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Broadway may refer to:

Theatre

  • Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
  • Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Broadway (1929 film), based on the play by George Abbott and Philip Dunning
  • Broadway (1942 film), with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford

Music

Groups and labels

  • Broadway (band), an American post-hardcore band
  • Broadway (disco band), an American disco band from the 1970s
  • Broadway Records (disambiguation)

Albums

  • Broadway (album), a 1964 Johnny Mathis album released in 2012
  • Broadway, a 2011 album by Kika Edgar

Songs

  • "Broadway" (Goo Goo Dolls song), a song from the album Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
  • "Broadway" (Sébastien Tellier song), a song by Sébastien Tellier from his album Politics (2004)
  • "Broadway" (1940 song), a 1940 jazz standard by Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae and Henri Woode
  • "Broadway", song by the Clash from the album Sandinista! (1980)
  • "Broadway", a song performed by Alison Krauss on the album Now That I've Found You: A Collection (1995)
  • "Broadway", a song performed by Old 97's on their album Too Far to Care (1997)
  • "Broadway (So Many People)", a song by Low from The Great Destroyer (2005)

Other

  • Broadway Journal, magazine owned, edited, and featuring work by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Broadway (play), a 1926 play written and directed by George Abbott and Philip Dunning
  • Broadway (gargoyle), a character in the animated television series Gargoyles
  • "Broadway", a poker term for a straight from ace to 10

Businesses and organizations

Australia

  • Broadway on the Mall, Brisbane, a former shopping centre, Queensland
  • Broadway Shopping Centre, Sydney, New South Wales

Hong Kong

  • Broadway Circuit, a cinema chain in Hong Kong
    • Broadway Cinematheque, in Hong Kong

Philippines

  • GMA Broadway Centrum, a TV studio, New Manila, Quezon City

United Kingdom

United States

  • Broadway at the Beach, shopping center and entertainment complex, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Broadway Books, publisher
  • Broadway Tower (San Antonio), a high-rise condominium tower in San Antonio, Texas
  • Broadway Video, an American multimedia company that produces Saturday Night Live
  • The Broadway, a former department store chain owned by Carter Hawley Hale Stores
  • Navy Broadway Complex, a military facility in downtown San Diego, New Mexico

People

  • "Broadway Joe", nickname for American football player Joe Namath (born 1943)
  • Broadway Jones (1898–1977), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Allan Broadway (1921–1997), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
  • Christine Broadway, Australian actress
  • Geoff Broadway (1911–1978), New Zealand former middle-distance runner
  • Lance Broadway (born 1983), American actor and former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Remi Broadway (born 1978), Australian actor
  • Rod Broadway (born 1955), American football coach
  • Shane Broadway (born 1972), American politician
  • Tony Broadway, a ring name of an American professional wrestler James Maritato (born 1972)
  • Broadway Rose, nickname of several members of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Places

Municipalities

Canada

  • Broadway (electoral district), Manitoba
  • Broadway, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

  • Broadway, London, City of Westminster, England
  • Broadway, Somerset, England
  • Broadway, The Havens, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  • Broadway, Worcestershire, England
  • Broadwey, Weymouth, England

United States

Other places

  • Broadway, New South Wales (Upper Lachlan), Australia
  • Broadway, County Wexford, Ireland
  • Broadway, Durban, South Africa

Roads

Canada

  • Broadway Avenue (Saskatoon), Saskatchewan
  • Broadway (Vancouver), British Columbia
  • Broadway (Winnipeg), Manitoba, Canada

United States

New York City
  • Broadway (Brooklyn)
  • Broadway (Manhattan), continuing into the Bronx and Westchester County
  • Broadway (Queens)
Elsewhere in U.S.

Other countries

  • Broadway, Chennai, India
  • Broadway, Kochi, India
  • Broadway, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England
  • Broadway, Newmarket, New Zealand
  • Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Broadway Market, Hackney, London, England

Transport

New York City lines and stations

  • BMT Broadway Line, a New York City Subway line
  • BMT Jamaica Line, also known as the Broadway Line, a New York City Subway line
  • Broadway (IND Crosstown Line), a subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • Broadway (BMT Astoria Line), a subway station in Queens
  • Broadway (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a disused New York City Subway station
  • Broadway (LIRR station), a commuter rail station, Flushing, Queens
  • Broadway Junction (New York City Subway), a subway station complex, Brooklyn
  • IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, a New York City Subway line

Other uses in transport

  • Broadway (cyclecar), a British 4-wheeled cyclecar made only in 1913
  • Broadway station (MBTA), a subway station in South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Broadway (NJT station), an NJ Transit train station on the Bergen County Line located in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
  • Broadway (PATCO station), a station in the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, New Jersey
  • Broadway (Sacramento RT), a light rail station in Sacramento, California, U.S.
  • Broadway Limited, a former Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train between New York City and Chicago, U.S.
  • Broadway railway station, a former Great Western Railway station under reconstruction, Worcestershire, England
  • Broadway station (Caltrain) in Burlingame, California, U.S.
  • Broadway station (Detroit), a Detroit People Mover station in downtown Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
  • Broadway (Chennai), a bus terminus in India
  • HMS Broadway, a ship of the British Royal Navy
  • Ealing Broadway station, a London Underground and National Rail station
  • Fulham Broadway tube station, a London Underground station
  • Tooting Broadway tube station, a London Underground station
  • Renault Broadway, versions of the Renault 9 car
  • Broadway Subway Project, an under-construction extension of the Millennium Line in Vancouver, Canada

Other uses

  • Broadway (microprocessor), code name of a computer chip in Nintendo's Wii gaming console
  • Broadway (typeface), a decorative typeface
  • Broadway, GTK+ computer software

See also

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