BROADWAY vs WEST END- Page 2
BROADWAY vs WEST END
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#25re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 3:20pmGood, then stay in the West End. Enjoy your poorly sung musicals.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#26re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:27pm
Broadway is a road in New York
That is a common misconception for many who have never actually been to Broadway. Broadway is indeed a name of a winding north-south road in Manhattan, but its name is also a metaphor for a group of 39 theatres, each with a capacity of 500+, that all generally lie in the same vicinity of Times Square. Only a small number of those theatres actually have a Broadway Ave. address. Just like the West End, "Broadway" really is "a whole section of [New York] with theatres just dotted around." Please get your facts straight before you let those fingers do a-tapping. 
As for which theatre district makes more money, I don't have the statistics. But it has been quoted that Broadway productions require a lot more financing than West End ones. I think that has to do more with real estate, however.
One major difference I'm noticing now is that the West End is more fostering of straight, non-musical plays, while Broadway is slowly turning into a musical-only destination.
I think both districts produce high quality (as well as crappy) commercial theatre, so this argument is rediculous. It's impossible to say which one is "better."
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Updated On: 12/28/04 at 05:27 PM
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#27re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:33pm
Exactly how many Aleve do I have to take before it kills me?
Really...I need to know.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#28re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:53pm
Twenty.
You're still safe.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#29re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:54pm
I'm off to buy another bottle!!!
Thanks, Matt!
I'm leaving you my original THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (the movie) poster.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#30re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 7:25pmGOD HELP ME DANIEL3 I WILL RELEASE MARGO CHANNING ON YOU! YOU'RE PUSHING YOUR LUCK!
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Updated On: 12/29/04 at 07:25 PM
#31re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 7:34pmI'm sad Margo hasn't posted in this thread yet. This boy needs to be shown what's what!
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#32re: BROADWAY vs WEST END
Posted: 12/28/04 at 11:14pm
where is Margo when you need him?!?!?!
*sends out telepathic messages to Margo!*
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