off-Broadway

n.

Theatrical work, often experimental and inexpensive, presented in New York City outside the Broadway entertainment district.

adj.

1. Of or being such a theatrical work.
2. Located outside the Broadway entertainment district.

offBroadway off'-Broad'way' adv.

Off Broadway The term applied to a widely dispersed group of small theatres away from the principal commercial theatre center near Times Square. Many of these playhouses were established in basements, lofts, converted churches, and elsewhere, and they regularly produced plays deemed too risky for commercial production. Although such playhouses existed throughout the century (witness the Provincetown, Greenwich Village, and Neighborhood playhouse s), the designation did not take hold until after World War II. Many of the plays first presented in these theatres were later moved to traditional Broadway houses, while others, such as Threepenny Opera or The Fantasticks, remained in their original playhouses for their entire long runs. By the 1960s Off‐Broadway theatres were often providing much of the most exciting theatre in New York. Among the notable producing groups were the Circle in the Square, La Mama, the Living Theatre Company, the Negro Ensemble Company, the Phoenix Theatre, and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Many playwrights, such as Beckett, Genet, and the Americans Sam Shepard and A. R. Gurney Jr., have been presented in New York almost solely in Off‐Broadway houses, and several playwrights, such as Tennessee Williams, announced a preference for Off Broadway after their later plays were not well received uptown. Off Broadway has its own prestigious award, the Obie, and an organization called the League of Off Broadway Theatres and Producers.

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A descriptive term for part of the theatrical community of New York City that presents small-scale, often experimental dramas. The costs of off-Broadway productions are generally much lower than those of Broadway plays.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - teaterstykke produceret udenfor Broadway
n. - eksperimentelt og nyskabende teater

Nederlands (Dutch)
niet op Broadway (theater), experimenteel (theater), niet commercieel (theater)

Français (French)
adj. - (US, Théât) (production) d'avant-garde
n. - théâtre situé en dehors de Broadway

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nicht am Broadway liegend od. aufgeführt
n. - Off-Broadway...

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για θέατρο) πειραματικός, πρωτοποριακός

Italiano (Italian)
fuori Broadway

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pequenos teatros da Broadway caracterizados por apresentar produções experimentais

Русский (Russian)
поставленный не на Бродвее

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fuera de Broadway
n. - teatro o grupo fuera de Broadway

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - småteatrar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外百老汇的, 在百老汇大街附近的, 非百老汇戏剧界

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 外百老匯的, 在百老匯大街附近的
n. - 非百老彙戲劇界

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비상업적인 연극을 상연하는
n. - 비상업적인 연극을 상연하는 극장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - オフブロードウェー
adj. - オフブロードウェーの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ثانوي, ما يخص المسارح الثانويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוצג בתיאטרונים לא-מרכזיים בניו יורק (מחזה)‬
n. - ‮הצגה, בד"כ נסיונית, המוצגת לא בתיאטרונים הגדולים בניו יורק‬

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