the Great White Way
noun
US, informal + old-fashioned
: a street in New York City where there are many theaters : Broadway
Her show debuted on the Great White Way.
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For any title to rack up that many stays on any Billboard roster is nearly unheard of, and that placement once again underlines just how massively popular Wicked remains on the Great White Way.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
McCartan, 31, is currently starring as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby on Broadway, while Weed, 36, later originated the role of Janis Sarkisian in Mean Girls on the Great White Way.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts just announced its 2025-2026 season, and the lineup is a doozy, consisting of six stellar productions from the Great White Way.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
For one night only, Paytas took over the Great White Way with Trisha Paytas’s Big Broadway Dream.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
McCartan, 31, is currently starring as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby on Broadway, while Weed, 36, later originated the role of Janis Sarkisian in Mean Girls on the Great White Way.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts just announced its 2025-2026 season, and the lineup is a doozy, consisting of six stellar productions from the Great White Way.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
For one night only, Paytas took over the Great White Way with Trisha Paytas’s Big Broadway Dream.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Great White Way
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“The Great White Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Great%20White%20Way. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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