Broadway

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cultural district street thoroughfare

Broadway is a major thoroughfare in New York City famous for its historic theaters and role as the heart of American commercial theater.

Aliases (12)
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural district →
street →
thoroughfare →
associatedWith Broadway →
surface form: "Broadway musicals"

Broadway plays →
Broadway theatre industry →
Tony Award →
surface form: "Tony Awards"
contrastedWith Off-Broadway →
surface form: "Off-Broadway theaters"

Off-Off-Broadway theaters →
country United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
culturalSignificance major tourist attraction →
symbol of American theater →
economicImpact supports significant entertainment and hospitality industries →
eraOfTheaterRise late 19th century →
etymology derived from Dutch "Breede weg" (Broad Way) →
famousFor commercial theater →
musical theater →
theater →
hasLightingFeature bright theater marquees →
hasPart Broadway Theatre District →
surface form: "Broadway Theater District"

Broadway Theatre District →
surface form: "Theater District, Manhattan"

Times Square →
surface form: "Times Square area"
hasTheaterType Broadway →
surface form: "Broadway theaters (500+ seats)"
historicalOrigin old Wickquasgeck trail →
knownAs Broadway →
surface form: "The Great White Way"
lengthApproxKm 53 →
lengthApproxMiles 33 →
locatedIn Manhattan →
New York City →
The Bronx →
mediaRepresentation frequently referenced in film and television →
notableFeature only major Manhattan avenue that diagonally crosses the street grid →
notableIntersection Columbus Circle →
Herald Square →
Times Square →
Union Square Park →
surface form: "Union Square"
orientation generally north–south →
passesThrough Lower Manhattan →
Midtown Manhattan →
Upper Manhattan →
peakCommercialTheaterDevelopment early 20th century →
role heart of American commercial theater →
terminus Bowling Green →
Inwood →
Marble Hill →
Yonkers (continuation as South Broadway) →
tourismRole center of New York City theater tourism →
transportationRole major north–south traffic artery in Manhattan →
zoningContext mixed commercial and residential areas →
Referenced by (235)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: "Act One"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Adele Astaire → activeIn → Broadway →
Billie Burke → activeIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Eve Best → activeIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Howard Da Silva → activeIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
June Havoc → activeIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Louis Calhern → activeIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Margalo Gillmore → activeIn → Broadway →
Philip Barry → activeIn → Broadway →
Sigmund Romberg → activeIn → Broadway →
Bowling Green → adjacentTo → Broadway →
Isham Park → adjacentTo → Broadway →
Addison DeWitt → associatedWith → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Away We Go! → associatedWith → Broadway →
Broadway → associatedWith → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway musicals"
If I Loved You → associatedWith → Broadway →
Margo Channing → associatedWith → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Golden Age of Broadway"
Adele Astaire → basedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "New York City (during Broadway career)"
Group Theatre → basedIn → Broadway →
Theatre Guild → basedIn → Broadway →
Ziegfeld Follies → basedIn → Broadway →
Tribeca → borderedBy → Broadway →
Union Square Park → borderedBy → Broadway →
Off-Broadway → canTransferTo → Broadway →
Broadway Bridge → carries → Broadway →
Off-Broadway → comparedTo → Broadway →
Marble Hill → crossedBy → Broadway →
59th Street → crosses → Broadway →
West 32nd Street → crosses → Broadway →
Show Boat → debutMedium → Broadway →
Tony Award → domain → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Alfred Drake → employer → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Kermit Bloomgarden → employer → Broadway →
Wesley Addy → employer → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Trinity Church → faces → Broadway →
Antoinette Perry → fieldOfWork → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Jed Harris → fieldOfWork → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Tamara Geva → fieldOfWork → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway musicals"
subject surface form: "George Washington Slept Here"
J.B. → firstPerformanceLocation → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Once in a Lifetime"
subject surface form: "The Philadelphia Story"
subject surface form: "The American Way"
Lea Michele → genre → Broadway →
Upper West Side → hasAvenue → Broadway →
Fulton Center → hasEntranceOn → Broadway →
subject surface form: "215th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)"
Thou Swell → hasMusicalStyle → Broadway →
Midtown → hasNotableStreet → Broadway →
Ali Stroker → hasPartIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Emily Best → hasStageCareer → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Eve Best"
Midtown Manhattan → hasStreet → Broadway →
Broadway → hasTheaterType → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theaters (500+ seats)"
The Broadway League → industry → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Antoinette Perry → influenced → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Herald Square → intersectionOf → Broadway →
Neil Simon Theatre → isOn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "New York City Broadway theatre circuit"
Broadway → knownAs → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "The Great White Way"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theaters"
Midtown Manhattan → knownFor → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theaters"
subject surface form: "2 Broadway"
subject surface form: "The Color Purple (2015 Broadway production)"
Bowling Green → locatedOn → Broadway →
subject surface form: "McGinn/Cazale Theater"
Minskoff Theatre → locatedOn → Broadway →
Zuccotti Park → locatedOn → Broadway →
subject surface form: "215th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)"
subject surface form: "Light Up the Sky"
subject surface form: "The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)"
Act One → mainSubject → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
subject surface form: "Act One"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
subject surface form: "Act One"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Garment District → majorStreet → Broadway →
Joan Roberts → movement → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Golden Age of Broadway"
Oscar Hammerstein II → movement → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Golden Age of Broadway"
Philip Barry → movement → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Tamara Geva → movement → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
subject surface form: "2 Columbus Circle"
Seventh Avenue → near → Broadway →
Gypsy → notableRevivalLocation → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Nederlander Organization"
subject surface form: "Getting to Know You"
subject surface form: "I Could Write a Book"
subject surface form: "Where or When"
Gypsy → originalProductionType → Broadway →
Al Hirschfeld Theatre → partOf → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Hayes Theater"
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre → partOf → Broadway →
Martin Beck Theatre → partOf → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre circuit"
Nederlander Theatre → partOf → Broadway →
St. James Theatre → partOf → Broadway →
Anne Revere → participatedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Anne Baxter → performedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Bette Midler → performedIn → Broadway →
Dorothy McGuire → performedIn → Broadway →
Grace Gummer → performedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway productions"
Hal Holbrook → performedIn → Broadway →
Mamie Gummer → performedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Tyrone Power Sr. → performedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
David Harbour → performedOn → Broadway →
George Coulouris → performedOn → Broadway →
Lindsay Crouse → performerIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Mary Philips → placeOfActivity → Broadway →
Thomas Gomez → placeOfActivity → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Lady in the Dark"
On Your Toes → premiereLocation → Broadway →
On the Town → premierePlace → Broadway →
Wonderful Town → productionType → Broadway →
Theatre Guild → regionServed → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway in New York City"
Tony → relatedTo → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Tony Award"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Wall Street → runsFrom → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Tony → scope → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Tony Award"
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Applause → setInLocation → Broadway →
Act One → setting → Broadway →
Addison DeWitt → setting → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
subject surface form: "Act One"
this entity surface form: "Golden Age of Broadway"
Marquis Theatre → street → Broadway →
subject surface form: "McGinn/Cazale Theater"
City Hall Park → surroundedBy → Broadway →
Longacre Square → traversedBy → Broadway →
Upper Manhattan → traversedBy → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway stage"
Gershwin Theatre → usesFor → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway musicals"
Jed Harris → workLocation → Broadway →
Joan Roberts → workLocation → Broadway →
Lonely Room → workLocation → Broadway →
Sidney Howard → workLocation → Broadway →
Tamara Geva → workLocation → Broadway →
Addy → workLocation → Broadway →
subject surface form: "Wesley Addy"
Charlotte Greenwood → workedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
George Cukor → workedIn → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Irving Berlin → workedIn → Broadway →
Rouben Mamoulian → workedIn → Broadway →
George Gershwin → wroteFor → Broadway →
this entity surface form: "Broadway theatre"
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