IMeya yeNew York City uMichael R. Bloomberg, umqondisi omkhulu weBroadway League uCharlotte St. Martin, umongameli weTimes Square Alliance uTim Tompkins, umphathi we-NYC & Inkampani uGeorge Fertitta kanye nenqwaba yezinkanyezi zeBroadway, kubandakanya uJohn Stamos noMichael McKean, namuhla baqale umdlalo Isizini ka-2009-2010 Broadway e- "Broadway on Broadway 2009," ikhonsathi yomphakathi yamahhala, yonyaka e-Times Square. Imibukiso emisha engaphezu kwamashumi amabili kulindeleke ukuthi ivulwe ngasekupheleni konyaka, kulandela isizini ephumelele kakhulu kaBroadway nyakenye, ngokuthengiswa kwamathikithi okurekhoda kanye nenani eliphakeme kakhulu lokuvulwa kombukiso eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-25. Ngonyaka odlule, iDolobha laqinisa ukwenyusa kwalo iBroadway, layigqamisa emikhankasweni yezinhlelo zokuhweba zamazwe omhlaba kanye nangamahhovisi e-NYC & Company ayi-18 emhlabeni jikelele, kusungulwa izaphulelo njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-NYC: The Real Deal program, nokwakha izikhangiso ezintsha zendawo ama-taxicabs, emabhanela emigwaqo nasemigwaqweni yamabhasi. I-Broadway ku-Broadway, ekhishwe yi-The Broadway League ne-Times Square Alliance, iyingxenye yeNyanga ye-Back2Broadway, egqamisa isizini entsha ngemicimbi yamahhala, ukunikezwa kwamathikithi akhethekile, amadili amahle okudlela, imisebenzi yokusebenzisana nokuningi.
“INew York City yaziwa njengenye yezinhloko-dolobha zamasiko amakhulu emhlabeni, futhi asikho isizathu esikhulu ukwedlula ubukhazikhazi nobungqabavu beBroadway,” kusho iMeya Bloomberg. “IBroadway ingumshayeli omkhulu womkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha, kanti ngonyaka odlule - lapho ubuhlakani obujwayelekile bekungathi buzohlupheka ngenxa yokwehla komnotho kuzwelonke - sithathe izinyathelo eziningi zokuyithuthukisa futhi sigcine lokho kungenzeki. Akugcinanga ngokuthi iBroadway igweme ukulahlekelwa, ibinonyaka wayo omuhle njalo, futhi kule sizini kubukeka kungenye impumelelo. Lokho kungubufakazi bokwesekwa okukhulu kwe-The Broadway League, i-Times Square Alliance ne-NYC & Company, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, kubungqabavu beNew York City kanye nokusungula okuhlala njalo kwabantu baseNew York. ”
“Ukuthola imidlalo yeshashalazi bukhoma kuhlale kungumlingo. Lapho ingemuva limangalisa njengokuhlelwa kweTimes Square, iBroadway ku-Broadway yinto eyodwa abalandeli abalangazelela ukuyithokozela minyaka yonke, ”kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Broadway League uCharlotte St. Martin. “Kuhlale kuyisikhathi esihle sokubona uhlelo lweBroadway. Izihlalo ezinkulu kulula ukuzithenga futhi ziyatholakala kuzo zonke izindawo zamanani - akukaze kube yisikhathi esingcono sokubona imibukiso eminingi emisha nemidlalo yeshashalazi edlala isikhathi eside nomculo. Ngamadili akhethekile emibukiso nezindawo zokudlela, iBroadway iyatholakala kubo bonke abantu baseNew York, futhi imicimbi ephoqelelayo ehlelelwe u-Septhemba wonke kule nyanga entsha ye-Back2Broadway inikeza izizathu ezengeziwe zokuza eBroadway. ”
"I-Broadway ne-Times Square ibhekene nonyaka ofanele ukuhalalisela," kusho uMongameli we-Times Square Alliance u-Tim Tompkins. “Rekhoda ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi, inani eliphakeme kakhulu lemidlalo emisha evulwa eminyakeni engu-25 nokuvulwa kweplaza yabahamba ngezinyawo edumile. Lezi yizizathu zokubungaza. Siyajabula ukuletha amashumi ezinkulungwane zabalandeli umuzwa we-Broadway mahhala enhliziyweni ye-Times Square. I-Broadway on Broadway izoqala isizini yeshashalazi ka-2009-2010 ngendlela encomekayo.”
“Ukuvakashela eNew York City akuphelele ngaphandle kokubona uhlelo lweBroadway — njengoba kuqala isizini entsha, asikaze sibe khona isikhathi esingcono sokubona nokuzwa uhlelo olusha noma ukuthatha omunye wemisebenzi emisha yeBack2Broadway ehlelelwe le nyanga, ”Kusho uGeorge Fertitta, isikhulu esiphezulu se-NYC & Company.
Kuze kube manje, imibukiso elandelayo ihlelelwe ukuvulwa ngesizini ka-2009-2010, okulindeleke kakhulu ukuthi kumenyezelwe. Imvula Engagungqi, Umndeni wakwa-Addams, Ngemuva KukaMiss Julie, A Behanding eSpokane, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Burn the Floor, Bye Bye Birdie, Izindaba Eziqoqiwe, Fela, Uthingo Lwe-Finian, Hamlet, Egumbini Elilandelayo, La Cage Aux Folles, Memphis, Oleanna, Present Laughter, Race, Ragtime, The Royal Family, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Superior Donuts, Isikhathi Sima Namanje, Nokuphuza Okufisayo.
IBroadway ku-Broadway 2009 isingathwe nguMichael McKean, inkanyezi yomdlalo weBroadway olandelayo uSuperior Donuts, futhi wethulwa yiBuick LaCrosse ne-Continental Airlines ka-2010. Umcimbi uzokhombisa amakhulu wabaculi emidlalweni ye-Broadway. Imininingwane nokufakwa kuhlu kwemicimbi yeNyanga ye-Back2Broadway kungatholakala ku-www.ilovenytheater.com
I-Broadway inikela ngo-$5.1 billion emnothweni weDolobha laseNew York futhi isekela imisebenzi yasendaweni engu-44,000. Isizini ka-2008-09 bekuyisizini ye-Broadway enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni ngokuvuleka kwemibukiso engama-43, amathikithi ayizigidi eziyi-12.15 athengiswe kanye nemali engenayo engaphezu kuka-$943 million. Amathikithi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha adayiselwe izivakashi ezize eDolobheni laseNew York noma zanweba uhambo lwazo ngokukhethekile ukuze zithamele umbukiso we-Broadway.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “A visit to New York City is not complete without seeing a Broadway show—as the new season gets under way, there's never been a better time to see and experience a new show or take in one of the new Back2Broadway activities planned this month,” said George Fertitta, CEO of NYC &.
- When the background is as spectacular as the iconic setting of Times Square, Broadway on Broadway is a singular sensation that fans look forward to enjoying every year,” said The Broadway League Executive Director Charlotte St.
- “Broadway is an enormous driver of our tourism industry, and last year – when the conventional wisdom was that it would suffer due to the national economic downturn – we took a number of new steps to promote it to and keep that from happening.
