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Off-BroadwaySmall-scale theatrical productions in New York City. The term was first used to refer to experimental plays produced on low budgets in small theatres, which provided an alternative to the commercially oriented Broadway theatres. Off-Broadway theatres grew in quality and importance after 1952, with the success of José Quintero's productions. Plays by Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, and Lanford Wilson were first produced off Broadway, as were avant-garde works by Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. Many new plays are now staged in well-equipped Off-Broadway houses, and Off-Broadway theatre has its own set of awards, the Obies. As production costs increased, smaller and more experimental theatres emerged; these were quickly labeled Off-Off-Broadway. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jones, worked so well at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater back in June that performances begin on Broadway this month. If you thought the announcement of a Broadway version of Xanadu was exciting, get a load of Gina Gershon's news--the sexy actress is planning an off-Broadway musical based on the campy 1995 classic Showgirls. Apparently not the theater critics in New York City, who are loving the off-Broadway sensation, Altar Boyz, about a Christian boy band out to do some soul-saving. |
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