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100 Years of Musical Theater 1904-1919 Broadway Grows Up
1904-1919 1920-1932 1933-1942 1943-1959 1960-1979 1980-2000
Chorus girls from the "Follies of 1907"1904-1919
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IN 1904

Long Acre Square renamed Times Square, after THE NEW YORK TIMES builds its new office tower on 42nd Street and Broadway.

Listen to Audio George M. Cohan makes his solo Broadway debut as star and composer of "Little Johnny Jones"; songs include "Give My Regards to Broadway."

Times Square subway station opens. The IRT subway line brings New Yorkers rapid transit and access to the new theater district.


photo credits: Photofest and The New-York Historical Society

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