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Off Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Off-Off-Broadway refers to theatrical productions including plays, musicals or Performance art pieces performed in New York City in smaller theatres

Off Broadway theatres (venues) are those with 100 to 499 seats. ^[1] The classification of theatres is governed by language in Actors' Equity contracts: a theater need not have a Broadway address, so long as it is "in the borough of Manhattan in any theater outside the area bounded by Fifth Avenue and Ninth Avenue from 34th Street to 56th Street, and by Fifth Avenue and the Hudson River from 56th Street to 72nd Street. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Actors' Equity Association (AEA commonly referred to as Actors' Equity In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York "^[1]

There was a time when, regardless of the size of the venue, a theatre could not be considered Off Broadway if it was within the "Broadway Box" (the traditional Broadway Theatre District). This is no longer the case as evidenced by a number of theatres in that area including, but not limited to New World Stages, The Little Shubert Theatre and The Snapple Center. New World Stages originally Dodger Stages is a 5 theater Off-Broadway venue The Little Shubert Theatre is located in New York City, on Broadway. The Snapple Theatre Center is a two-theatre Off Broadway complex at the corner of 50th Street and Broadway in the Times Square neighborhood However, if an Off Broadway theatre is located within the "Broadway Box" then there is a slightly higher minimum salary requirement for actors per their union, Actors' Equity. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Actors' Equity Association (AEA commonly referred to as Actors' Equity

Generally productions housed in Off Broadway theatres are less expensive, less publicized and less well-known. The smaller scale often allows more experimental, challenging work to be presented. Some groups which produce Off Broadway shows are non-profit rather than commercial producers, meaning they can more easily afford to take chances on plays which might not be commercial hits; however, they still have to ensure enough interest in their plays to have a large enough subscriber base to keep them financially sound. Some commercial productions have found a profitable niche in Off Broadway venues which allow long runs in their original theatres.

Occasionally, shows staged successfully Off Broadway will later have a run on Broadway. For instance, the musicals "A Chorus Line", Godspell, Avenue Q, Rent, Spring Awakening, Hair, Grey Gardens, Little Shop of Horrors, and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George and the plays Doubt, I Am My Own Wife, and Bridge & Tunnel were initially presented Off Broadway. A Chorus Line is a musical about seventeen Broadway Dancers auditioning for spots on a Chorus line. This article is about the musical For the movie see Godspell (film. Avenue Q is a musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics and directed by Jason Moore. Rent is a Rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini 's Opera La Bohème Spring Awakening is a Tony Award -winning rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a Rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt Grey Gardens is a musical with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie, based on the 1975 documentary of Little Shop of Horrors is a Rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Doubt A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley originally staged Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23 I Am My Own Wife is a play by Doug Wright based on his conversations with German Transvestite, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. However, some productions run successfully for several years in Off Broadway venues; examples are Stomp, Blue Man Group, Altar Boyz, Perfect Crime and Naked Boys Singing. Stomp is a non-traditional Dance troupe (originating in Brighton UK that uses the body and ordinary objects to create a physical theatre performance Blue Man Group ( Blue Man, BMG) is a creative organization founded by Phil Stanton Chris Wink and Matt Goldman it is centered on a trio of mute performers called Altar Boyz is an Off-Broadway Musical comedy about a fictitious Christian Boy band from Ohio. Naked Boys Singing! is a 2007 musical / Comedy film adaptation of the 1998 off- Broadway musical of the same name The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in theatre history, spent its original 42-year run Off Broadway. The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. ^[2] In 2008, two Off-Broadway shows, In the Heights and Passing Strange, have already transferred to Broadway and a third, [title of show] will transfer in July of 2008. Passing Strange is a musical with lyrics and book by Stew and music and orchestrations by Stew and Heidi Rodewald Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located of show is a musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and a book by Hunter Bell.

Off-Broadway shows, performers and creative staff may be nominated for and win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Outer Circle Critics Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Obie Award (presented since 1956 by The Village Voice), and the Lucille Lortel Award (created in 1985 by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers). The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of twenty-two Drama Critics from daily Newspapers, Magazines and Wire services The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway and were begun during the 1949-1950 theater season The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre Although Off-Broadway shows are not eligible for the Tony Awards, an exception was made in 1956, before the rules were changed, when Lotte Lenya won for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the Off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Lotte Lenya ( October 18, 1898 &ndash November 27, 1981) was an Austrian Singer and Actress. This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. The Threepenny Opera ( Die Dreigroschenoper) is a revolutionary work of Musical theatre, by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer ^[3]

In London the closest equivalent to the term "Off Broadway" is known as fringe theatre, but it does not correspond to Off Broadway exactly because the structure of theatre in the two cities differs in many ways. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Fringe theatre is a term used to describe Alternative theatre, or entertainment not of the mainstream In particular, there are no hard and fast divisions based on the number of seats in venues.

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^ ^a ^b League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers. Inc. & The Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. Off-Broadway Minimum Basic Agreement. Retrieved on 2007-12-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people
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