Broadway: A Theatre Historian's Perspective
@article{Mcnamara2001BroadwayAT,
title={Broadway: A Theatre Historian's Perspective},
author={Brooks Mcnamara},
journal={TDR/The Drama Review},
year={2001},
volume={45},
pages={125-128}
}Theatre is a mixed bag of high, low, pop, and media. Scholars pay attention to just about everythingexcept Broadway. But what is Broadway? A district, a state of mind, a money-making machine, a style of theatre?
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