3/4/12 BROADWAY

Summary: "Broadway may be only a street to some people, but to some of the rest of us it's a religion." claimed Eddie Foy, a well known American actor, comedian and dancer from the 1800's. Broadway is a prominent avenue in New York City famous for it's significant contribution to the American Theatrical industry, and has been a notorious tourist attraction for numerous years. It is a collection of approximately 40 extraordinary theatres on ten blocks that travels through Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester County. Braodway has performed innumerable productions over a duration of the past 250 years with shows varying from all types of plays, including comedy, drama, classics and more. Some productons have been running for multiple years and still continue to produce immense ratings. in 2006, "The Phantom Of The Opera" was named the longest running Broadway show, with 10,017 perfromances, which still plays today. New York City wasn't very well known for it's theatre productions until the mid 1700s when Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street. Majority of Murray and Kean's performances were from Shakespeare. Since then, Broadway has soared to the pinnacle of the dramatic arts industry and will continue to be one of the best dramatic arts areas in the world.
 
Analysis: Broadway is a series of streets in New York City very well known for it's ample supply of dramatic arts productions for the past 250 years. Broadway has performed a large variety of plays, very high ranking ones including Chicago, The Phantom Of the Opera, Cats, Rent, and many more. Broadway shows have generated billions of dollars worth of tickets for multiple years.

Reflection Question: What is the longest running play on Broadway?

 Bloom, Ken. Broadway: its history, people, and places : an encyclopedia. 1st ed. volume 1. New York: Routledge, 2004. 679. Web. <http://books.google.com/books?id=GBiEO8q59f0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=broadway&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1xRUT4XeDLOH0QGQrYzWDQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ