Broadway

[ brawd-wey ]

noun

1. a street in New York City, famous for its theaters, restaurants, and bright lights.
2. the theater district located on or near this street, especially as the center of the professional or commercial theater in the U.S.

adjective

1. (of a play, theatrical performance, etc.) pertaining to, suitable for, or produced in the commercial theater, especially on Broadway:

   a Broadway show.

2. acting or working on Broadway:

   a Broadway producer; a Broadway star.

3. characteristic of or frequenting the theater district on Broadway.
4. garish; tawdry.

Broadway

/ ˈbrɔːdˌweɪ /

noun

1. a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US

adjective

1. of or relating to or suitable for the commercial theatre, esp on Broadway

Broadway

¹

1. A street in Manhattan , in New York City , that passes through Times Square .

Broadway

²

1. The central group of theaters presenting live drama in New York City . Many of them are located on or adjacent to the street called Broadway (see also Broadway ) in Manhattan .

Notes

It is sometimes called the “Great White Way” because of its bright lights.

Broadway is known for its theaters. ( See also under “Fine Arts.” )

Other Words From

• Broadway·ite noun

Example Sentences

Portraying Hades in the Tony-winning Broadway musical “Hadestown” has given even more hellish variety to Page’s penetration of the diabolical mind.

From Washington Post

He brought Whoopi Goldberg when she was unknown to fame and Broadway.

From Washington Blade

A few days ago, Kylie Estreich went to a theater in Sydney to see a Broadway show.

From Washington Post

Poitier’s performance in Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking “A Raisin in the Sun” on Broadway in 1959, garnered him a Tony nomination.

From Essence.com

His mother, long dead, sitting in the corner of his Broadway dressing room, her “ghost never far from the action.”

From Washington Post

Pee-wee was also a family favorite, and we caught the show on Broadway.

From The Daily Beast

I heard that at one point you were trying to put together a Batman musical on Broadway.

From The Daily Beast

Only on Broadway could they write what they wanted and adventurously as they wished.

From The Daily Beast

As he debuts on Broadway, he talks Beyoncé, Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the ‘gay sensibility’ in all he does.

From The Daily Beast

“It feels very gratifying having gotten here,” Condon says of his Broadway debut.

From The Daily Beast

The high rent of a Broadway store, says the economist, does not add a single cent to the price of the things sold in it.

From Project Gutenberg

The voice drifted up from the corner of Taylor and Broadway, where the two men waited for a car.

From Project Gutenberg

Lamb kept at a cautious distance as they moved several blocks up Broadway.

From Project Gutenberg

But a few seconds later, his long legs were carrying him rapidly toward Broadway.

From Project Gutenberg

He was hanging around by the cab stand above 96th on the west side of Broadway, waiting hopefully.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• comedy
• farce
• melodrama
• play
• production
• scene
• show
• theater
• tragedy