i enjoy broadway shows.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Broadway theatre, commonly known as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. The Theater District is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2016\u20132017 season (which ended May 21, 2017), total attendance was 13,270,343 and Broadway shows had US$1,449,399,149 in grosses, with attendance down 0.4%, grosses up 5.5%, and playing weeks down 4.1%. The great majority of Broadway shows are musicals. Historian Martin Shefter argues, \"'Broadway musicals,' culminating in the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, became enormously influential forms of American popular culture\" and helped make New York City the cultural capital of the nation. New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I really enjoy Broadway shows, which are also such a tourist attraction in New York. Do you like theater?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do enjoy live theater! I have not seen any broadway shows, however. Have you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, I've seen several. But one that I haven't seen is Hair, which is a product of 1960s hippie counterculture. I'd like to see it. What sorts of theater do you like?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I really liked the movie, I bet the live show is great! I worked with my small town to create a childrens live theater group a few years ago. The one I liked the most was Into the Woods. Such a fun production. I bet broadway blows it out of the water though."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The production was probably bigger, but it's such a great community service to do children's theater--and to expose them to Broadway shows, the majority of which are musicals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It really is, and in my town there had not been a childrens theater in over 40 years. The community really took to it. It made me enjoy and respect musicals so mush "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's also good to play original cast recordings to kids, since they can get a sense of the show's performers without the expense of a trip to New York."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is a really great idea. There is so much to learn from cast recordings. The children could really get an idea of what is expected without losing the uniqness that each of them bring to the charchters."}]