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Broadway

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ226192
Source-derived summary

Broadway may refer to:

Theatre

Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)

Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Broadway (1929 film), based on the play by George Abbott and Philip Dunning

Broadway (1942 film), with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford

Music

Groups and labels

Broadway (band), an American post-hardcore band

Broadway (disco band), an American disco band from the 1970s

Broadway Records (disambiguation)

Albums

Broadway (album), a 1964 Johnny Mathis album released in 2012

Broadway, a 2011 album by Kika Edgar

Songs

"Broadway" (Goo Goo Dolls song), a song from the album Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)

"Broadway" (Sébastien Tellier song), a song by Sébastien Tellier from his album Politics (2004)

"Broadway" (1940 song), a 1940 jazz standard by Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae and Henri Woode

"Broadway", song by the Clash from the album Sandinista!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Broadway” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Broadway, Wikimedia and disambiguation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 1942, 1964, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Broadway, Wikimedia and disambiguation providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Broadway”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia disambiguation page” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q226192. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1929, 1942, 1964 and 2012.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Broadway”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Broadway primary sources, Broadway archive and Broadway research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Broadway”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Broadway” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.