@The Broadway League : Broadway (often) refers to the 39 large theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District of Manhattan. The shows that reach Broadway and thrive there have historically been perceived as generally mainstream and less likely to be cutting edge than some produced Off- and Off-Off-Broadway. Broadway shows sell over one and a half billion dollars worth of tickets annually.

@Wikipedia : On Broadway is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The song was a hit for The Drifters in 1963, with a young Phil Spector playing the distinctive lead guitar solo. George Benson’s version from his 1978 album Weekend in L.A., was an even bigger hit hitting #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance.

@IMDB : : Broadway is a little-known semi-musical that grips the audience despite being handicapped with two pointless gimmicks. The first gimmick is that George Raft plays himself, when the movie recounts an episode early in his career. The second is that the story is told in flashback. Neither gimmick helps the film at all, and “Broadway” would have been better without them. (Yes, but no gimmick, no film. Right?)

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