Broadway is a special kind of theater in New York City. There are 41 big theaters in a place called the Theater District, near a famous place called Times Square. Broadway shows are very famous and together with London's West End, they are the best kind of English theater you can see.
Some of the theaters are right on a street also called Broadway, but most are on other streets nearby. Big shows with lots of seats (500 or more) are called Broadway shows. Smaller shows are called off-Broadway, and the smallest shows with fewer than 100 seats are called off-off-Broadway. These smaller shows can be more unusual and not always in regular theaters.
Lots of people come from all over the world to see Broadway shows. In the 2018-2019 season, nearly 15 million people came to watch, and the shows made a lot of money. There's even a museum about Broadway that tells the story of how it started and why it's important to New York City.
Broadway is very famous for musicals, where actors sing and dance as part of the story. These musicals can be very big and exciting shows. Broadway has a long history and has made a big impact on theater all over the world.
Journalism is about making and sharing news stories about what happens in the world. These stories can be about many things like events, facts, ideas, or people. The word "journalism" also means the job of making news stories, how the news is collected, and how it is written.
Every country has different ideas about journalism. In some places, the government controls the news, but in other places, the news is free from the government and is run by businesses. There are also different rules in each country about what can be said in the news.
Nowadays, people use the Internet and smartphones a lot to read the news. This has changed the way we get our news. More people read news on electronic devices like phones and less people read newspapers and magazines. News companies are trying to make money from their online news.
In the United States, news can be made by big companies or just by one person, like a blogger. Bloggers who talk about things they got for free have to tell their readers they got them for free. This is so that readers know the blogger is being honest. Big, trustworthy news companies in the US have groups of people who decide what news to share.
Movies sometimes come from plays. This means that the story was first shown on a stage, with actors performing live, and then it was made into a movie. Many of these movies have won special awards for being the best movie of the year.
Some movies that used to be plays and won the best movie award are:
- "Grand Hotel" in 1932, which was a story in a book before a play.
- "You Can't Take It with You" in 1938.
- "Casablanca" in 1943, which was also from a play called "Everybody Comes to Rick's."
- "Hamlet" in 1948.
- "My Fair Lady" in 1964.
- "The Sound of Music" in 1965.
- "Oliver!" in 1968.
- "Chicago" in 2002.
- "Moonlight" in 2016, from a play that wasn't published.
Some actors and actresses have also won awards when they acted in a movie just like they did in a play. These awards are very important for acting.
Here are some people who won an award for acting both in a play and the movie made from it:
- George Arliss in "Disraeli."
- Laurence Olivier in "Hamlet."
- Judy Holliday in "Born Yesterday."
- Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
- Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, and Rita Moreno in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
- Yul Brynner in "The King and I."
- Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in "The Miracle Worker."
- Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady."
- Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey in "Cabaret."
- Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl."
These actors and actresses did a great job acting, and people liked their work very much.