百老汇（Broadway and off Broadway）

百老汇剧院（Broadway Theatre），简称百老汇，是纽约市曼哈顿中城百老汇沿线剧院区以及林肯中心众多专业剧院的戏剧表演中心。 百老汇代表了美国英语世界现场音乐剧的最高水平。 百老汇区包括所有外百老汇的前卫剧院，是纽约市著名的旅游景点。

关于在百老汇演出的音乐剧， 历史学家马丁·谢夫特认为，“‘百老汇音乐剧’在罗杰斯和汉默斯坦的作品中达到顶峰，成为美国流行文化中具有巨大影响力的艺术形式”，并为纽约市成为世界音乐剧之都做出了贡献。位于西 45 街的百老汇博物馆于2022 年 11 月向公众开放，成为第一家记录百老汇剧院的历史和经验及其对曼哈顿中城和时代广场的深远影响的博物馆。

百老汇大道与该地区同名，并且与时代广场相连，但只有三个剧院位于百老汇大道，即百老汇剧院、皇宫剧院和冬季花园剧院。“百老汇剧院”一词通常是指可容纳至少 500 人的场所，向百老汇大道以外延伸的小剧院被称为“外百老汇”。如今，无论其位置如何，少于 100 个座位的小场馆被称为“外百老汇”，或者“外外百老汇”。

Broadway theater, or Broadway, is a center for theatrical performances performed in the Theater District along Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and at the many professional theaters at Lincoln Center. Broadway represents the highest level of live musicals in the English-speaking world of the United States. The Broadway District, including all the avant-garde theaters of Off-Broadway, is a famous tourist attraction in New York City.

Regarding musicals performed on Broadway, historian Martin Schefter believes that "'Broadway musicals' reached their peak in the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein and became a hugely influential art form in American popular culture", and contributed to New York City becoming the musical theater capital of the world. The Broadway Museum on West 45th Street opens to the public in November 2022, becoming the first museum to document the history and experience of Broadway theater and its profound impact on Midtown Manhattan and Times Square.

Broadway is the area's namesake and connects to Times Square, but only three theaters are located on Broadway, the Broadway Theatre, the Palace Theater and the Winter Garden Theatre. The term "Broadway theater" generally refers to a venue that seats at least 500 people, with smaller theaters extending off Broadway known as "Off-Broadway." Today, small venues with fewer than 100 seats, regardless of their location, are known as "Off-Broadway," or "Off-Off Broadway."

 

说到百老汇，我第一次是从广播电台70年代【申葆青的英语讲座】中听到详细讲解关于百老汇剧场街，还知道了有off ,off off Broadway等音乐城的构成。常年以来，虽然没有艺术细胞还要为生活疲于拼搏，但对百老汇艺术一直抱有兴趣。那时因为时代和地缘的局限，那是可望而不可及的事情。

半退休以后，有了机会。我先后因志愿者工作途经纽约，我的目标就是想去大都会博物馆和百老汇。第一次是在2018年和几位朋友同行，照顾大家的意愿，分别参观了著名的旅游点还顺带给女儿买了Tiffany的礼物。承蒙朋友的友人事前为我们订购了入场券，有幸欣赏了音乐剧【The Phantom of the Opera】。位置极好，那冲破天花板的歌声的震撼，退场后也久久挥之不去，出来时想想今后什么歌也不是“声”了（笑）。

同行的朋友和TA们住在纽约的朋友们，感谢素不相识的TA们

 

第二次2019年如愿以偿地参观了大都会博物馆，整整2天都沉浸在那艺术历史的大海洋。还专门独自冒险晚上在小剧场观看了【说笑剧】，我的英语水平，理解有限，但表演者与观众的有趣互动，风趣问答的表演方式印象极深。

 

2019年的纽约还很安全，独自穿过中央公园，散场以后的百老汇，草坪上的人们还向我微笑招手