercial street. In lower Manhattan it runs through the financial center of the country; N of Union Square (14th St.) it passes a merchandising section; further N around Herald Square there are large department stores; finally around Times Square (42d St.), which has undergone significant redevelopment, it enters the theater district, or the "Great White Way," the most storied portion of Broadway. Poin... Read more

Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre, New York. 1. At 326 Broadway. Modelled on the Haymarket Theatre in London, and resplendent...When the old Park Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1848 the Broadway took its place as a home for visiting stars. Edwin Forrest was... Read more

Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway, term used collectively of theatres and plays outside the orbit of the New York mainstream theatre located on or near Broadway . Off-Broadway arose in the 1950s because of the high cost of Broadway productions... Read more

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	Broadway beat ; Broadway beat Pop goes the musical, with mixed results By FRANK...2002 It took about 40 years or so, but it appears that Broadway has finally discovered rock and pop music. Or is it the other way around? Elton John is represented on Broadway with "Aida" and "The Lion King." ABBA's old top 40 tunes... Read more
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	Broadway Group expanding ; Broadway Group, a Spokane-based company that owns a chain of truck...facility to date in terms of profit," and will boost the Broadway Group to about 30 facilities in all, counting gas stations...Winnemucca in the northern part of Nevada. The complex that Broadway Group is buying there employs about 80 ... Read more
	Broadway - serious? Among megamusicals, drama seeks a home.(Theater) ; Broadway loves to create a new star, and it senses one in Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in...question remains: can a show with such a strong political dimension dance its way to Broadway success? A similar question will arise on April 29 when another off-broadway musical, Rent, which last week won the Pulitzer ... Read more
	Off-Broadway productions face dark days ; Off-Broadway productions face dark days Lavish musicals...past month, at least five commercial off-Broadway productions have shuttered or announced...consumer preference for big- budget Broadway shows and -- by some accounts -- of their... Read more
	BRIGHT SPOTS ON Broadway N.Y. stages get serious with more thoughtful plays, fewer splashy musicals ; NEW YORK -- Broadway has been about as cold and offputting...Vegas-style razzle- dazzle is keeping Broadway from offering up new hits such as "Hairspray...Wicked" or even the about-to-break-a-Broadway-record "The Phantom of the Opera." Catch... Read more
	Hey, Mr. Producer! You can make a killing on Broadway--but you can't make a living there.(new books)(Book Review) ; ON BROADWAY: ART AND COMMERCE ON THE GREAT WHITE...cloth, $27 paper. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL by Michael Kantor...60 cloth. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EVERY BROADWAY TOME--HOWEVER scholarly or lavishly illustrated... Read more
	IT HAPPENED ON BROADWAY: An Oral History of the Great White Way.(Review) ; IT HAPPENED ON BROADWAY: An Oral History of the Great White...the theater, the discussion turned to Broadway and she mentioned she had seen the revival...most was exhaustion: I'm so tired of Broadway making me feel, she said, as if she... Read more
	Play it again: Revivals are music to Broadway's ears. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) ; Welcome to Broadway, 1993, where ``everything old is new...already have seen earlier productions of Broadway's ``new'' musicals. For example: ``Carousel...1945, whereupon it had a healthy run on Broadway. But nearly 50 years later, a new production... Read more
	BOFFO BOX-OFFICE: BROADWAY MAKES NY EVEN GREENER: ECONOMIC IMPACT SOARS AS THEATERS INVEST, PROMOTE, FIND NEW PATRONS. ; Last year was Broadway's most successful season ever, as record...Theatres and Producers Inc., estimates Broadway's total economic impact on the city...identifies several trends that bode well for Broadway and the city. The theater remains a... Read more

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	Blah Yule sales results depress stock of Broadway, other retailers. (Broadway Stores Inc.)
	San Diego nightclub offers more than just music. (Meetings & Conventions).(On Broadway Event Center)(Brief Article)
	Broadway retailers hit by plunging peso, Prop. 187. (downtown Los Angeles, California; Proposition 187 which limits public services to illegal immigrants) (Special Report: Downtown)

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