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Post by theatrefan62 on Nov 30, 2022 20:38:19 GMT
I've always known it that you say a show is 'in the west end' and 'on broadway', to me 'on the West End' sounds grammatically wrong.
I know a lot of Americans (based on the broadway forums and news sites) say 'on the west end, but that's somewhat understandable. But I caught the Matilda performance on This Morning and Holly and Phil used the 'on the West End' phrasing. Is this now a thing in the UK?
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Post by lynette on Nov 30, 2022 22:08:50 GMT
In the West End because it is an area, on Broadway cos that is a street tho’ both stand for theatreland.
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Post by Rory on Nov 30, 2022 22:09:08 GMT
People are increasingly saying 'on' but it is wrong. It is 'in the West End'.
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Post by harrietcraig on Nov 30, 2022 22:37:37 GMT
This American has been known to sit in her apartment and scream “It’s in the West End!” at the television when a certain New York “cable personality” who hosts a theater-related show (I won’t name names) says “on the West End”. If standards are slipping in the UK too, I don’t know what to say.
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 30, 2022 23:02:57 GMT
It’s similar to how UK & USA differ when referring to actors starring in TV programmes…
He’s on ‘The Walking Dead’, she’s in ‘Call the Midwife’.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2022 1:26:14 GMT
This will remain both in, and on, my mind.
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Post by mkb on Dec 1, 2022 1:43:07 GMT
On this theme, I've never understood why we are on the train rather than in it. I have visions of someone on the train roof.
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Post by kyvai on Dec 1, 2022 3:37:04 GMT
Peninsulas and islands suffer the same issue.
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Post by sph on Dec 1, 2022 4:48:08 GMT
Broadway is a street. If someone asks where to find a particular building, you tell them what street it's ON. The West End is an area, so if you are there, you are IN the West End.
The Gielgud Theatre is ON Shaftesbury Avenue, but it is IN the West End.
The Palace Theatre in New York is ON Broadway, although it's IN Midtown.
Strictly speaking, most Broadway Theatres don't have a Broadway street address, but because their status is named for it, they are ON Broadway.
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Post by Jan on Dec 1, 2022 7:34:53 GMT
"In" is correct but only if you always add the qualification "London's glittering" after it, so "In London's glittering West End .....". I always follow this best-practice.
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Post by crabtree on Dec 1, 2022 9:31:49 GMT
On the West End stage, perhaps, in the West End.
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