Hoʻokipa ʻo New York City i ka manawa Broadway hou ma hope o "makahiki lanakila loa"

ʻO ka Luna Nui o New York City Michael R. Bloomberg, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Broadway League ʻo Charlotte St. Martin, ka pelekikena o Times Square Alliance ʻo Tim Tompkins, NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta a me ka lehulehu o nā hōkū Broadway, me John Stamos lāua ʻo Michael McKean, i kēia lā i hoʻomaka i ka 2009-2010 Broadway season ma “Broadway on Broadway 2009,” he ʻahamele lehulehu manuahi makahiki ma Times Square. ʻOi aku ma mua o iwakālua mau hōʻikeʻike hou e manaʻo ʻia e wehe ʻia ma ka hopena o ka makahiki, ma hope o ke kau kūleʻa loa o Broadway i ka makahiki i hala, me ka kūʻai ʻana i nā tiketi moʻolelo a me ka helu kiʻekiʻe o nā wehe hōʻike ma mua o 25 mau makahiki. I ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻoikaika ke kūlanakauhale i kāna hoʻolaha ʻana iā Broadway, e hōʻike ana iā ia i nā hoʻolaha ma nā hōʻike kālepa huakaʻi huakaʻi honua a ma o nā keʻena 18 o NYC & Company a puni ka honua, e hoʻokumu ana i nā uku ma ke ʻano o ka papahana NYC: The Real Deal, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hoʻolaha kūloko hou ma. nā kaʻa kaʻa, ma nā pou kia alanui a ma nā hale hoʻomaha kaʻa. ʻO Broadway ma Broadway, i hana ʻia e The Broadway League a me Times Square Alliance, he ʻāpana ia o Back2Broadway Month, e hōʻike ana i ka manawa hou me nā hanana manuahi, nā hāʻawi tiketi kūikawā, nā makana ʻai nui, nā hana pili a me nā mea hou aku.

"Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo New York City ʻo ia kekahi o nā poʻokela moʻomeheu nui o ka honua, a ʻaʻohe kumu nui aʻe ma mua o ka nani o Broadway," wahi a Meia Bloomberg. "He mea hoʻokele nui ʻo Broadway i kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a i ka makahiki i hala - i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka naʻauao maʻamau e pōʻino ai ia ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ke aupuni - ua hana mākou i kekahi mau hana hou e hoʻolaha ai a mālama ʻole i kēlā. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Broadway i pale aku i nā poho, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka makahiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ʻo kēia kau ke ʻano he kūleʻa ʻē aʻe. He hōʻike ia i ka manaʻo nui o The Broadway League, ka Times Square Alliance a me NYC & Company, akā ʻo ka mea nui loa, i ke ola o New York City a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o New Yorkers.

“He mea kupanaha ka ʻike ʻana i ka hale keaka ola. I ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai ke ʻano e like me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o Times Square, ʻo Broadway ma Broadway kahi manaʻo hoʻokahi e manaʻo nui ʻia e ka poʻe pā e leʻaleʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, "wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Broadway League ʻo Charlotte St. Martin. “He manawa kūpono loa ia e ʻike ai i kahi hōʻike Broadway. He maʻalahi ke kūʻai a loaʻa nā noho maikaʻi ma kēlā me kēia wahi kumu kūʻai - ʻaʻole ia he manawa maikaʻi loa e ʻike i nā hōʻike hou he nui a me nā pāʻani hoʻokani lōʻihi a me nā mele. Me nā makana kūikawā no nā hōʻikeʻike a me nā hale ʻaina, hiki ke loaʻa ʻo Broadway no nā poʻe New York a pau, a ʻo nā hanana koʻikoʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia a puni ʻo Kepakemapa i ka mahina Back2Broadway hou e hāʻawi i nā kumu hou aʻe e hele mai i Broadway.

"Ke ʻike nei ʻo Broadway a me Times Square i hoʻokahi makahiki e pono ai ke kū ʻana," wahi a ka Pelekikena Times Square Alliance ʻo Tim Tompkins. "E hoʻopaʻa i nā kūʻai kūʻai tiketi, ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o nā wehe hōʻikeʻike hou i 25 mau makahiki a me ka wehe ʻana o ka plaza pedestrian kaulana. He mau kumu maoli kēia no ka hoʻolauleʻa. Hauʻoli mākou i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻumi tausani o nā mea pā i ka ʻike Broadway no ka manuahi ma ka puʻuwai o Times Square. E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Broadway ma Broadway i ka manawa keaka 2009-2010 ma ke ʻano nui.

“ʻAʻole i pau ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i New York City me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i kahi hōʻike Broadway-i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ke kau hou, ʻaʻohe manawa maikaʻi loa e ʻike a ʻike i kahi hōʻike hou a i ʻole e lawe i kekahi o nā hana hou Back2Broadway i hoʻolālā ʻia i kēia mahina. ” wahi a George Fertitta, Luna Nui o NYC & Company.

I kēia lā, ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā hōʻike ma lalo nei e wehe i ka wā 2009-2010, me ka manaʻo nui e hoʻolaha. He Ua Paʻa, ʻO ka ʻohana Addams, Ma hope o Miss Julie, He Behanding ma Spokane, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Burn the Floor, Bye Bye Birdie, Nā moʻolelo i hōʻiliʻili ʻia, Fela, Finian's Rainbow, Hamlet, In the Next Room, La Cage Aux ʻO Folles, Memphis, ʻOleanna, ʻakaʻaka i kēia manawa, Lahui, Ragtime, ʻOhana Aliʻi, Spider-Man: Hoʻopau i ka pōʻeleʻele, nā donuts kiʻekiʻe, kū mālie ka manawa, a me ka inu makemake.

Hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo Broadway ma Broadway 2009 e Michael McKean, ka hōkū o ka Broadway pāʻani Superior Donuts, a hōʻike ʻia e ka 2010 Buick LaCrosse a me Continental Airlines. E hōʻike ka hanana i nā haneli o nā mea hoʻokani mai nā hōʻike Broadway. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā ʻike a me nā papa inoa hanana o Back2Broadway Month ma www.ilovenytheater.com .

Hāʻawi ʻo Broadway i $5.1 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o New York City a kākoʻo i 44,000 mau hana kūloko. ʻO ka makahiki 2008-09 ka manawa Broadway nui loa ma ka mōʻaukala me 43 mau wehe hōʻike, 12.15 miliona mau tiketi i kūʻai ʻia a ʻoi aku ma mua o $943 miliona i nā loaʻa kālā. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻeono miliona mau tiketi i kūʻai ʻia i nā malihini i hele mai i New York City a i ʻole i hoʻolōʻihi i kā lākou huakaʻi e hele i kahi hōʻike Broadway.