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