Off Off Broadway

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Off Off Broadway. By the early 1970s, theatres started springing up across Manhattan and in the boroughs that served as an alternative to Off Broadway and Broadway. Deemed the most experimental and least compromising of the three venues, Off Off Broadway often has a specific agenda: gay or lesbian plays, feminist works, ethnic theatre, deconstructing the classics, and so on. The spaces are small and mostly found in such unconventional places as church basements, community centers, former storefronts, even garages and warehouses. Many Off‐Off‐Broadway productions are nonunion, others are Equity‐approved showcases, and some are defiantly amateur. In 1972 the Off‐Off‐Broadway Alliance was formed to somehow organize the many groups, but by their very nature these little theatre companies defied organization. Theatres were formed, sometimes quickly blossomed, and just as often disappeared in a year or two without a trace. It is estimated that in any one season there are more than sixty such groups in New York.

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