Breaking Down Theater Genres: Key Differences Between Plays, Musicals, Operas, and Operettas
by Sidney Paterra - Mar 4, 2025
Let's break down the definitions of musicals, plays, plays with music, operas, rock operas, operettas, ballets, revues, variety shows, pantomimes, concerts, cabarets, immersive theatre, and experimental theatre.
LES MISERABLES 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT & More Added to BroadwayHD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 21, 2021
Kicking off the month on January 1st is the 1945 musical comedy film Ziegfeld Follies, featuring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Lena Horne and more. The How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying film, based on the musical of the same name, is set to debut on January 4th.
Fun Facts About All 41 Broadway Theatres
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2019
What makes a Broadway theatre? Technically any venue with 500 seats or more, located along Broadway in New York City's Theatre District is a Broadway theatre, and the art that is produced in these special places is widely considered the highest form of theatrical entertainment in the world. Today, forty-one theatres are technically Broadway houses, each with their own rich history. Below, we're giving you the scoop on the life of every one of them!
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts Artistic Producer Evan Leslie on the Ziegfeld Club
by NYPL for the Performing Arts - Nov 20, 2014
BroadwayWorld.com continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, and resources. Below, check out a piece by Evan Leslie (Artistic Producer for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts) on the Ziegfeld Club: