Broadway shows

Manhattan stage productions

Broadway shows are theatrical productions staged in the large professional theaters of New York City's Broadway district.

The term suggests big-budget musicals and plays with elaborate staging, professional casts, and high ticket prices: We saw three Broadway shows on our trip to New York.

Off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway refer to smaller, less commercial productions.

Opposites
theatrical venue/prestige

Broadway showscommunity theater

Local nonprofessional stage productions

fringe theater · amateur theater · amateur dramatics · school plays · regional theater

medium of performance

Broadway showsmovies

Feature-length filmed entertainment

cinema · television series · streaming content · radio dramas · podcasts

cultural register

Broadway showsreality television

Programming featuring non-actors

county fairs · demolition derbies

Family

show, Broadway

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G