History
The League was founded in 1930 as the "League of New York Theatres and Producers". It was founded by Broadway theatre operators to further common interests, with the main purpose of fighting ticket speculation. The League's first successful act was the writing of the Theater Ticket Code (together with Actors' Equity) which later became a state law. In the following years the League expanded its charter several times, serving at time as the chief negotiator for producers with craft unions and Actors' Equity. With the decline of Broadway in the 1980s the League changed its name to the "League of American Theatres and Producers". On December 18, 2007 the League changed its name to the current name, "The Broadway League".
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