Museum of Broadway

Museum of Broadway
(2024)

Established	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)
Location	145 West 45th Street Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′27″N 73°59′04″W / 40.75755°N 73.98434°W / 40.75755; -73.98434
Founder	Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti^[1]
Website	themuseumofbroadway.com

The Museum of Broadway, on 145 West 45th Street in Times Square,^[2] is the first permanent museum dedicated to documenting the history and experience of Broadway theatre and its profound influence upon shaping Midtown Manhattan Times Square, and New York City.^[3] The museum covers more than three hundred years of Broadway history, including costumes and props from more than 500 productions.^[4]^[5] The Museum of Broadway was founded by Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti in collaboration with Playbill, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, Goodspeed Musicals, Creative Goods, and Concord Theatricals.^[6]

Following a decade of planning for the museum as a means of bringing a new audience to Broadway amid an era of interactive museums, the museum opened on November 15, 2022.^[7] It was originally scheduled to open in 2020, but its construction and development were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] The 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m²) museum comprises three sections: The Map Room, featuring a short film that outlines the history of theater in New York and the location of the extant theatres, a two-floor Broadway timeline, and the Making of a Broadway Show.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Lunden, Jeff (November 26, 2022). "The Museum of Broadway reveals the show behind the show". NPR. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
^ Rahmanan, Anna (June 14, 2022). "Exclusive: The Museum of Broadway has an official opening date!". TimeOut. New York. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ Recker, Jane (June 17, 2022). "The First-Ever Broadway Museum Makes Its Debut". Smithsonian. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ Bahr, Sarah (November 29, 2022). "The Museum of Broadway Is Open. Here Are 10 Highlights". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ Andrew Gans; Roberto Araujo (November 17, 2022). "Watch: Go Inside the Interactive, Multi-Level Museum of Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Zornosa, Laura (August 16, 2021). "Museum of Broadway in Times Square Sets New Opening Date". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ Fierberg, Ruthie (June 22, 2023). "What it took to create the Museum of Broadway". Retrieved July 3, 2023.

External links

Official website

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West of
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Rockefeller Center	1 Rockefeller Plz 10 Rockefeller Plz 30 Rockefeller Plz 50 Rockefeller Plz 75 Rockefeller Plz 1211 6th Av 1221 6th Av 1251 6th Av 1271 6th Av British Empire Building International Building La Maison Francaise
Times Square	1 Astor Plz 1 Times Sq 3 Times Sq 4 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 20 Times Sq 229 W 43rd St 255 W 43rd St 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway 1540 Broadway 1552 Broadway 1585 Broadway TSX Broadway

East of
5th Av

Former

Theaters

Broadway theaters	Ambassador August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Neil Simon Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden
Other venues	55th Street Playhouse Carnegie Hall Ed Sullivan Theater The ImaginAsian New Victory Theater New York City Center Paris Theater Radio City Music Hall Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall York Theatre
Closed/demolished	44th Street 48th Street Apollo Center Capitol Earl Carroll Edison Embassy Fulton George M. Cohan's Loew's State Lyric New Century Olympia Roxy Strand Times Square Victoria Ziegfeld (1927) Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

Current

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Other points of interest

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Museums/ cultural centers	Austrian Cultural Forum New York Girl Scout Museum and Archives John M. Mossman Lock Museum Korean Cultural Center New York Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Broadway Museum of Modern Art New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Rose Museum Spyscape
Stores	Argosy Book Store Gotham Book Mart
Clubhouses	American Fine Arts Society The Brook Century Association Cornell Club of New York Harvard Club of New York City New York Athletic Club New York City Bar Association New York Friars Club New York Yacht Club Penn Club of New York Racquet and Tennis Club University Club of New York Women's National Republican Club Yale Club of New York City
Clubhouses (former)	Princeton Club of New York
Green spaces	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Central Park Grand Army Plaza Greenacre Park Paley Park
Educational institutions	53rd Street Library Circle in the Square Theatre School CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Saint Thomas Choir School SUNY College of Optometry
Art galleries	Galerie St. Etienne Rehs Galleries

Transportation

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street Seventh Avenue 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 49th Street 50th Street 50th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 57th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad stations	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal
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Performance venues	Palladium Times Square Sony Hall The Town Hall
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Art and sculpture	Statue of Francis P. Duffy Statue of George M. Cohan Times Square (Neuhaus) Times Square Mural
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Transportation

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Roads and streets	42nd Street Broadway Seventh Avenue Shubert Alley

History

Events and incidents	V-J Day in Times Square 2008 Times Square bombing 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt 2017 Times Square car attack 2017 New York City Subway bombing Stop Iran Rally
Defunct locations and attractions	Bond International Casino Discovery Times Square Hotel Carter Pabst Hotel Palladium Times Square Terminal Bar Unique Recording Studios
Defunct theaters	American Music Hall Astor Columbia Edison Fulton Gaiety Knickerbocker Liberty Loew's Lyric Morosco Olympia Paramount Rialto Strand Times Square Victoria

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