How to Use Broadway in a Sentence

Broadway

noun
  • Many of these are staples of Broadway and the big screen.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It’s set in the land of Oz and based on the successful Broadway show.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Despite praise on Broadway, Brooks was one of the Tony Awards snubs from the past year.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • David Ruther, who has a tent on Broadway near the 101 Freeway, said no way.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
  • The barriers will run the entire length of the park along Broadway.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In all, 95% of available Broadway seats were filled last week.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The victim was waiting at the A/C platform in the station near Broadway about 1:20 a.m.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • There is a road closure at Broadway Boulevard and I-35 South.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
  • The former couple and co-parents met in 1996 on the set of Rent, a beloved Broadway musical.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Oh and don't miss the fabulous dining and shopping up and down Broadway.
    Stefanie Waldek, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
  • By the film’s end, Terry has the lead role in a Broadway musical — and the spawn of Satan growing inside her.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Francis Ford Coppola had seen me on Broadway, and wanted to meet with me about a role.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The chair crashed onto the Broadway strip, not far from two police officers.
    Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
  • My whole pop-off — my Broadway career — started through her book.
    Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Within two minutes, crews were on the scene in the 200 block of East Broadway, Sims said, and the main fire building was evacuated.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
  • David Ruther, who has a tent on Broadway near the 101 Freeway, had an emphatic response: No way.
    David Zahniser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • Too scared of the challenge of being the leading man on Broadway, too weak to lift a franchise onto their shoulders.
    Brian Mahoney, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • And in addition to movies, Nick is returning to Broadway next March.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • That role formally introduced White to the world of Broadway.
    Valerie Wu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Michele has since gone on to appear in the actual lead role in the hit Broadway revival of the musical, set to wrap up on Sunday, Sept. 3.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Hinkle got her start in the theater with notable Broadway credits such as The Tempest and Electra.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Alan Cumming is bringing his solo show to Broadway for one night only on March 11.
    Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • He was best known for creating the hit Sarafina! which first premiered on Broadway in 1988.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The song title is a reference to a line from the original Mean Girls, which was adapted into the Broadway musical that the 2024 movie is based on.
    Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The lead in a new play destined for Broadway and already on edge, Myrtle starts to seriously spiral.
    Olivia Marks, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Last year, Blackstone handed back the keys of a Manhattan office building, 1740 Broadway, to lenders.
    Matthew Haag, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • When Plaza fell ill during the play's run, the Broadway legend suggested a potential cure — one that very nearly took Plaza out.
    EW.com, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Even Broadway shows usually start a couple of minutes late.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
  • This was in the 1950s, not long after the book was published in this country and when — though the Broadway and film versions were about to become hits — there were only a very few supplemental texts.
    Francine Prose, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Opening of the Broadway Bridge Planners had anticipated a July opening, but the bridge was not ready on time.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2024

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