Little Shop of Horrors
Westside TheatreConversations With Mother
Theater 555Mindplay
Greenwich House TheaterThe Play That Goes Wrong
New World StagesAll Nighter
The Newman Mills Theatre at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theatre SpaceDrag: The Musical
New World StagesQueen of Hearts by Company XIV
Théâtre XIVLa Bohème
Metropolitan Opera HouseTitanique
Daryl Roth TheatreAida
Metropolitan Opera HouseDrunk Shakespeare
The Ruby TheatreIl Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Metropolitan Opera HouseVanya
Lucille Lortel TheatreFriends The Musical Parody
The Theater CenterKowalski
Duke on 42nd StreetLiberation
The Laura Pels TheatreThe Antiquities
Playwrights HorizonsDakar 2000
City Center Stage IMoby Dick
Metropolitan Opera HouseArthur Miller's The Price
Theatre at St. Clement'sThe Jonathan Larson Project
Orpheum TheatreStill
The Sheen CenterCellino v. Barnes
Asylum NYCPerfect Crime
The Theater CenterGazillion Bubble Show
New World StagesCurse of the Starving Class
The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature CenterLe Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Metropolitan Opera HouseSelected Shorts: Classics with a Twist with Meg Wolitzer, Sara Bareilles, and Sarah Ruhl
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony SpaceSam Kissajukian: 300 Paintings
Vineyard TheatreThe Office! A Musical Parody
The Theater CenterDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Metropolitan Opera HouseAfrican Exodus
Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)HENRY IV
Polonsky Shakespeare CenterThe Cherry Orchard
St. Ann's WarehouseSAFE HOUSE
St. Ann's WarehouseSumo
Public TheaterSingfeld! A Musical About Nothing
Jerry Orbach TheatreLunar Eclipse
Pershing Square Signature CenterMy First Ex-Husband
Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterThe Queen of Spades
Metropolitan Opera HouseNew York Comedy Club (Midtown)
New York Comedy Club (Midtown)Amateur Night at The Apollo
Apollo TheaterGrangeville
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box TheatreLondon's West End: Macbeth with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony SpaceLove Life
New York City CenterSalome
Metropolitan Opera HouseNT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony SpaceDeep Blue Sound
Public TheaterAt Play: A Life in the Theatre by David Mamet with Santino Fontana and BD Wong
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony SpaceJuilliard Orchestra Conducted by Louis Langrée
Alice Tully HallNTLive: Prima Facie (Encore)
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony SpaceNT Live: Hamlet (Encore)
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony SpaceAfter Endgame: A Comedy Show About Chess
SoHo PlayhouseDiscover the hidden gems in New York theatres with tickets to Off-Broadway shows. The city is most famous for the Broadway shows in the theatre district, but every neighborhood in the city is teeming with exciting theatre. Off-Broadway musicals and plays are great for people who have seen all of Broadway's hits, people who want to be the first to see the next big hit in the making, or people looking for different types of entertainment beyond traditional plays and musicals — immersive theatre, experimental art, dance, opera, comedy, and more all thrive off Broadway.
Some of New York's most famous venues outside the Theatre District, like the Metropolitan Opera House, are off Broadway. In addition, all theatres with less than 500 seats count as off-Broadway theatres, meaning you can see a high-quality show in a small, intimate space and be up close to all the action. Many Off-Broadway plays at the Public Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theater and Atlantic Theater Company transfer to Broadway, so you'll want to get your tickets now to guarantee your seat at one of New York's coolest shows.
See long-running Off-Broadway hits in NYC like Blue Man Group or Perfect Crime — the longest-running play in New York history. Or look out for new, inventive revivals of Tony Award-winning shows all year long. You can also take a chance on a unique experience, like the immersive staple Sleep No More, or see different kinds of entertainment, like Off-Broadway comedy shows in NYC.
Discover all the diverse theatre the city has to offer. Get tickets to Off-Broadway shows in NYC on TodayTix.
Broadway includes 41 specific Broadway theatres, all with 500 or more seats. All smaller theatres, along with all 500-plus-seat venues besides the designated 41, are classified as Off-Broadway.
Yes, mostly — a venue must have 500 or more seats to be a Broadway theatre, so all theatres with fewer seats are automatically Off-Broadway theatres, regardless of location. Not all 500-plus-seat venues are Broadway theatres, though; places like Radio City Music Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House are Off-Broadway venues.
The longest-running Off-Broadway show currently playing is Perfect Crime, which has run since 1987. The longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time are the play Line, which permanently closed in 2018 after playing on and off since 1974, and The Fantasticks, whose original production ran continuously from 1960-2002.
There are hundreds of Off-Broadway theatres all across the city. Only 41 theatres are designated Broadway theatres, and all other NYC venues are off Broadway, meaning there's always plenty of theatre to discover in every neighborhood.
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