off-Broadway
off-Broadway noun: in the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
Noun
off-Broadway (plural off-Broadways)
- In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
Adjective
off-Broadway (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to an off-Broadway theater, or a production mounted in one.
- Little Shop of Horrors is probably the most famous of the off-Broadway productions.
Forms of off-Broadway
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Origin of off-Broadway
From off- + Broadway.
Words formed from off-Broadway
Questions about off-Broadway
- What does off-Broadway mean?
- Off-Broadway means in the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
- What part of speech is off-Broadway?
- Off-Broadway can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of off-Broadway?
- The plural of off-Broadway is off-Broadways.
Words near off-Broadway in the dictionary
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