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单词 off-Broadway
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Definition of off-Broadway in English:

off-Broadway

adjective & adverb
  • (in New York City) of, in, or denoting a class of theatres which are smaller than and located apart from those in the Broadway theatre district and typically stage less expensive or commercial productions.

    as adjective off-Broadway musicals
    as adverb this was a surprise hit when it opened off-Broadway in the spring
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is one of those campy off-Broadway shows that secretly delights in its own awfulness: the theatrical equivalent of a movie like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
    • Nancy wanted Kennedy to try out for the lead role in ‘Falsettos,’ a musical that would open off-Broadway in the summer of '98.
    • This quirky off-Broadway hit began life at a New York City punk rock drag night in 1998.
    • This was a surprise hit when it opened off-Broadway in the spring, with direction by Jason Moore and Choreography by Ken Roberson.
    • One of her girlfriends who worked off-Broadway told her a secret.
    • By age eight, she had an agent and was studying dance and performing arts, appearing in TV commercials and off-Broadway plays.
    • In 1988 she finally caught a break when a glowing review of her performance in an off-Broadway show helped her find an agent who then got her some television work.
    • She appeared in Broadway and off-Broadway productions.
    • It was great fun to work in this high-fashion world while doing off-Broadway theatre.
    • Diesel's acting career actually started off-Broadway at age seven, and later, at school, he majored in English because he wanted to learn to write screenplays.
    • An off-Broadway actress, Kelly is loud, friendly, and is one of those people that everyone else seems to know.
    • The Signature Theatre Company, one of the most important for the promotion of American playwriting, produced the work off-Broadway in May.
    • Finally, we know that Dale is an off-Broadway actor who moves in and out of the text.
    • Subsequently it became an off-Broadway theater, an art film house, and a commercial cinema.
    • That's the premise of Richard Day's Straight-Jacket, a new off-Broadway comedy that opened in New York in June.
    • All told, there were 2 off-Broadway houses and 7 studio performance spaces within a few storefronts of each other.
    • It was running off-Broadway when I was in NY in 1999.
    • The actress began her career when she was eight years old in an off-Broadway production of Sophistry.
    • The production has an authentic off-Broadway aura about it yet never tries to be more than what it is - a little show that managed to hit the big stage.
    • Several of his plays were performed off-Broadway last year.
noun
mass noun
  • Off-Broadway theatres and productions collectively.

    he won off-Broadway's equivalent of the Tony
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Coming to Toronto from off-Broadway, The Confessions of Punch and Judy purports to be an updating of the infamous English puppet plays.
    • Yes, I did off-Broadway, community theater and school plays throughout my teenage years.
    • In 1991, the actor founded the National Actors Theatre, with the intent of bringing classic works to Broadway and off-Broadway.
    • The feeling in the audience for The Full Monty is quite unlike the bachelorette squealing that greets off-Broadway's squeaky-clean Naked Boys Singing.
    • Behind him was the legendary West End producer, who had brought it to London from off-Broadway.
    • ‘It's going to off-Broadway next year,’ says Miller.
    • I did TV commercials, and radio commercials, and Broadway, and off-Broadway, and, I understand that you said you saw me.
    • At first I was somewhat successful, because after the film I didn't work for a year because I wanted to go back to off-Broadway.
    • Its creator has no doubt about the Asian Art Fair's central position in this web of growth: ‘There is no off-Broadway without Broadway.’
    • It may soon get a boost, as comedian Dave Gorman brings his bizarre one-man show about Googlewhacking to off-Broadway in October.
 
 

Definition of off-Broadway in US English:

off-Broadway

adverb & adjectiveɔf
  • (in New York City) of, in, or denoting a class of theaters which are smaller than and located apart from those in the Broadway theater district and typically stage less expensive and less commercial productions.

    as adverb this was a surprise hit when it opened off-Broadway in the spring
    as adjective a little off-Broadway theater in midtown
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Finally, we know that Dale is an off-Broadway actor who moves in and out of the text.
    • It was running off-Broadway when I was in NY in 1999.
    • Diesel's acting career actually started off-Broadway at age seven, and later, at school, he majored in English because he wanted to learn to write screenplays.
    • That's the premise of Richard Day's Straight-Jacket, a new off-Broadway comedy that opened in New York in June.
    • This was a surprise hit when it opened off-Broadway in the spring, with direction by Jason Moore and Choreography by Ken Roberson.
    • It was great fun to work in this high-fashion world while doing off-Broadway theatre.
    • Subsequently it became an off-Broadway theater, an art film house, and a commercial cinema.
    • In 1988 she finally caught a break when a glowing review of her performance in an off-Broadway show helped her find an agent who then got her some television work.
    • The actress began her career when she was eight years old in an off-Broadway production of Sophistry.
    • She appeared in Broadway and off-Broadway productions.
    • Nancy wanted Kennedy to try out for the lead role in ‘Falsettos,’ a musical that would open off-Broadway in the summer of '98.
    • This is one of those campy off-Broadway shows that secretly delights in its own awfulness: the theatrical equivalent of a movie like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
    • The production has an authentic off-Broadway aura about it yet never tries to be more than what it is - a little show that managed to hit the big stage.
    • By age eight, she had an agent and was studying dance and performing arts, appearing in TV commercials and off-Broadway plays.
    • Several of his plays were performed off-Broadway last year.
    • An off-Broadway actress, Kelly is loud, friendly, and is one of those people that everyone else seems to know.
    • One of her girlfriends who worked off-Broadway told her a secret.
    • The Signature Theatre Company, one of the most important for the promotion of American playwriting, produced the work off-Broadway in May.
    • All told, there were 2 off-Broadway houses and 7 studio performance spaces within a few storefronts of each other.
    • This quirky off-Broadway hit began life at a New York City punk rock drag night in 1998.
nounɔf
  • Off-Broadway theaters and productions collectively.

    Broadway producers regularly raid off-Broadway for material
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The feeling in the audience for The Full Monty is quite unlike the bachelorette squealing that greets off-Broadway's squeaky-clean Naked Boys Singing.
    • In 1991, the actor founded the National Actors Theatre, with the intent of bringing classic works to Broadway and off-Broadway.
    • Its creator has no doubt about the Asian Art Fair's central position in this web of growth: ‘There is no off-Broadway without Broadway.’
    • At first I was somewhat successful, because after the film I didn't work for a year because I wanted to go back to off-Broadway.
    • ‘It's going to off-Broadway next year,’ says Miller.
    • Yes, I did off-Broadway, community theater and school plays throughout my teenage years.
    • Behind him was the legendary West End producer, who had brought it to London from off-Broadway.
    • Coming to Toronto from off-Broadway, The Confessions of Punch and Judy purports to be an updating of the infamous English puppet plays.
    • It may soon get a boost, as comedian Dave Gorman brings his bizarre one-man show about Googlewhacking to off-Broadway in October.
    • I did TV commercials, and radio commercials, and Broadway, and off-Broadway, and, I understand that you said you saw me.
 
 
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