Big Apple Music Awards (2007-2022)
The Big Apple Music Awards (BAMA) existed from 2007 until 2022. The awards were based in New York City, but celebrated Central Asian and Middle Eastern culture. Instagram…
Big Apple Ranch (country-western dance lesson and party, 1997-present)
Big Apple Ranch opened on April 12, 1997, and is "a country-western dance lesson and party at EPA Dance Studio located at 320 West 37th Street, 2nd floor, NYC (located between 8-9th…
Big Apple Sauce (The Sauce episode in New York City, 2020)
The Sauce is a seven-episode dance competition series that premiered on April 6, 2020, on the streaming service Quibi. American singer, songwriter, and dancer Usher is executive producer and also a…
Big Appling (to do the Big Apple dance)
The "Big Apple" dance became a national craze in 1937. "Governor Wins Praise for 'Big Appling'" -- dancing the Big Apple -- was printed in The News and Courier…
Big Top (circus)
The traveling circus was a popular event in 19th century America, and the "big top" was the main circus tent. The term "big tent" began to be used for the circus itself.…
Birthplace of Modern American Drama (Provincetown Playhouse)
The Provincetown players mounted playwright Eugene O'Neill's Bound East for Cardiff, first at a theater on a wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and then in Greenwich Village in New…
Black Bottom (dance)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Black Bottom (dance)Black Bottom refers to a dance which became popular in the 1920s, during the period known as the Flapper era. The dance originated in New…
Black National Anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”)
Wikipedia: life Every Voice and Sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson…
Black Tin Pan Alley or Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Gaiety Building)
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: Gaiety Theatre (New York City)The Gaiety Theatre was a Broadway theatre at 1547 Broadway in New York City from 1909 until 1982, when it was torn down. The office…
BRC (Broadway Revival Cast)
There are several theater initials: OBC = Original Broadway Cast (1994; Urban Dictionary, 2006)OBCR = Original Broadway Cast Recording (1994; Urban Dictionary, 2005)OOBC = Original Off-Broadway…
British Invasion (Broadway in the 1950s; rock and roll music in the 1960s)
The 1960s musical term "British Invasion" refers to the introduction to the United States of pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Dave…
Broadway Bible (New York Morning Telegraph, Variety nickname)
Both the New York (NY) Morning Telegraph newspaper and Variety magazine have been called the "Bible of Broadway" or the "Broadway Bible." "In his theatrical column in the…
Broadway’s Living Room or Broadway’s Supper Club or Broadway’s Nightclub (Feinstein’s/54 Below)
54 Below, located in the basement of the former disco Studio 54, opened in 2012 at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. "54 Below - Broadway's Nightclub" was cited on Twitter on…
Broadwayite
A "Broadwayite" is someone who works on Broadway or who goes to Broadway shows. The term "Broadwayite" has been cited in print since at least 1863, but New York City's…
Brooklyn Country Music
The music group The Lone Bellow was born at Dizzy’s Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in 2010. The group has called its sound "Brooklyn country music." "This is Brooklyn Country…
Brooklyn’s Carnegie Hall (Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park nickname)
Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, Brooklyn, was built 1920-1923, in a Semitic style that combined Moorish ornament with Judaic motifs. "This sanctuary provided a fitting backdrop for the…
Canned Apple (Big Apple dance + Can-Can dance)
Brooklyn-born jazz singer and entertainer Adelaide Hall (1901-1993), with the help of Anita Lou Mason of Los Angeles, developed the "Canned Apple" dance, a hybrid of the American…
Casting Couch
A "casting couch" is a couch that a director or a producer uses to seduce actors or actresses who want acting parts in their productions. The term apparently started on Broadway in New…
CBGB & OMFUG
CBGB's -- a now-defunct music club at 315 Bowery, at Bleecker Street, in Manhattan -- was opened in 1974 by Hilly Kristal. The club was legendary for its punk rock period in the 1970s, when it…
Chookas (“good luck” in Australian theatre)
"Chookas" is an expression meaning "good luck" that is used in Australian theatre. The origin is unknown, but there are several theories. The first citations appear in the…