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Broadway Theatres Resource Guide

  • Identifier: Internet Broadway Database Venue ID
  • Title: Current name of the Theatre
    • Controlled vocabulary: Getty Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
  • Alternative Title: Fomerly Known As - any official previous names of the Theatre
  • Description: Incluces the history of the theatre (including cost to build if available), opening production, if it operated as anything other than a live theatre venue or if it always operated as a Broadway theatre, renovations (including cost as available), renaming, ownership/operating history, notable productions, seat capacity, and whether it is a registered New York City landmark and/or on the list of National Register of Historic Places. 
  • Creator: Architect (firm or lead)
    • Controlled vocabulary: Getty: Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
  • Contributor: interior decorator/design
    • Controlled vocabulary: Getty: Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
  • Date: Official Opening Date including official reopening dates (DD-Month-YYYY)
  • Subject: Style of arcitecture
    • Controlled vocabulary: Getty: Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
  • Spatial Coverage: Address of theatre
  • Mediator: Operator of theatre

Broadway Musicals Resource Guide

  • Identifier: Internet Broadway Database Show ID
  • Title: Name of Musical
  • Description: Includes theatre premiered at and date (if not Broadway), if it's a jukebox musical or sung-through musical, run time, number of performances if closed, Tony Awards, other notable awards, brief synopsis of the show, and other historic or notable information.
  • Creator: Composer, Librettist, Lyricist (Music, Book, and Lyrics)
    • Controlled vocabulary: Getty: Union List of Artist Names and LC: Name Authority File
  • Date: Opening Date - Origional Broadway Preimiere Date (DD-Month-YYYY format)
  • Subject: What the msuical is about
    • Controlled vocabulary: LC: Subject Headings
  • Source: Source material the musical is based on including film, literature
  • Relation: Material based on the musical 
  • was performed*: Dates of current or most recent Broadway Performance run indicating if it was an original run or a revivial (DD-Month-YYYY - DD-Month-YYYY/Present format)
  • Spatial Coverage: Theatre the most recent run was performed at
    • Controlled vocabulary: Item list on Omeka S

 

*All properties are DublinCore except was performed which is VRA.