The co-founders of the new Museum of Broadway insist their labor of love is for anyone who has ever seen a show or wanted to.
The founders of the Museum Of Broadway in NYC designed it for anyone interested in its history with a social focus on the American musical. Sandy Kenyon has the story.It is hard to believe, but more than 100 years after the theater district moved to Midtown, there's been no museum devoted to Broadway -- until now.
All of this came together thanks to two friends from college who stayed in close touch after their graduation from USC in 2004. "It's crazy to think it never has existed before, you know, it's a bit of a hidden obvious," said Boardman, who came up with the idea. "New York is synonymous with Broadway is synonymous with New York City.""We really wanted to make sure that people were going to have a good time when they come here," Nicoletti said. "Making sure that while they were having that fun, they were learning as they were going through it.
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