New York City

=== Theater ===
{{Further|Broadway theatre|Theater District, Manhattan}}
[[File:Broadway Theaters 45th Street Night.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The [[John Golden Theatre|Golden]]; [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Jacobs]]; [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Schoenfeld]]; and [[Booth Theatre|Booth]] theatres in [[Theater District, Manhattan|Theater District]]]]
The central [[Theater District, Manhattan|hub of the American theater scene is Manhattan]], with its divisions of [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[off-Broadway]], and [[off-off-Broadway]].<ref name="LondréWatermeier1998">{{cite book| first1 = Felicia Hardison | last1 = Londré| first2 = Daniel J.| last2 = Watermeier| date = 1998| title = The History of North American Theater: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present| publisher = Continuum| pages =| isbn = 978-0-8264-1079-5| oclc = 1024855967}}</ref> Many movie and television [[Celebrity|stars]] have gotten their big break working in New York productions.<ref>Stephen Watt, and Gary A. Richardson, ''American Drama: Colonial to Contemporary'' (1994).</ref>

Broadway theatre is one of the premier forms of English-language theatre in the world, named after [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], the major thoroughfare that crosses Times Square,<ref>{{cite news |last = Welsh |first = Anne Marie |date = June 6, 2004 |title = 2 plays + 9 nominations = good odds for locals |newspaper = [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |url = http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040606-9999-1a6tony.html |url-status = dead |access-date = September 1, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081005110339/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040606-9999-1a6tony.html |archive-date = October 5, 2008 }}</ref> sometimes referred to as "[[The Great White Way]]."<ref>{{cite web |last = McBeth |first = VR |url = http://timessquare.com/NYC__/Times_Square_History/The_Great_White_Way/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110504160457/http://timessquare.com/NYC__/Times_Square_History/The_Great_White_Way/ |title = The Great White Way |website = TimesSquare.com |quote = Coined in 1901 by O.J. Gude, the designer of many prominent advertising displays, to describe the new light show that beckoned along Broadway, The Great White Way is a phrase known worldwide to describe Broadway's profusion of theaters in Times Square. |archive-date = May 4, 2011 |date = September 25, 2006 |access-date = December 4, 2021 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Tell |first = Darcy |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NwaLWFSG3rcC&pg=PA41 |title = Times Square Spectacular: Lighting Up Broadway|publisher = [[HarperCollins]] |year = 2007 |isbn = 978-0-0608-8433-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Allen |first = Irving Lewis |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA59 |title = The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech |publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] |year = 1995 |quote = By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world. |isbn = 978-0-1953-5776-9 }}</ref>

[[List of Broadway theaters|Forty-one venues]] mostly in Midtown Manhattan's [[Theatre District, Manhattan|Theatre District]], each with at least 500 seats, are classified as Broadway theatres.<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/broadway-theatres Learn about the 41 theatres on Broadway.], ''[[Playbill]]''. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref> The 2018–19 Broadway theatre season set records with total attendance of 14.8&nbsp;million and gross revenue of $1.83&nbsp;billion<ref>[https://www.broadwayleague.com/press/press-releases/2018-2019-broadway-end-of-season-statistics/ "2018 – 2019 Broadway End-of-Season Statistics"], [[The Broadway League]], May 28, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2022.</ref> Recovering from closures forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022–23 revenues rebounded to $1.58&nbsp;billion with total attendance of 12.3&nbsp;million.<ref>[https://www.broadwayleague.com/press/press-releases/20222023-broadway-end-of-season-statistics-show-that-broadway-had-attendance-of-123-million-and-grosses-of-158-billion/ "2022–2023 Broadway End-Of-Season Statistics Show That Broadway Had Attendance Of 12.3 Million And Grosses Of $1.58 Billion"], [[The Broadway League]], press release dated May 23, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024. "The Broadway League has released statistics for the 2022-2023 season, which began on May 23, 2022, and ended on May 21, 2023. In the first full season since Broadway returned from the COVID-19 pandemic closure, Broadway reached a total attendance of 12,283,399 and generated $1,577,586,897 in grosses."</ref><ref>[https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/statistics-broadway-nyc/ Broadway Season Statistics], [[The Broadway League]]. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref>

The [[Tony Awards]] recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre and are presented at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances at the 41 eligible Broadway venues.<ref>[https://www.tonyawards.com/about/faq/ Frequently Asked Questions], [[Tony Awards]]. Accessed January 15, 2024. "Only Broadway productions that open in designated Broadway theatres in Manhattan are eligible for Tonys."</ref> One is also given for [[Regional theatre in the United States|regional theatre]]. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are given as well, including a [[Special Tony Award]], the [[Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre]], and the [[Isabelle Stevenson Award]].<ref>Staff (undated).  [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/index.html "Who's Who"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223002914/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/index.html |date=December 23, 2016 }}. tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.</ref>