off Broadway
noun
variants
often Off Broadway
: a part of the New York professional theater stressing fundamental and artistic values and formerly engaging in experimentation
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Her father is an independent filmmaker and her grandfather, Cliff Johnson, was a singer in the power pop band Off Broadway.
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Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Other Desert Cities premiered Off Broadway in a limited engagement at Lincoln Center Theater in 2011, with the cast including Stockard Channing, Linda Lavin, Stacy Keach, Thomas Sadoski and Elizabeth Marvel.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Joanne Taylor Jason Colson owns Autolab Englewood off Broadway.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The musical had an off Broadway run in 2021, ran on Broadway from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2024 and is concluding its first national tour with a stop at the Shubert in New Haven May 14-17.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
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Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Other Desert Cities premiered Off Broadway in a limited engagement at Lincoln Center Theater in 2011, with the cast including Stockard Channing, Linda Lavin, Stacy Keach, Thomas Sadoski and Elizabeth Marvel.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Joanne Taylor Jason Colson owns Autolab Englewood off Broadway.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The musical had an off Broadway run in 2021, ran on Broadway from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2024 and is concluding its first national tour with a stop at the Shubert in New Haven May 14-17.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
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“Off Broadway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20Broadway. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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