Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the professional theaters in Manhattan not in the Broadway area; performed in off-Broadway{1}.
- proper noun A group of low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan.
- proper noun The professional drama presented in off-Broadway theaters.
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- noun low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan
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Examples
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The film and the Beales themselves have since inspired fashion lines, songs, a broadway musical, several off-broadway shows, and a 2009 HBO film.
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I know acting - I have a master's degree in it, have performed off-broadway, regional, etc., and have coached many, many actors, including a couple who've been on Broadway.
Rumor: Keanu Reeves as Spike in Cowboy Bebop Movie?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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As the song goes in the off-broadway musical "I love you, you're perfect, now change", we all have baggage, emotional baggage!
Dr Bubbe aka TBTAM 2008
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However, if you race your bike and you're in an off-broadway play or are quasi-famous, you're engaging in "physical culture" as far as the Times is concerned.
Let's Get Cultural: Cycling Causes Importance BikeSnobNYC 2009
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By the way, Hinault and Lemond are starring in an off-broadway production if "Les Cage aux Folles".
From the BSNYC Culture Desk: "The Belle of the Ball Bearings" (A Musical) BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Variety operated until 2004, at which point it was an off-broadway theater.
Nick Carr: New York, You've Changed: Taxi Driver (Part 2) 2009
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The city even recently ran a promotion called "On The House" which gave free tickets to off-broadway shows.
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I saw Spalding Gray in an off-broadway show in NYC in 1980.
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For former executive turned musical theater talent and entrepreneur Melanie Bray, it was to attend an audition that seemed to randomly fall across her path - leading her to star as the female lead in two off-broadway plays.
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When I worked in theatre, I liked Obies off-broadway awards, because I was part of the community.
yet another award nomination. not sure if we should care. 2009
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