| 释义 |
off-Broadway, a. and n. orig. U.S.|ˌɒfˈbrɔːdweɪ, ɔː-|
[f. off prep. + Broadway.]
A. adj. Of a theatre, play, or performer: located in, appearing in, or associated with an area of New York other than the Broadway theatrical area; esp. with reference to experimental productions. Also transf.
1953Plays & Players Dec. 24/3 There are still two other plays to consider... The former began life at an off-Broadway theatre and after some revisions was brought to the Vanderbilt on October 14. 1954New Yorker 9 Oct. 38/1 Making a new translation of ‘The Wild Duck’ for an off-Broadway production. 1959Cordell & Matson (title) The off-Broadway theatre. 1965Listener 20 May 738/2 The Theatre of Drama and Comedy—a sort of off-Broadway Muscovite theatre. 1970[see fit-up]. 1971B. Malamud Tenants 31 The black said his chick was an Off-Broadway actress.
B. n. Off-Broadway theatres or productions collectively.
1958Observer 14 Dec. 14/4 The small downtown play⁓houses generically known as ‘off-Broadway’. 1960L. Kauffmann Waldo (1962) vi. 69 What I say is, off-Broadway is going downhill. 1966Saturday Night (Toronto) Oct. 25 Off-Broadway, basing itself in and around the [Greenwich] Village area, began to rock the American theatre with Albee's plays and the latest works from Europe. 1973Black World Apr. 28/2 Many theater people went to Harlem and off-Broadway in hopes of improving their careers.
Hence off-off-Broadway, a collective term for theatres or theatrical productions away from ‘off-Broadway’, esp. those that are experimental or avant-garde; also attrib. and ellipt. as off-off.
1967National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 20/1 It had to happen and it did. The small, experimental theater circuit known as ‘Off-Off Broadway’—more simply, just plain OOB—is changing. 1967Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 June 20 These off-off Broadway playwrights are emerging in a period when no producer can expect to present their unconventional works except at a financial loss. 1967Listener 31 Aug. 266/2 Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway are for those who genuinely love theatre. 1968Guardian 8 Oct. 5/3 Off-off Broadway..never takes place in a ‘real’ theatre; instead, Off-off Broadway uses cafés, rooms, lofts, churches. 1971‘T. Coe’ Jade in Aries (1973) vi. 63 He's had a couple of things produced. In coffee houses, you know. Off-Off-Broadway. 1973Guardian 1 Mar. 20/3 Pierre..produces an off off-Broadway version of Peter Pan where all the characters are played by actors over sixty. 1975Times 26 Apr. 7/6 The Off-Off-Broadway scene has changed... Off-Off has turned into either grant-oriented classical or imported productions, or showcases for Broadway. |