[2][3][4] Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley, Tony Award-winning producers, wanted to democratize the niche market of Broadway by filming live productions and making them available to a wider audience through the internet.

[1][12][13] In 2016 BroadwayHD produced the first extra behind-the-scenes video content streamed show during the CBS telecast of the awards, live from the Beacon Theatre.

[14] In addition to its livestream of She Loves Me, the company has also produced livestreams of The Geffen Playhouse's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Jane Kaczmarek and Alfred Molina,[15] Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, starring Bryce Pinkham and Corbin Bleu,[16] and Ernest Shackleton Loves Me.

[17] BroadwayHD has also produced Present Laughter with Kevin Kline,[18][19] Paula Vogel's Indecent,[20] John Patrick Shanley's The Portuguese Kid with Jason Alexander,[21][22] and Drew Droege's Bold Colors, Bright Patterns directed by Michael Urie.

[27] BroadwayHD features content other than plays, such as coverage of the American Theatre Wing's Centennial Gala,[28] concerts[29][30] and theater documentaries.