The Bowery Boys: New York City History — Rewind: The Birth of the Broadway Musical

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Rewind: The Birth of the Broadway Musical

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

The Broadway musical is one of New York City's greatest inventions, over 160 years in the making! It's one of the truly American art forms, fueling one of the city's most vibrant entertainment businesses and defining its most popular tourist attraction -- Times Square. But why Broadway, exactly? Why not the Bowery or…

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