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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Broadway_theatreBroadway theatre - Wikipedia

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   The Theater District is an internationally prominent tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2018–19 season total attendance was 14,768,254. Broadway shows had $1,829,312,140 in grosses, with attendance up 9.5%, grosses up 10.3%, and playing weeks up 9.3%. [5] The Museum of Broadway on West 45th Street ...

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3. playbill.com › article › in-memoriam-a-look-at-theIn Memoriam: A Look at the Theatre Artists We Lost in 2021

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   Jan 3, 2021 · December 31, 2021. After another tumultuous year marked by a triumphant return of Broadway despite continued struggles with COVID-19, Playbill commemorates those we've lost in the theatre ...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rent_(musical)Rent (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village, in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City ...

   • Book: Jonathan Larson
   • Music: Jonathan Larson

   • Lyrics: Jonathan Larson
   • Premiere: January 25, 1996: New York Theatre Workshop, New York City

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   Are actors still a part of a Broadway show?

   • Actors from film and television are frequently cast for the revivals of Broadway shows or are used to replace actors leaving a cast. There are still, however, performers who are primarily stage actors, spending most of their time "on the boards", and appearing in screen roles only secondarily. As Patrick Healy of The New York Times noted:

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   What is Broadway theatre?

   • Broadway theatre, [nb 1] or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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   Who owns Broadway theatres?

   • The majority of Broadway theatres are owned or managed by three organizations: the Shubert Organization, a for-profit arm of the non-profit Shubert Foundation, which owns seventeen theatres; the Nederlander Organization, which controls nine theatres; and Jujamcyn, which owns five Broadway houses.

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   Why do Broadway shows need actors?

   • Both musicals and straight plays on Broadway often rely on casting well-known performers in leading roles to draw larger audiences or bring in new audience members to the theatre. Actors from film and television are frequently cast for the revivals of Broadway shows or are used to replace actors leaving a cast.

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2024/01/30 › theaterChita Rivera, Electrifying Broadway Star, Is Dead at 91 - The ...

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   Jan 30, 2024 · Jan. 30, 2024. Leer en español. Chita Rivera, the fire-and-ice dancer, singer and actress who leapt to stardom in the original Broadway production of “West Side Story” and dazzled audiences ...

7. variety.com › 2024 › legitChita Rivera Dead: Broadway Star of Chicago, West Side Story ...

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   Jan 30, 2024 · Broadway legend Chita Rivera, a two-time Tony winner who received eight additional nominations, died on Tuesday morning after a brief illness, her publicist announced. She was 91. The actor-singer ...

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hamilton_(musical)Hamilton (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Hamilton. (musical) Cast members perform selections from the musical at the White House, 2016. L–R: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Christopher Jackson. Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda as well as choreography by Andy ...

9. www.hollywoodreporter.com › lifestyle › lifestyleChita Rivera, Showstopping Legend of Broadway Musicals, Dies ...

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   Jan 30, 2024 · By Chris Koseluk. January 30, 2024 11:41am. Chita Rivera, the sultry singer, dancer and actress who commanded the Broadway stage for more than a half-century, has died. She was 91. Rivera died ...