The casts of the Off Broadway production of Avenue Q in New York City and the Avenue Q National Tour in Dallas dedicated their May 28 performances to his memory, and the actors playing the Coleman role paid tribute to him from the stage at the performances ' conclusions.

Off-Off-Broadway began in Greenwich Village in 1958 as a reaction to Off Broadway, and a " complete rejection of commercial theatre ".

In fact, Hamlet is the most produced Shakespeare play in New York theatre history, with sixty-four recorded productions on Broadway, and an untold number Off Broadway.

In the late 1990s, the musical play Love, Janis was created with input from Janis's younger sister Laura plus Big Brother guitarist Sam Andrew, with an aim to take it to Off Broadway.

In 2004, he played a six – week engagement of his one – man concert at the Off Broadway complex Dodger Stages.

In 2000, at the age of 81, she appeared Off Broadway in Kenneth Lonergan ’ s The Waverly Gallery and received more awards for a single performance in a single season than any actress in theatre history, including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award, The Drama League Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award.

She worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave, and supported herself with several part-time jobs, which included working as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger.

* 1972 ( Off Broadway, Seale adaptation )

This remains Hanks's only New York stage performance to date ; as a high profile Off Off Broadway showcase, the production helped Tom land an agent, Joe Ohla with the J. Michael Bloom Agency.

* Captains Courageous, The Musical was a 1999 Off Broadway production at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

* Captains Courageous, The Musical at The Internet Off Broadway Database

Peter Melnick, another grandson, is the composer of Adrift In Macao, which debuted at the Philadelphia Theatre Company in 2005 and was produced Off Broadway in 2007.

* The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1993 ), an Off Broadway musical with music by Byron Janis, lyrics by Hal Hackady and book by Anthony Scully

In 1983 he appeared Off Broadway in " The Slab Boys " with Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn.

He began acting in Off Broadway productions, including The Young Master Dante by Werner Liepolt and a play by Sam Shepard, and also did some photo shoot modeling for National Lampoon, before moving on to film.

She later appeared in an " Off Broadway " production of Durang's comedy Beyond Therapy in 1981, which was directed by the up-and-coming director Jerry Zaks.

In 2001, she appeared in an Off Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues.

DeLaria appeared as Jane in the 1998 Off Broadway production of Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, a " a gay retelling of the Bible.

She launched an Off Broadway one woman show called Without You I'm Nothing, With You I'm Not Much Better in 1988 which played at The Orpheum Theatre.

Other productions, such as Stomp, Blue Man Group, Altar Boyz, Perfect Crime and Naked Boys Singing have run for several years Off Broadway.

The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in theatre history, spent its original 42-year run Off Broadway.

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Off Broadway the play has been staged several times, including a New York City parks tour starring Frank Muller, produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1989.

At the beginning of her career, Smith appeared in a wide range of stage productions, including the role of Mistress Quickly in an Off Broadway production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor with the Riverside Shakespeare Company, produced by Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival, set in New Orleans in post-Civil War America.

She has performed in several Off Broadway productions, including the comic role of Mopsa, the Shepherdess, in The Winter's Tale produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company at The Shakespeare Center in 1983.

On his return to the U. S., Hill acted Off Broadway and toured with Margaret Webster's Shakespeare Repertory Company.

Abraham has focused on stage work throughout his career, giving notable performances as Pozzo in Mike Nichols's production of Waiting for Godot, Malvolio in Twelfth Night for the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, for the Off Broadway Theatre For A New Audience ( TFANA ) in March 2007, which was performed at the Duke Theatre in New York and also at The Swan Theatre, part of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

It contained the line " Off with his head ; so much for Buckingham " – possibly the most famous Shakespearean line that Shakespeare did not write.

In addition to founding the New York Shakespeare Festival, Papp played a key role in the fostering of theatre throughout New York, in particular, the development of numerous Off Broadway theatres throughout his years as head of the NYSF.

In 1986, at age 12, she played Eponine in Les Misérables alongside fellow Sylvia Young student Melanie Blatt ( the role paid her school fees ), the Anthony Newley directed production of Stop the World-I Want to Get Off, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

For the BBC Learning project " Off By Heart Shakespeare ", Omid played Lord Capulet from Romeo and Juliet and delivered the speech " Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!

Also in 2011, Ryan played Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream in the BBC Learning project, " Off By Heart Shakespeare " and delivered the speech: " Lo, she is one of this confederacy!

In 2011 James took part in BBC Learning project, " Off By Heart Shakespeare ", where he played Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet delivering the speech ; "' tis not so deep as a well ".

A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays.

She has also appeared in several off-Broadway and regional productions, including Up Against the Wind ( New York Theater Workshop ), The Oedipus Plays ( The Shakespeare Theater ), A Raisin in the Sun ( Baltimore CenterStage ) Joe Turner's Come and Gone ( Missouri Rep ), The Exonerated ( Off Broadway's The Culture Project ) and The Antigone Project ( The Women's Project ).

Local performance groups include the Off Centre Theatre Company, Monmouth Operatic Society, Monmouth Choral Society, and the Merlin Society, one of the largest music societies in the country.

In 1984, the Roundabout Theatre Company mounted an Off Broadway revival starring Shirley Knight as Lola, Philip Bosco as Doc, Mia Dillon as Marie, Steven Weber as Bruce, and Kevin Conroy as Turk.

Norway, together with the designer Hessell Tiltman, having been discharged by the Airship Guarantee Company ( a subsidiary of Vickers ), after the R101 disaster also junked the more successful R100, decided to found their own small aircraft business: Cobham was an early and enthusiastic recruit: indeed, it was thanks to Sir Alan-who placed early orders for two " Off Plan " aircraft ( the three-engined ten seater Ferry ) for his National Aviation Day Limited company – that Airspeed managed to commence manufacturing at all.

He won a Theatre World Award in 1989 for his Off Broadway debut in the play Amulets Against the Dragon Forces at the Circle Repertory Company.

In 1992, Tony-winning Broadway director Daniel Sullivan collaborated with the Seattle Repertory Company to write the Gogol-inspired " Inspecting Carol ", which the Western Washington Center for the Arts described as " A Christmas Carol meets Noises Off meets Waiting for Guffman.

In 2007, the Atlantic Theater Company produced 10 Million Miles, an Off Broadway musical with Griffin's music as the soundtrack, and a book by Keith Bunin, directed by Michael Mayer.

Aside from the initial production of 4. 48 Psychosis at the Royal Court in 2000, there have been performances of 4. 48 Psychosis at Old Red Lion Theatre ( Tangram Theatre, 2006 ), Arcola Theatre ( 2006 ), the Young Vic Theatre ( 2009 ), the Barbican Theatre ( TR Warszawa, Easter 2010 ), Access Theatre ( Raw Theatre Group, Easter 2010 ), The Theatre Project ( Off Off-Broadway-The Red Room, Summer 2010 ), ADC Theatre ( October 2010 ), York Theatre Royal ( March 2011 ), Sittingbourne Community College Theatre Company ( July 2011 ), The Hamilton Fringe Festival at Theatre Aquarius Box Fire Theatre Company, July 2011 and the George Ignatieff Theatre at University of Toronto ( October 27-29, 2011 ), Fourth Monkey Theatre Company ( March 2012 ), and Rangi Ruru Girls ' School performed it in the New Zealand Theatre Federation Festival ( September 2012 ), among others.

He helmed Lynda La Plante's adaptation of her own novel Killer Net that year, and later gained credits on Paul Abbott's acclaimed Clocking Off, a Red Production Company series for BBC One.

His theatre credits include David Marshall Grant's Snakebit ( Off-Broadway at the Century Center and in Los Angeles at the Coast Playhouse ), South Coast Repertory ( Noises Off, Taking Steps, The Real Thing ), The Antaeus Company ( Peace In Our Time, The Malcontent, Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8: 30, Sinan Unel's Pera Palas ), Black Dahlia Theatre ( Jonathan Tolins ' Secrets of the Trade, Richard Kramer's Theater District, both directed by Matt Shakman ), The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble ( Bach at Leipzig, Small Tragedy ), L. A. Theatre Works ( The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial ), and Pasadena Playhouse ( If Memory Serves ).

He has appeared on Law and Order, Broadway, and Off Broadway, and is a company member at The Pearl Theatre Company.

* Clocking Off at Red Production Company

He earned a Drama Desk Nomination for his role in the Off Broadway show 10 Million Miles which ran at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2007.

In 2004, she played Dotty Otley in Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts, and in 2006 Rupp appeared on stage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as a kooky mother in French playwright Jean Anouilh's comedy Ring Round the Moon at Barrington Stage Company.

The most advanced stage acting group is The Off the Wall Theater Company, which is best known for its highly awarded touring anti-violence show " Bang Bang, You're Dead.