Most folks would tell you the old Times Square was the horror show, but it was the Times Square everyone knew. Now, it's ridiculous, with half of B'way shut down to traffic so people can sit and walk and it feels like some theme park. To me, a horror show is the non-existence of a single movie theater on Broadway, where there once were twenty or thirty or more, maybe. The loss of Virgin and Colony and the indie video stores. The ongoing raising of the Palace Theater. The random tearing down of not only old buildings but buildings that are barely two decades old. I could go on. Dear reader Iris was posting as I write this and said the other stuff. It's not a place for civilized adults anymore - it's a tourist attraction for kiddies, and most B'way musicals these days pander to that demographic, which is why you have these kiddies hooting and hollering every time a singer sings a new note - it's disruptive, disgusting, and makes me never want to attend a B'way show again.
