"off-Broadway" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree English off- English Broadway English off-Broadway From off- + Broadway. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|off-|Broadway|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English off- English Broadway English off-Broadway From off- + Broadway. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} off-Broadway (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to an off-Broadway theater, or a production mounted in one. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-off-Broadway-en-adj-3gKr5IjP

Noun

Forms: off-Broadways [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English off- English Broadway English off-Broadway From off- + Broadway. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|off-|Broadway|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English off- English Broadway English off-Broadway From off- + Broadway. Head templates: {{en-noun}} off-Broadway (plural off-Broadways)
  1. (often capitalized) 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. Tags: capitalized, often Derived forms: off-off-Broadway, off-off-off-Broadway
    Sense id: en-off-Broadway-en-noun-9QAzezqA Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with off-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 8 92

Inflected forms

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