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What (who) is Off-Broadway - definition


Off-Broadway         
ANY PROFESSIONAL VENUE IN NYC WITH A SEATING CAPACITY BETWEEN 100 AND 499
Off-broadway; Off-Broadway theater; Off Broadway; Off-Broadway theatre
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100.
off-Broadway         
ANY PROFESSIONAL VENUE IN NYC WITH A SEATING CAPACITY BETWEEN 100 AND 499
Off-broadway; Off-Broadway theater; Off Broadway; Off-Broadway theatre
1.
An off-Broadway theatre is located close to Broadway, the main theatre district in New York.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
An off-Broadway play is less commercial and often more unusual than those usually staged on Broadway.
ADJ: ADJ n
Off-off-Broadway         
AVANT-GARDE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY
Off-off-off-Broadway; Off-Off Broadway; Off-off Broadway; Off off-Broadway; Off Off Broadway; Off-off broadway; Indie theater; Off-Off-Off-Broadway; Off-off-Broadway theatre; Off-Off-Broadway
Off-off-Broadway theaters are smaller New York City theaters than Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, and usually have fewer than 100 seats. The off-off-Broadway movement began in 1958 as part of a response to perceived commercialism of the professional theatre scene and as an experimental or avant-garde movement of drama and theatre.
Examples of use of Off-Broadway
1. Article continues At the time I was part of three communities: off–Broadway, off–off Broadway, and a black theatre which had grown jaded and didactic.
2. Her online persona bears the stage name Marshall adopted decades ago when she sang off–Broadway.
3. Instead, visitors found themselves puzzling over a number of off–Broadway productions and circus offerings.
4. "She picked a great play." "Three Days of Rain" first ran off–Broadway in 1''7.
5. I saw it twice – once Off–Broadway, once on – and had two very different experiences.