Off-Off-Broadway
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Off-Off-Broadway refers to New York City’s small, often experimental and low-budget theater productions staged in intimate venues outside the traditional Broadway and Off-Broadway circuits.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City cultural scene
→
theatre classification → theatrical movement → |
| associatedWith |
independent theatre companies
→
off-mainstream theatre → |
| audienceType |
niche audiences
→
theatre enthusiasts → |
| commonVenueType |
church basements
→
coffeehouses → loft spaces → small black box theatres → |
| country |
United States
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| culturalRole |
incubator for new talent
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testing ground for new plays → |
| differentFrom |
Broadway
→
Off-Broadway → |
| emergedInPeriod |
1960s
→
late 1950s → |
| focusesOn |
emerging artists
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experimental forms → new playwrights → |
| goal |
experimentation over commercial success
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| hasCharacteristic |
alternative theatre
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artistic risk-taking → experimental theatre → intimate venues → low-budget productions → non-commercial focus → small-scale productions → |
| hasEconomicModel |
nonprofit
→
shoestring budgets → |
| influenced |
American experimental theatre
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| influencedBy |
Off-Broadway
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| knownFor |
artistic freedom
→
development of new work → innovation in staging → |
| language |
English
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| locatedIn |
New York City
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| movementType |
avant-garde theatre
→
experimental performance → |
| partOf |
New York City theatre scene
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| regulationStatus |
less union-regulated than Broadway
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| typicalProductionScale |
low-budget
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| typicalSeatingCapacity |
under 100 seats
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| typicalTicketPrice |
lower than Broadway
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lower than Off-Broadway → |
| uses |
non-traditional performance spaces
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Off-Broadway
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comparedTo |
|
Sam Shepard
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movement |
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Off-Broadway
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relatedConcept |
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Theatre Row
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typeOfProductions |