1.   And they can add or detract from the spectacle that is the theater district itself.

2.   Around showtime in the theater district, a woman and two girls sauntered by wearing their best dresses, their hair done high, their perfume thick.

3.   At Firebird in the theater district, it is paired with buttery chicken Kiev.

4.   At Esca in the theater district, well-herbed red beets provide the perfect contrast to the buttery and fresh ocean taste of salmon tartare.

5.   At Thalia in the theater district, Michael Otsuka pickles them to serve beneath baby monkfish tails.

6.   Babalu, a nuevo Latino restaurant in the theater district that becomes a club with live salsa music on weekends, is the best example.

7.   Boston has a lively theater district, with several Broadway-style venues and stars.

8.   A crowd of matineegoers, lingering before curtain time, appears to have slowed things up at Pierre au Tunnel in the midtown theater district.

9.   After rehearsals the two men drank and talked all night in the rough bars of the Eighth Avenue theater district.

10.   After the attacks, which gutted audiences and revenues, the theater district at least had the prerequisites helpful in working deals at City Hall and Albany.