off-Broadway

off-Broad·way

(ôf′brôd′wā′, ŏf′-)

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.

off′-Broad′way′ adv.

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off-Broadway

adj

1. (Theatre) designating the kind of experimental, low-budget, or noncommercial productions associated with theatre outside the Broadway area in New York

2. (Theatre) (of theatres) not located on Broadway

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off-Broadway

Presented at a theater that is outside the Broadway district, often being experimental in nature.

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off-Broadway - low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan

Manhattan - one of the five boroughs of New York City

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