The Heart Of New York

New York Broadway shows have found a revitalized return with
sold out seating and excellent attendance. Huge hits such as The
Odd Couple, Wicked and Monty Python's Spamalot all attracting
new audiences into the theater scene to see what all the rave is
about. Many point to such original masterpieces as Rent and
Avenue Q for the turnaround on Broadway and the high ticket
grosses, other might say the advertising and marketing are the
source of the new trend. With Oprah now in a full swing PR move
to get theater go'ers to see The Color Purple and Andrew Lloyd
Webber's new much anticipated The woman In White, it seems New
York's theater district is in a full push forward with no stop
in sight.

Original playwrights and musical scores seem to be what has many
returning to Broadway and what also has the awards such as the
Tony's in a buzz. People have fallen in love with Avenue Q, for
example, the wild idea of mixing people and puppets together and
dive into the characters so deeply has been exepted as a great
fresh idea, from the sound of the production one might think the
show is a funny cute "childish" affair, but Avenue Q is much
more then this, as it goes deep into these puppets lives, with
such topics as sexual identity crisis and Internet junkies.

The big headliners and large production are doing extremely well
on Broadway right now, but it is without doubt the smaller,
originals which have sparked the draw of audiences back to the
theater to see what all the critical buzz is about. So while New
York thrives again on it's arts and culture which continue to be
the heart of the city the theater district is once again making
it's statement that the streets of Broadway are more then just
the pulse of New York entertainment, it just might be the heart
of it all.