off-Broadway
English
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editNoun
editoff-Broadway (plural off-Broadways)
- (often capitalized) In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the "Broadway" theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
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editoff-Broadway (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to an off-Broadway theater, or a production mounted in one.
- Little Shop of Horrors is probably the most famous of the off-Broadway productions.