''Broadway Baby'' is a British online review guide and arts news website which launched in 2004. It is the most prolific reviewing publication at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 2012 onward. It contains reviews of music, comedy, theatre and dance at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe is an open-access arts festival held annually in Brighton, England. It is the largest annual arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. The programme of 2018 included 1008 events at over 166 ve ...
,
Camden Fringe and year-round in London and Central Scotland. Formerly, a printed version was also published.
Company history
''Broadway Baby'' was founded to cover the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004. In 2006 Broadway Baby started one of the first video podcasts of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2008 coverage started of the
Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe is an open-access arts festival held annually in Brighton, England. It is the largest annual arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. The programme of 2018 included 1008 events at over 166 ve ...
and in 2012 ''Broadway Baby'' launched year-round review coverage in London. In August 2012, ''Broadway Baby'' also comprehensively covered the
Camden Fringe for the first time. The appointment of a Scotland Editor in 2014 has ensured some coverage of theatre in Edinburgh outside of August, and also from the major producing theatres in Glasgow and Dundee. Since 2016 ''Broadway Baby'' have been proactively reviewing shows in London's
West End.
''Broadway Baby'' recruits a volunteer review team who have practical experience in performance and the ability to communicate through the written word. During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the team includes approximately 100 reviewers and 20 editorial staff who schedule and edit reviews.
''Broadway Baby'' was a founder member of the now defunct Festival Media Network.
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Circulation
Readership of ''Broadway Baby'' varies during the year with a peak in August during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Website visitors in August 2015 were in excess of 200,000 with over 6.7 million page views. ''Broadway Baby'' published a printed review guide called ''Broadway Baby Review'' from 2005-2014. 20,000 copies were distributed every other day to the main festival venues.
Content
''Broadway Baby'' lists events free-of-charge using data obtained direct from the various Fringe organisations. Review content is attached directly to a listing. ''Broadway Baby'' also allows the audience to review shows in addition to their in-house team of reviewers.
In 2012 ''Broadway Baby'' became the largest reviewer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after publishing over 1900 reviews during August alone, overtaking ''ThreeWeeks
''ThreeWeeks'' is a magazine that covers the Edinburgh Festivals in August.
It has covered the Edinburgh Festival since 1996 . It also covered the Brighton Festival from 2006 to 2010, but withdrew due to lack of financial support.
Education ...
'' which had previously been the largest reviewer at the Festival.[ As of 2018, following a reduction in the volume of Fringe reviews it does, it is no longer the most prolific reviewer at the Fringe.][
It ceased print publication in 2014.][
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References
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Visual arts magazines published in the United Kingdom
Entertainment magazines published in the United Kingdom
Listings magazines
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 2004
Mass media in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Works about festivals