off Broadway
noun
often capitalized O
: a part of the New York professional theater stressing fundamental and artistic values and formerly engaging in experimentation
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The play, which charts the fortunes of a factory business in New England, had been given its world premiere by Hartford Stage in 1988 and ran for three years off Broadway.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
That was not the case when Steve Martin and Robin Williams played the leads with Mike Nichols directing off Broadway in 1988.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
Its source material was written in 1922, and was restaged off Broadway in 2017 at the Park Avenue Armory with Bobby Cannavale.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 July 2024
He’s gone on to act in a number of shows, TV movies and films, including 1993’s Detonator, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in 2001 and Silent Witness in 2020, as well as plays on and off Broadway and on London’s West End and in The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The National Theatre.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
That was not the case when Steve Martin and Robin Williams played the leads with Mike Nichols directing off Broadway in 1988.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
Its source material was written in 1922, and was restaged off Broadway in 2017 at the Park Avenue Armory with Bobby Cannavale.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 July 2024
He’s gone on to act in a number of shows, TV movies and films, including 1993’s Detonator, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in 2001 and Silent Witness in 2020, as well as plays on and off Broadway and on London’s West End and in The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The National Theatre.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
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