"which reached U.S. #110. Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) ""Chicago"" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and published in 1922. The original sheet music variously spelled the title ""Todd'ling"" or ""Toddling."" The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra. The song mentions evangelist Billy Sunday as having not been able to ""shut down"" the city. The song made a minor appearance on the U.S. pop charts, reaching #84 in the fall of 1957. It was the first of two charting songs about Chicago recorded by Sinatra. The other was ""My Kind"
"State Street (anchored by Marshall Field's) in the downtown Loop after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Convenient mass transit such as streetcars and elevated trains, supported a retail corridor along State Street from Lake Street to Van Buren Street. State Street became a shopping destination during the 1900s, and is referred to in Frank Sinatra's song Chicago (That Toddlin' Town), where Frank refers it to ""State Street, that Great Street."" At one time seven major department stores were situated on State Street: Benson, Rixon, Karolls, Charles A. Stevens and Mandel Brothers (in addition to Marshall Field's and Carson, Pirie"
"on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Drummer Howie Fields, who played with the legendary Harry Chapin, had his doubts about the Broadway show ""The Night That Made America Famous"" until, according to his website: ""... late one cold night in Dec '74, eating a burger/fries/coke in a now defunct Brooklyn hot dog place called Big Daddy's (on Coney Island Avenue in Sheepshead Bay where I lived), thumbing through the free newspaper 'Good Times', coming across this tiny blurb, and being thrilled because, up until that moment, there was still some doubt in my mind as to whether the whole Broadway"
"no contemporary or subsequent mentions of related pictures. The children, who range in age from toddlers to adolescents, roll hoops, walk on stilts, spin hoops, ride hobby-horses, stage mock tournaments, play leap-frog and blind man's bluff, perform handstands, inflate pigs' bladders and play with dolls and other toys. They have also taken over the large building that dominates the square: it may be a town hall or some other important civic building, in this way emphasizing the moral that the adults who direct civic affairs are as children in the sight of God. This crowded scene is to some extent"
"The Big Town (1987 film) The Big Town is a 1987 film drama about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women—one of whom is already married. The film was directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker and it stars Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Tommy Lee Jones. In 1957, J. C. Cullen is a small-town crapshooter who heads to Chicago, Illinois to seek his fortune. There he becomes the pawn of two high-rolling professional gamblers, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. He later gets mixed-up"
"Broadway (Manhattan) Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York. Broadway runs from State Street at Bowling Green for through the borough of Manhattan and through the Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional through the municipalities of Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown, and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement, although most of it did not bear its current name until the late 19th century. The name ""Broadway"" is the English language"
"Broadway Part 1 (EP) Broadway (Goo Goo Dolls song) ""Broadway"" is a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. The song was released in January 2000 as the last single from their hit album ""Dizzy Up the Girl."" Although not as popular as their previous other singles ""Iris"" and ""Slide,"" the song still managed to hit number 24 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. This song refers to the street on which many popular young-adult hangouts were located in a previous generation in Buffalo, New York. The young culture migrated to other parts of the city, leaving the ""old man's bars""."
"On the Town (musical) On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet ""Fancy Free"", which he had set to Bernstein's music. The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them ""New York, New York"", ""Lonely Town"", ""I Can Cook, Too"" (for which Bernstein also wrote the lyrics), and ""Some Other Time"". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly"
"The Big Town (1925 film) The Big Town is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 34th ""Our Gang"" short subject released. The gang is playing around the railroad yard when a fire breaks out. They hide in a railroad car and get trapped. The next morning they find out they have arrived in New York City. They soon are enjoying the sites, visiting the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and taking a sightseeing bus for a joyride, where they are finally caught by the police. A police officer is assigned"
"the city. The streets are full of loaded drays, on which tables are dancing, and carpets rolling to and fro. Small chairs, which bring up such pretty, cozy images of rolly-pooly mannikens and maidens, eating supper from tilted porringers, and spilling the milk on their night-gowns – these go ricketting along on the tops of beds and bureaus, and not unfrequently pitch into the street, and so fall asunder. Children are driving hither and yon, one with a flower-pot in his hand, another with work-box, band-box, or oil-canakin; each so intent upon his important mission, that all the world seems"
"a typical New York City gridlock scene where cars and yellow taxi-cabs wait in queues of traffic. A man crosses the busy road. The camera shifts to a black car which pulls up at the lights. Inside are The Saturdays dancing to the radio. A man is seen knocking on car windows begging for money, another man stands at a café and a little girl in the car opposite sticks her tongue out. Then as the chorus kicks in the group leave the car and stroll down the street. A group of dancers stands on the steps of a nearby"
"family are here to stay. Give My Regards to Broadway (film) Give My Regards to Broadway is a 1948 American musical film starring Dan Dailey and directed by Lloyd Bacon. ""Albert the Great"" heads up a family juggling act on the vaudeville circuit. Albert Norwick loves the life, entertaining with wife Fay, son Bert and daughters May and June, but vaudeville is a dying form of entertainment and everyone in the family is forced to find normal, everyday jobs. Although agent Toby Helper continues to look for stage bookings, Albert has become a New Jersey company's shipping clerk. May elopes"
"town, was cut prior to the Broadway opening for reasons of time. For the 2017 Broadway Revival, it was added back in as the opening of Act Two in front of the curtain. It is not, however, included in the licensed version for stock and amateur productions from Tams Witmark. The song ""Elegance"", though credited to Herman, was written by Bob Merrill for the 1957 show ""New Girl in Town"" but deleted from the original production. The musical, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion and produced by David Merrick, opened on January 16, 1964, at the St. James Theatre and"
"you know... as sort of a bystander, it's about Hollywood Boulevard. I used to live right above Hollywood Boulevard, and there's a place called ""The Gold Cup"" and there's a lot of runaway kids and there's a lot of teen prostitution around there. It was partly written from the point of view of a young person on that street, yet it's not really immersed in that. You're sort of, maybe, empathizing with them to some degree, and also trying to say 'it's only time.' It's time on the boulevard, but this doesn't mean this is who you are and where"
"Tooting Broadway tube station with 'The Revolution is Back' painted on it. The rest of the credits were backed by clips from the last episode of series three, ""The Glorious Day"", and Wolfie's shout is heard but not seen. From episode three, ""Abide with Me"", Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay) lives, with his religious, teetotal friend Ken Mills (Mike Grady), in a flat in the house of his girlfriend's family—Shirley Johnson (Cheryl Hall, at the time Lindsay's wife); her affable but naïve mother, Florence, who mistakenly calls Wolfie ""Foxy""; and her strict, right-wing father, Charlie, who disapproves of Smith's lifestyle and"
"State Street it became known as Market Street. The second oldest house in Albany, the Quackenbush House was built along Broadway. Handalaers Street was changed to Market Street, and then in 1815 Court Street became South Market and Market became North Market. Broadway from Madison Avenue north out of the city was once New York Route 2 until the 1980s. The only portion of Broadway within the city of Albany that is part of a state or US route is a small section from State Street south to Hamilton Street is part of New York Route 5, though unsigned as"
"episode is excluded from Season 6: Random's Child and the following episodes are excluded from Season 7: Singin' The Blues, Every Man's Family, Maybelle Returns, Ches and the Grand Lady, Dangerous Engagement. The television series also took place in a fictionalized version of Sparta, Mississippi. While there is a real Sparta, the version of Sparta shown on television is very different from the real town. For example, the TV Sparta is situated along Interstate 20, while the real town is nowhere near any interstate. During the first season, Hammond, Louisiana was the site of the show's production. In the second"
"time together in Boston, and wrote love letters to one another. Though they tried to conceal the affair, many people were aware of it. Todd had been concerned over moving to a small town, as her life might not be as exciting as it had been in cosmopolitan Washington or Boston, but she soon found ample outlets for her energies. She joined the church choir, was active in local theatrical performances, and her diaries are full of accounts of activities – “coaching parties to Mount Toby or Titan’s Pier, sugaring-off parties, bowling and archery contests, horseback riding – one June"
"the city. These companies included sheet music publishers, based around an area called Tin Pan Alley, and later record labels and other organizations and institutions. The rise of the Broadway theatres began in the early part of the century; the songs from Broadways musicals became some of the earliest American popular music, and eventually came to be treated as pop standards. As the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, New York City was populated by Dutch settlers who left little musical trace behind, excepting some songs such as ""Dutch Prayer of Thanksgiving,"" ""Rosa,"" and ""The Little Dustman."" Under English rule, sea"
"slang for Manhattan's former live peep shows district on 42nd Street. The following works reference the phrase ""forty-deuce"": Notes Bibliography Further reading 42nd Street (Manhattan) 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square in Midtown. It is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection. The street has held a special place in New Yorkers' imaginations since at least the turn of the 20th century, and is the site"
"the Town"" (1944), written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, composed by Leonard Bernstein and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. The story is set during wartime and concerns three sailors who are on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City, during which each falls in love. The show also gives the impression of a country with an uncertain future, as the sailors and their women also have. Irving Berlin used sharpshooter Annie Oakley's career as a basis for his ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (1946, 1,147 performances); Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy combined political satire with Irish whimsy"
"of Broadway. Broadway is lined with many famous and otherwise noted and historic buildings, such as: Historic buildings on Broadway that are now demolished include: Notes Bibliography Broadway (Manhattan) Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York. Broadway runs from State Street at Bowling Green for through the borough of Manhattan and through the Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional through the municipalities of Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown, and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to"
"MacFarlane depict Rhode Island in popular culture, often making comedic parodies of the state. MacFarlane's television series ""Family Guy"" is based in a fictional Rhode Island city named Quahog, and notable local events and celebrities are regularly lampooned. Peter Griffin is seen working at the Pawtucket brewery, and other state locations are mentioned. The movie ""High Society"" (starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra) was set in Newport, Rhode Island. The 1974 film adaptation of ""The Great Gatsby"" was also filmed in Newport. Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married at St. Mary's church in Newport. Their reception"
"obstacles along the way. Frank Rich in his review for ""The New York Times"" wrote: """"Big Deal,"" the new Fosse musical at the Broadway, contains exactly one of those show stoppers, and attention must be paid. If only for 10 minutes or so just before the end of Act I, Mr. Fosse makes an audience remember what is (and has been) missing from virtually every other musical in town. The number is set to the old song ""Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar,"" and it unfolds in a Chicago ballroom of the 1930s called (need I tell you?) Paradise...The"
"to Broadway."" This production marked the return of Bernadette Peters to the New York stage after eight years, when she joined the production four days before rehearsal. Sally, a housewife from South Dakota, moves into an apartment in New York City. She is an unsophisticated young mother with two small children, whose husband travels. She meets her neighbor, Marsha, whose husband is a resident in orthopedics. Marsha is a cynical and neurotic native New Yorker. Throughout the course of the time they spend together, the women discuss their respective views on life. Although outwardly different, they come to be supportive"
"connects with a woman. ""On the Town"" was first produced on Broadway in 1944 and was made into a film in 1949, although the film replaced all but three of the original Broadway songs with Hollywood-written substitutes. The show has enjoyed a number of major revivals. The musical integrates dance into its storytelling: Robbins made a number of ballets and extended dance sequences for the show, including the ""Imaginary Coney Island"" ballet. The Jerome Robbins ballet ""Fancy Free"" (1944), with music by Leonard Bernstein, was a hit for the American Ballet Theatre, and Oliver Smith, who designed the sets, and"
"tell him that they're moving. Esther tries to convince Tootie that New York will be fun (""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas""). Mr. Smith sees how upset Tootie is and decides that they can't move to New York. After hearing the good news, the family goes to the fair and everything works out well (""Trolley Song"" (Reprise) / ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (Reprise II) / ""Finale""). The Broadway production also included Tony Award winner Rachel Bay Jones in the ensemble. It was her Broadway debut. ""* Songs from the film also in the stage version"" As of the late"
"the brightest thoroughfare in the world, according to the ""Chicago Tribune"". State Street became a shopping destination during the 1900s and is referred to in the song ""Chicago,"" which mentions ""State Street, that great street."" In 1979, the downtown portion was converted into a pedestrian mall with only bus traffic allowed. Mayor Richard M. Daley oversaw the State Street Revitalization Project and on November 15, 1996, the street was reopened to traffic. During the second half of the 20th century, State Street was eclipsed by Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile as a shopping district. Various projects to restore State Street's glory"
"Cleveland, Akron, Toledo, South Bend and Gary. The roads, specifically U.S. 20 and the stretch of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Madison, Ohio, were wider and faster and filled with traffic. Also, everywhere he went, people's views changed. For example, when he was in New England he saw that people there spoke tersely and usually waited for the newcomer to come up to him and initiate conversation. However, in Midwestern cities, people were more outgoing and were willing to come right up to him. He explained how strangers talked freely without caution as a sense of longing for something new"
"USA, arrive on Avenue Jew, an area inhabited by Jewish versions of the ""Avenue Q"" characters. Kate Monster welcomes them and the family expresses disbelief that a puppet is talking to them. Tevye introduces himself and his family and finally realizes that the Fiddler is with them, so he chases him away. Later in the song ""The Puppets/The Humans,"" the humans are fed-up with the puppets upstaging them; Tevye and his family meet Brian and his wife ""Hannukah Eve"" when Jewish-American Princeton arrives, asking ""What do you do with a B.A. in Yiddish?"" One of Tevye's daughter's, Shprintze, falls in"
"Big City (1948 film) Big City is a 1948 film. An abandoned infant is discovered in New York City by a cantor, David Feldman, and a minister, Rev. Phillip Andrews, who consult police officer Pat O'Donnell about what to do. Taking in the baby girl and naming her Midge, the three unmarried men seek legal custody in the courtroom of Judge Martin O. Abercrombie, who is agreeable on one condition -- the first man to marry will become sole legal guardian of the girl. At school after she's a few years older, Midge is teased by others for her unusual"
"Theater District, Manhattan New York City's Theater District (sometimes spelled Theatre District, and officially zoned as the ""Theater Subdistrict"") is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment. It is bounded by West 40th Street on the south, West 54th Street on the north, Sixth Avenue on the east and Eighth Avenue on the west, and includes Times Square. The Great White Way is the name given to the section of Broadway which runs through the Theater District. It also contains recording"
"Broadway from 23rd Street to 34th Street came to be called ""The Great White Way"" because of the numerous illuminated advertising signs there. This moniker was transferred to Times Square when the theater district moved uptown. Crime was also a major aspect of the Tenderloin, which was considered to be the worst crime-ridden area of what was thought to be the most crime-ridden city of the United States. To a certain extent, police corruption kept crime under control as it regularized the financial relationship between the police and the criminals, but the area was too large, and the pickings too"