the show must go on

idiom

informal

—used to say that a performance, event, etc., must continue even though there are problems

Examples of the show must go on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers National Gallery (September 14, 2024 to January 19, 2025) Despite a recent drama at the National Gallery’s blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition, when activists threw soup at an iconic ‘Sunflowers’ painting, the show must go on. —Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

Maren Morris knows that sometimes, the show must go on. —Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024

But the message from the Trump campaign, and indeed from Donald Trump himself, has been essentially that the show must go on. —Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 July 2024

Zach Bryan knows the show must go on — even when a spider is involved. —Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024

But being Broadway's big night, the show must go on! —Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 12 June 2023

The palace is keen to stress stability, so the show must go on. —Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024

The film follows a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive island resort preparing for the busy tourist season who are forced to wrestle with the dark reality that the show must go on as the sultry Mediterranean nights turn violent. —Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023

But still, the show must go on, and the White Sox will have Jesse Scholtens on the mound to try and grab a victory in Detroit. —Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023