FORM 9

   Distance learning

   May, 20th

   Theme –Broadway theatres

1. Get acquainted with  Broadway theatre

 

 

         Broadway theatre, also known simply as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Only three of the theatres are physically located on Broadway itself. The rest are located on the numbered cross streets. The highest concentration of theaters is  located between 42nd Street (Times Square) 

   While exceptions exist, the term "Broadway theatre" is generally reserved for venues with a seating capacity of at least 500 people, smaller theaters are referred to as off-Broadway.

  The Theater District is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. 

  The majority of Broadway shows are musicals. Broadway musicals became enormously influential forms of American popular culture and contributed to making New York City the cultural capital of the Western Hemisphere.

    Homework

1.   In the Internet find information about the most successful Broadway musicals( around 5-7 sentences)

 

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