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Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theaters than Broadway. The designation of Off-Broadway venues has to do with the size of the theater rather than whether it has a Broadway address. Tickets for Off-Broadway productions are generally less expensive than Broadway plays.
Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theaters than Broadway. The designation of Off-Broadway venues has to do with the size of the theater rather than whether it has a Broadway address. Tickets for Off-Broadway productions are generally less expensive than Broadway plays.
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LI says 'I do' to 'Wedding Singer' and 8 other shows
steve.parks@newsday.com; Research by Judy RaiaThe Wedding Singer (Sept. 17-Oct. 4, Gateway Playhouse, Bellport). The musical comedy based on what many believe is Adam Sandler's best movie role makes its Long Island premiere. Set in the rock-angst heyday of 1985, it's about a rock-star wannabe who's...Tags: William Inge, Tilles Center, Adam Sandler, Long Island, Second City
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More Long Island theater highlights
Newsday Staff WriterSEPT. 12. La Cage aux Folles. Steve McCoy, fresh from his role in the Long Island premiere of "Grey Gardens" and a national tour of "Man of La Mancha," stars in this gender-bender Broadway classic that brought us such tunes as "I Am What I Am" and "The...Tags: William Inge, Henry James, Burt Bacharach, Crimes, Music
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Alice Ripley talks about 'Little Fish'
amNew York's theater criticIn celebration of the cast album release of Michael John LaChiusa's musical "Little Fish," many of his favorite performers will convene on Monday night at Joe's Pub for a concert devoted to his songbook. We spoke with Alice Ripley, who will perform and is...Tags: Theater, Broadway, Music Theater, Music
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Family bonds put to the test in 'john & jen'
Special to The Baltimore SunStanding O, Anne Arundel County's newest theater company, is fulfilling its mission to offer premieres of recent little-known works by staging the off-Broadway musical john & jen through next weekend at Chesapeake Academy's black-box theater. First...Tags: Music, Teen-agers, Theater, Broadway, People
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Nixon, Kissinger's endgame: Dramatic and dated theater
Chicago Tribune criticThe preshow announcement banning recording devices had the joint snickering. And when the appearance of President Richard M. Nixon was announced, the little theater behind Glencoe's Books on Vernon filled with the distinctly audible sound of low-frequency...Tags: Theater, National Government, Broadway, Music Theater, Government
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'Memphis' captures rock's roots at the La Jolla Playhouse
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"JERSEY BOYS," the show, came off well for the La Jolla Playhouse. The rock 'n' roll bio-play about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons opened late in 2004 and soon after moved to Broadway, where it won a Tony Award for best musical and looks to keep...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Ira Gershwin, Neil Simon, John Lennon, Rock and Roll Music
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'No Child' In A Class By Itself
Photos by JOHN WOIKE | The Hartford CourantNijala Sun wants you to know that her play "No Child …" is not about the "No Child Left Behind" legislation, which requires comprehensive testing in public schools. The play — which was an off-Broadway hit last year and opens Friday at...Tags: Christianity, Arts, Livestock Farming, Celebrity, Malcolm X
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Favre fever off Broadway
You're a 25-year-old Wisconsinite and med school student at Columbia who happens to have written and produced a partly autobiographical off-off-Broadway play about a Brett Favre-obsessed man. Then two days before it opens ... well, truth is stranger than...Tags: Brett Favre, David Scott, Theater, Broadway, Music Theater
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[title of show]: Love it or hate it
![When Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen announced last year on the "[title of show] show," their internet television series, that they intended to take their hit Off-Broadway musical "[title of show]" to Broadway, no one took them seriously.](http://www.amny.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-07/41068521-17111009.jpg)
Theater critic amNew YorkWhen Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen announced last year on the "[title of show] show," their internet television series, that they intended to take their hit Off-Broadway musical "[title of show]" to Broadway, no one took them seriously. "[title of show]" is...Tags: Hunting, Theater, Broadway, Music Theater, Mickey Rooney
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Ex-inmate from Huntington Station shares experiences
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comHuntington Station native Vilma Donovan was supposed to be acting when she sat on a stool in front of hundreds of women jailed at Rikers Island last month. But the tears she shed while delivering lines that told the story of her life in and out of prison...Tags: Punishment, Drug Trafficking, Crimes, Prisons, Celebrity
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'Gutenberg' has go-getter producer
If you think all New York producers are either Disney-like corporations or jaded, Maalox-popping reincarnations of Mel Brooks' Max Bialystock, then you should meet John Pinckard, the producer of "Gutenberg! The Musical!" He's 32. He talks non-stop. He'...Tags: Theater, Steve Guttenberg, Broadway, Edgewater, Mel Brooks
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Stage Bill: The Mamas and the Papas, a Broadway musical and other theater happenings
The Mamas and the Papas, among the most popular folk/pop groups of the 1960s, became the subject of an off-Broadway musical in 2003. Dream a Little Dream is the title of the "nearly true" chronicle of the group. It opens tonight and runs through Aug. 31...Tags: Jupiter, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Florida Atlantic University, Music, Manalapan
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