The Best of Broadway

The Best of Broadway
Created byMartin Manulis
Directed byDavid Alexander
Sidney Lumet
Paul Nickell
Franklin J. Schaffner
Herbert B. Swope Jr.
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
ProducersMartin Manulis
Felix Jackson
Running time60 mins
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 15, 1954 (1954-09-15) 
May 4, 1955 (1955-05-04)

The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for a total of nine episodes. Each show was broadcast live in color from New York City, was an adaptation of a famous Broadway play, and included commercials for Westinghouse featuring Betty Furness. Using a "giant new studio," plays were presented in front of a studio audience, which contributed a Broadway-like element.