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.

“Little Shop of Horrors is probably the most famous of the off-Broadway productions.”

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Meanings

nounoff-Broadway (plural off-Broadways)

plural off-Broadways

  1. capitalizedoftenIn 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.
adjectiveoff-Broadway (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf 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.

Origin

From off- + Broadway.

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APA

off-Broadway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-Broadway

MLA

“off-Broadway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-Broadway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-Broadway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-Broadway.

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