Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When I was a senior, Peter Hedges, who had already graduated and become a director and a playwright, invited me to New York to be in an off-off-Broadway play for a few days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Patrick’s story is intertwined with that of Caffe Cino, the New York coffee shop that was the accidental birthplace of off-off-Broadway theater.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Or like the goofy-sounding off-off-Broadway attempt at a “Streetcar” sequel in 2006, wherein Blanche and Stella, her sister, were at least in passing represented by throw pillows?
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Brash and confident Emily, a Southerner who lives in a communal squat and plots out impossible off-off-Broadway productions, respects credibility above all things.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
Joseph Fink: We were all involved in the New York off-off-Broadway scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
