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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Broadway bros will take to the stage in two Fort Lauderdale concerts with the Symphony of the Americas, spotlighting show tunes from the Great White Way.
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Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Other actors taking a break from their roles on the Great White Way to attend Monday's event include Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 May 2025
That, in turn, spawned Springsteen on Broadway, a phenomenon of a residency that ran on the Great White Way from 2017 through 2018 and then again in 2021.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
But that wasn’t the only good news from the Great White Way: Over the course of the morning, scores of other nominees also shared their joyous reactions.
—Vogue, 1 May 2025
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Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Other actors taking a break from their roles on the Great White Way to attend Monday's event include Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 May 2025
That, in turn, spawned Springsteen on Broadway, a phenomenon of a residency that ran on the Great White Way from 2017 through 2018 and then again in 2021.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
But that wasn’t the only good news from the Great White Way: Over the course of the morning, scores of other nominees also shared their joyous reactions.
—Vogue, 1 May 2025
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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 23 May. 2025.
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