Streetwize: Broadway Song And Dance

Ask anyone what they think of when they think of Broadway, and they’ll likely tell you they imagine a chorus line of singers dancing, wearing extravagant costumes, and belting out a magnificent closing number.

Broadway, in the heart of New York City, New York, has become synonymous with the theatre. The "Great White Way", as it used to be called, has a history that’s filled with as much drama as the shows that occupy this street’s many stages.

Source: Wikipedia

Broadway was originally a trail carved out by Native Americans when Manhattan was nothing but brush. Now, several years later, the island's main thoroughfare is a bustling artery cutting directly through the island. The route itself is thirty-three miles long and reaches from Battery Park in the downtown Financial District at its southernmost point all the way north to the village of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. The theatre district of New York found its home on Broadway between 42nd Street and 53rd Street; new plays and musicals continue to open and close to throngs of patrons every season.

After seeing a show, you can walk down Broadway and stop into an authentic kosher New York Deli named Mr. Broadway. This restaurant started out In the late '60s as a dairy restaurant and bakery, named "R. Gross" after its founder. Today the "modern kosher bar and grill" (as its website says) at 1372 Broadway has food from pastrami sandwiches to shawarma to short rib tacos.

So next time you find yourself in the Big Apple, be sure to take a stroll down Broadway, keeping in mind all the history and culture that’s literally under your feet!

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