This document provides information about Broadway shows, including a list of popular shows, details about some individual shows like The Lion King, Jersey Boys, and Wicked, and Broadway terms. It also includes hours and location for the Times Square Discount ticket booth.
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2. Broadway Shows
• Lion King • Jersey Boys
• Book of Mormon • MaryPoppins
• Hairspray • Sister Act
• RENT • War Horse
• Mama Mia • Phantom of the
• Chicago Opera
• Spiderman • Wicked
4. Information
Hours:
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday
3-8pm
Location:
Located “under the red
Steps” in Father Duffy
Square
On Broadway and 47th
Street
5. History
• Theatre in New York moved from downtown
gradually to midtown beginning around 1850
• In 1870, the heart of Broadway was in Union
Square, and by the end of the century, many
theatres were near Madison Square
• Theatres did not arrive in the Times Square area
until the early 1900s, and the Broadway theatres
did not consolidate there until a large number of
theatres were built around the square in the 1920s
and 1930s
6. Jersey Boys
• The story dramatizes
the forming, rise and
eventual break-up of
the original four
members of The Four
Seasons. The musical
is separated into four
"seasons", each
narrated by a different
member of the band.
8. The Lion King
• Good lion (Mufassa)
vs. bad lion (Scar)
• Mufassa dies
• Simba, Mufassa’s son
will become the king
• Mufassa is jealous
• Okay, you guys know
this story so I wont
explain it anymore….
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11. Mama Mia
• The story of a
bride-to-be trying
to find her real
father told using hit
songs by the
popular '70s group
ABBA.
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13. Wicked
• Wicked explores the concept that the Wicked
Witch of the West, here known as Elphaba, is
a misunderstood, victimized person whose
behavior is merely a reaction against the
Wizard’s corrupt government
• It also displays her relationship with the
beautiful and ambitious Galinda Upland, who
ultimately becomes Glinda the Good Witch of
the North
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15. Broadway Idioms
• Break A Leg: A superstitious way to say
'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but
rather the opposite
• Cut to the Chase: Leave out all the
unnecessary details and just get to the
point.
• Knock On Wood: Knuckle tapping on
wood in order to avoid some bad luck.