Broadway Theater Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
What is Broadway Theater?
A: Broadway theatre, commonly known 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.
Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent what?
A: The highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Theater District is a popular “what” in
New York City?
A: Tourist attraction.
According to The Broadway League, for the 2017–2018 seasons (which ended May 27, 2018) total attendance was how much?
A: 13,792,614 and Broadway shows had US$1,697,458,795 in grosses.
The majority of Broadway shows are what?
A: Musicals.
Historian Martin Shefter argues "'Broadway musicals,' culminating in the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, became enormously influential forms of
American popular culture" and helped make New York City what?
A: The cultural capital of the nation.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about when?
A: 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people.