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The article discusses shredded paper manufactured by the Downtown Alliance. Executive Steven Josefsberg delivered one-half ton of shredded paper to Broadway Avenue in New York City in preparation for a parade celebrating the New York Yankees’ victory in Major League Baseball’s World Series. Twenty of thirty-two buildings along the parade route accepted free paper from the Alliance.

A young abstract painter who has moved to New York from Southern California finds a studio near City Hall on Lower Broadway. To further dissuade attackers he carries as little cash as possible and dresses like a bum. The painter, whose canvases feature stacks of wide, horizontal brushstrokes that drip into each other like melting plastic, has heard of Walter Benjamin's theories about the modern artist-poet as flâneur, but amid the darkened, depopulated precincts of Lower Manhattan there are no crowds to merge with and no arcades to haunt. [Extracted from the article]

To support himself he finds work as a preparator and art handler at a SoHo gallery. He is so good at his job that after a year the owner of the 6-story building where the gallery is located hires him to be super for the entire building. This job lasts until the day that a 16-ton steel sculpture being installed in the building's first-floor gallery collapses, injuring two workers (one of whom loses a leg below the knee) and temporarily shuttering the building. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the creation of a fictional musical within the television show "Only Murders in the Building." The musical is based on a murder mystery play and is meant to salvage the show and the director's career. The writing team called on well-known Broadway songwriters, including Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Sara Bareilles, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman, to complete the score. The songwriters discuss the process of creating the songs, the challenges they faced, and how they tailored the songs to the actors' voices. The article provides insights into the musical's development and the collaboration between the songwriters and the show's creators. [Extracted from the article]

Eli Gelb, an actor, discusses his journey with the Broadway play "Stereophonic" in which he plays the character Grover, a lovable stoner sound engineer. Gelb auditioned for the play just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, and now, four years later, he is making his Broadway debut. The play follows a fictional band and two sound engineers as they navigate the '70s rock world, toxic relationships, and personal growth. Gelb's character serves as the audience surrogate, providing insight into the story. Gelb's passion for music shines through his portrayal of Grover, and he has embraced the '70s aesthetic both on and offstage. The play resonates with audiences due to its themes of isolation, togetherness, and nostalgia. Despite the challenges and interruptions caused by the pandemic, Gelb is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the play and hopes to convey its message of heartbreak, hope, and gratitude to audiences. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers the author's view on investing in theatrical productions in Broadway, New York. The author states that investors should not invest in theater if they need money. The author suggests start investing in theater shows by an unknown writer with talented but unknown actors. The author mentions the importance of supporting the theatrical production.

The article informs that talking Heads presaged modern multimedia concert production with its landmark Stop Making Sense tour, preserved in the documentary of the same name by director Jonathan Demme. It mentions that the David Byrne leads an ever-moving band of musicians through an engrossing concert experience with American Utopia, aided by dozens of Shure Axient Digital wireless systems.

When she at last gets a place of her own on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side, thanks to an older conceptual artist who has become a kind of mentor and lives in the same building, she leaves the unplayed guitar propped against a wall. It's here that another artist, who has just broken up with her boyfriend, impulsively gives her a cheap electric guitar, which she proceeds to drag around with the rest of her belongings to the next several stops in her itinerant new life. After graduating from art school in Los Angeles, an aspiring artist, who hasn't yet committed herself to any particular medium, uses insurance money from a car accident to bankroll a move to New York City. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights the birthday party of Shi Yan Ming, a thirty fourth-generation Shaolin fighting monk, held at the U.S.A Shaolin Temple in Broadway, New York. Belief by Yan Ming that every day is a cause for celebration and that everybody is handsome; Performance of shaolin students at the party; Celebrities who are present at the party.