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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Broadway canonical	543
Broadway theatre	36
Golden Age of Broadway	4
Broadway musicals	3
Broadway theaters	2
Broadway in New York City	1
Broadway productions	1
Broadway stage	1
Broadway theaters (500+ seats)	1
Broadway theatre circuit	1
New York City (during Broadway career)	1
New York City Broadway theatre circuit	1
The Great White Way	1
similarity to New York City’s Broadway	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural district ⓘ street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ
associatedWith	Broadway self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 (597)

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

Wall Street → runsFrom → Broadway ⓘ

The Tender Trap → playPremiereLocation → Broadway ⓘ

Tony Award → domain → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Wesley Addy → employer → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Broadway Boogie Woogie → inspiredBy → Broadway ⓘ

The Farmer and the Cowman → associatedWith → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Broadway

Away We Go! → associatedWith → Broadway ⓘ

Theatre Guild → basedIn → Broadway ⓘ

Theatre Guild → regionServed → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway in New York City

Bette Midler → performedIn → Broadway ⓘ

Kermit Bloomgarden → fieldOfWork → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Kermit Bloomgarden → employer → Broadway ⓘ

Midtown Manhattan → knownFor → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theaters

Midtown Manhattan → hasStreet → Broadway ⓘ

Lonely Room → workLocation → Broadway ⓘ

Oscar Hammerstein II → movement → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Broadway

Many a New Day → firstPerformanceLocation → Broadway ⓘ

Times Square–42nd Street subway station → streetLocation → Broadway ⓘ

Fulton Street station → adjacentToStreet → Broadway ⓘ

Dorothy McGuire → performedIn → Broadway ⓘ

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top → firstPerformanceLocation → Broadway ⓘ

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top → hasMusicalStyle → Broadway ⓘ

Martin Beck Theatre → partOf → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre circuit

Eve Best → activeIn → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Broadway → knownAs → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great White Way

Broadway → associatedWith → Broadway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway musicals

Broadway → hasTheaterType → Broadway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theaters (500+ seats)

Rouben Mamoulian → workedIn → Broadway ⓘ

Longacre Square → traversedBy → Broadway ⓘ

Seventh Avenue → near → Broadway ⓘ

Trinity Church Cemetery → locatedOn → Broadway ⓘ

Trinity Church → locatedAtIntersectionOf → Broadway ⓘ

Trinity Church → faces → Broadway ⓘ

St. James Theatre → partOf → Broadway ⓘ

June Havoc → activeIn → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Howard Da Silva → activeIn → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → followsAvenue → Broadway ⓘ

Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → namedAfter → Broadway ⓘ

Broadway (Manhattan street) → knownFor → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theaters

A View from the Bridge → notableRevivalLocation → Broadway ⓘ

The Broadway League → industry → Broadway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway theatre

Best Featured Actor in a Play → awardCategoryScope → Broadway ⓘ

Best Sound Design of a Musical → awardedForProductionsIn → Broadway ⓘ

Margo Channing → associatedWith → Broadway ⓘ

All My Sons → firstPerformancePlace → Broadway ⓘ

Broadway Bridge → carries → Broadway ⓘ

Upper Manhattan → traversedBy → Broadway ⓘ

American Theatre Wing → operatesIn → Broadway ⓘ

Best Direction of a Play → scope → Broadway ⓘ

Best Direction of a Play → locatedInJurisdiction → Broadway ⓘ