New York City Broadway Shows
Broadway is a street in Manhattan Island in New York City (NYC) that runs from north to south along the length of the island. It is synonymous with NYC theatre. New York City Broadway shows are a major tourist attraction. They offer the highest level of entertainment you are likely to find anywhere in the world, and because of this they command a high price, which is perhaps why it has now become so popular to search for discounted theater tickets online for all types of shows in NYC.
Most of the theatre district of NYC lies between Times Square and 53rd Street in central Manhattan. Film houses abound most of the Broadway theatres.
The legitimate theatres are grouped in side streets. This is why some of the experimental theatres are known as Off Broadway. They are situated a little away from the major playhouses. Off Broadway theatres have been accorded lower pay scales by unions. Off Off Broadway are a string of even more experimental theatres that run on even more shoestring budgets.
Around 1925, theatre activity in NYC reached a peak. By the early eighties it bottomed out. In the nineties resurgence was witnessed. Broadway again began to attract larger audiences. However, because of high production costs involved in serious plays, Broadway theatres concentrated on audience-pulling commercial ventures and musicals. Inspite of these ups and downs, Broadway theatre has been the most popular form of professional theatre for the NYC citizen. It has always attracted hordes of tourists too. Broadway has been most lucrative for artistes and also for the managers and technicians. No wonder it represents the highest form of commercial theatre in the English speaking world at least. London's West End theatre is the only close competitor to Broadway in this respect. New York City Broadway shows are musical extravaganzas or plays. Musical shows are more common as they have longer runs than do straight plays. Such shows are presented in thirty-nine large professional theatres that have capacities of more than 500 seats each. They are more into mainstream theatre rather than being purely unconventional shows produced in Off Broadway or Off Off Broadway theatres. Most such mainstream shows run on a fixed schedule, Tuesdays through Saturdays, with 8 p.m. being the curtain time generally. Matinee shows are scheduled every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Monday is the off day. Mainstream Broadway shows are open-ended. They run for a variable number of weeks. The duration depends on the impact of word of mouth publicity, critical response, and the impact of the showy adverts pasted all over. All these factors determine the sale of tickets. Tickets are costly, but this is understandable considering the entertainment quality of the shows. TKTS booths, such as those located in Duffy Square (now temporarily relocated to the Mariott Marquis Hotel) and South Street Seaport sell tickets for the shows. You can buy a ticket from a TKTS booth just hours before a show, if you are not averse to stand in a queue. For the budget conscious tourist, you may be lucky enough to find cheap theater tickets online that are discounted or at a special rate. So, go and watch some New York City Broadway Shows. You will find them hugely entertaining.
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