Going Green on Broadway
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The lights are still bright, but thanks to theater owners and The Broadway League teaming up with the NRDC and the city, the lights are also LEDs and compact fluorescents on Broadway.
On Tuesday, the cast of Wicked and Mayor Bloomberg announced the roll out of Broadway Goes Green. Along with replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs and CFLs, theaters are taking steps like using eco-friendly detergent to wash their costumes and icing performers’ sore muscles with bags of frozen peas rather than chemical ice packs.
Whether it is a play at the theater or at your child's school, there is usually someone at the entrance handing out programs. Programs do give credit where credit is due and list pertinent information about a show and the people and sponsors that put it on, but when all is said and done, programs amount to a lot of paper. 
