What is Off-Broadway Theatre?
Off-Broadway has long been the birthplace for many of America’s greatest plays and musicals. The popular AVENUE Q puppets initially came to life in the Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway. Of the last nine Pulitzer Prize winning plays, eight had their start Off-Broadway: THREE TALL WOMEN, THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, RENT, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, WIT, DINNER WITH FRIENDS, PROOF, and TOPDOG/ UNDERDOG. Many of the musicals that you think of as “Broadway musicals” were first presented Off-Broadway, such as A CHORUS LINE, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, HAIR, URINETOWN, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. And, of course, the world’s longest running musical, THE FANTASTICKS, is an Off-Broadway classic. Off-Broadway is also home to most of the event and interactive shows that you’ve heard of. BLUE MAN GROUP (now in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Berlin, too) and STOMP (another international touring sensation), THE AWESOME 80S PROM, etc., all first became popular Off-Broadway. And when you think of the actors who have
