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What It Actually Takes to Run a Broadway Show Every Night | WSJ

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February 27, 2026

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Broadway has long been a place where audiences come to put their fears aside and sit together to be entertained, even in times of war, recession and uncertainty. Today, it’s also a billion-dollar industry powered by thousands of workers across 41 theaters in New York’s Times Square theater district.

WSJ spent a day in the life of a Broadway electrician in the lead up to a “Chicago” show to reveal the machine behind this American art form—from the factory floor to a nearly sold-out curtain call.

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Museum of Broadway

PRG Scenic Technologies

PRG Secaucus

Ambassador Theatre

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#Broadway #Theatre #WSJ

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