Broadway. The destination for all the young actors and the home for all the legends. I know that Broadway is one of my favorite places to be. The bright lights, the sounds, the music, the drama, the acting, it all blows my mind. Currently, some of the new shows on Broadway are: A Little Night Music, Memphis, Ragtime, Finians Rainbow, and Bye Bye Birdie. Some of the classical shows still running on Broadway are: The Lion King, Chicago, West Side Story, Wicked, and Mary Poppins. The process for choosing a Broadway show, in my opinion, is very difficult. First you have to choose the show you want to see. If you don’t have a show picked out that you are dying to see, it makes your life so much harder. I can remember, this year for my birthday, my parents said they would take me to see a show. The problem was, there was nothing on Broadway that really sparked my interest. The past three years, I had had my passion shows (Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Chicago). I went online and looked at the reviews. I had noticed that West Side Story had had decent reviews so I decided to go online and watch some videos on youtube. I saw the Tony Awards video and thought, “Eh, Why not?” So that was the show I chose. Next I had to find the tickets. Now of course, you can go to the show’s website and buy tickets, but I have found that you can find discount tickets online at sites such as Cheapseats.com, Etickets.com, or Discounttickets.com. I was able to find $45 seats. They were in the very last row of the balcony, it doesn’t matter. You can see and hear just fine from the balcony. There are always new shows every year. Shows open and shows close so that newer shows can go on Broadway. Recently, Young Frankenstein closed because it wasn’t received as well as the Producers, which holds the records for the most Tony Awards won. It won 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical. I think my favorite show that I have ever seen on Broadway was Chicago. Chicago was the first musical that I saw that wasn’t Disney or A Year With Frog And Toad with my school chorus. I took a trip with my family and for my birthday, they bought me tickets to see Chicago with Brooke Shields. Chicago is the reason I do theater. Ever since I saw that show, I knew that that is what I wanted to do. Some of the shows that have been running the longest are: Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Perfect Crime, and Cats. Unfortunatly, I have noticed that Broadway has been getting more commercial. The number of shows that are originals have decrease. A lot of the shows on Broadway now are based on movies. I can’t help but think, “Get an original thought people!” I am not saying that these shows are bad, but some of the best shows of our time have been original ideas. Legally Blonde: The Musical, didn’t stand a chance to win Best Musical.
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