How to Use Broadway in a Sentence

Broadway

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Definition of Broadwaynext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Both Richardson and Wilson will make their Broadway debuts in their respective roles.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Years later, the movie has gone on to inspire sequels, Broadway shows, and musical movie adaptations alike.
    — John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • And 40 years ago, Cynthia Nixon, while still a teenager, spent three months performing in two Broadway plays at the same time (dashing from one theater to another and back again).
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Rapp also played George during the musical's Broadway run.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The shuttering marks the end of an era for a production that has become synonymous with Broadway, a tourist attraction akin to a city landmark.
    — Gordon Cox, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • With any luck, the sartorial rebellion he’s planted on West Broadway will find deep roots.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
  • However, today’s news has the world of Broadway and Glee fans celebrating.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The show marks the Guilford, Connecticut native's Broadway debut.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But the 2022 Off Broadway premiere was a jumble of earnestness and sarcasm, its impact compromised by overreach.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The 2023 edition of Variety’s annual theater breakfast was all about the Business of Broadway.
    — Gordon Cox, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023

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