How to Use the Great White Way in a Sentence

the Great White Way

noun
  • George Clooney and his hair are making waves on the Great White Way.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Three bloodsucking musicals have tried over the last few decades to stick it out on the Great White Way, to no avail.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus is heading to the Great White Way.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • The performance airs one night before the Great White Way's annual awards show.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Laks said the rising cost of musical productions is leaving the Great White Way in the red.
    — Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
  • But the cost of mounting a show on the Great White Way requires productions to deal with very thin profit margins.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But, the opportunity might not extend across the river to the Great White Way.
    — Marc Hershberg, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • As Broadway moves toward its busy spring season, star power has returned to the Great White Way and boosted box offices in the process.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • From the Great White Way to Citi Field, Jackson’s career has been defined by showing up for big moments.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The musical has yet to set a Broadway opening date, but is certainly angling for a spot on the Great White Way in the future.
    — EW.com, 15 July 2024
  • Broadway ambitions may be more up Dunster’s ally, even if the show would have to adjust to fit into a theater on the Great White Way.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In a statement released alongside the news, Bob shared his excitement at getting to finally appear on the Great White Way.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Now, British Shakespeare is making a return to the Great White Way to show the unruly Americans how it’s done.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The Broadway musical is one of the most beloved of all time, having run on the Great White Way since its premiere in 2003.
    — Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • And the original stage musical, which first hit Broadway 22 years ago, is still playing to packed houses on the Great White Way.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In the mix are red-hot shows still on the Great White Way as well as returning favorites and a special production with a beloved star headed just to Charlotte.
    — Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The show ran until the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered it—along with every other production on the Great White Way.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Here are 13 examples of Alabama people making their marks on the Great White Way, from current stars to bygone celebrities.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • This heart-forward look at a cusp-#MeToo moment playing out in a Southern high school is soon to close on the Great White Way, but is hopefully coming to a regional theatre near you.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Conaway followed his time on the Great White Way with guest-star turns on a number of television shows before joining the cast of the Grease film and becoming a series regular on the sitcom Taxi.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • The production had been expected to run much longer — ticketing website had performances listed through March 29 — but it was dragged down by savage reviews at a time when new musicals are struggling on the Great White Way.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The author of the play within a play feels like McNally’s stand-in, leaving Sasha Andreev to confront the challenge of holding forth about all that’s wrong with modern Broadway and what was once so great about the Great White Way.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Ballas will make his return to the Great White Way after previously appearing in Jersey Boys and Kinky Boots, now starring as Billy Flynn for the musical revival.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • At last, a revival of the show is coming to the Great White Way, with a new book by Danny Strong (Empire), and starring Tony winner Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher.
    — EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • First introduced to the Great White Way in 2003, Wicked is a a prequel to The Wizard of Oz that examines how the green-skinned Elphaba (Erivo) became the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as the sorceress Glinda’s (Grande) trajectory to becoming known as the Good Witch.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The first Broadway revival of Proof, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play that first hit Broadway in 2000, stars Cheadle and The Bear Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri in their debuts on the Great White Way, plus Jin Ha and Kara Young.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026

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