Spiner moved to New York City, where he became a stage actor, performing in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including The Three Musketeers and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George.

After graduation from the University of Miami, Herman moved to New York City, where he produced the Off-Broadway revue I Feel Wonderful, which was made up of material he had written at the University.

She then moved to New York where she appeared in a number of Off-Broadway productions.

The New York premiere was at the Off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre on February 17, 2000, where it ran until March 26, 2000, for 45 performances.

The play, directed by Kevin Dowling, opened on October 16, 1990 at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre, where it ran for 335 performances.

He moved to New York City where, after a long struggle, his career began to take off, first with some brief success in the world of stand-up comedy with partner, Patrick Stack, and later with Off-Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and his 1982 Broadway debut in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Roland Maule ( Drama Desk nomination ) with George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, and Christine Lahti.

After leaving the Air Force in 1956, Hagman returned to New York City where he appeared in the Off-Broadway play Once Around the Block, by William Saroyan.

Immediately, Sully started working on " Off-Broadway " and the prestigious Public Theatre, where she received magnificent reviews in the NY Times, NY Post and the Daily News.

An Off-Broadway revival directed by Lonny Price and choreographed by Michael Arnold opened on February 10, 1990 at the American Jewish Theatre, where it ran for 435 performances.

The musical later ran Off-Broadway in 2007, where it was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Revival and the Drama League Award as Distinguished Revival of a Musical.

During his 15-year run as Stern's employee, Melendez also starred in the Off-Broadway show Tony n ' Tina's Wedding where he met his wife, Suzanna.

Arkin is also a theatre actor where he has performed in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions, including most recently, both the South Coast Repertory world premiere and Broadway production of Brooklyn Boy by playwright Donald Margulies.

Her first appearance on the sitcom was in an eighth season, fifth episode entitled " Off-Broadway Baby " premiered on Saturday November 1, 1986, where she performed " Two of Hearts " in character.

The Off-Broadway Circle Repertory Company's production, directed by Marshall W. Mason, opened on 22 March 1973, at Circle in the Square Downtown, where it ran for 1666 performances.

Hurst went to New York where she worked for a short time on some Off-Broadway productions.

After playing Off-Broadway, it transferred in July 2003 to Broadway's John Golden Theatre, where it proved both a critical and popular success, winning the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, and earning Lopez and Marx a 2004 Tony Award for their musical score.

The musical opened Off-Broadway on February 9, 1996, where it ran for 25 performances.

For several years he worked at Columbia Records, where he produced albums by performers as diverse as Igor Stravinsky and Percy Faith and the album for the Off-Broadway musical Now Is The Time For All Good Men.

It was first performed Off-Broadway at the Truck and Warehouse Theater where it opened on June 30, 1970, closing on October 18, 1970 after 128 performances.

The show's ensuing success Off-Broadway led to a number of productions across the country produced both by Linders ' TOC Productions ( in such cities as Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles ) as well as South Florida theatrical producers GFour Productions ( in Boston, Denver, and Las Vegas, where it is currently housed at the Luxor Las Vegas ).

as well as its New York City premiere at the Nicu's Spoon Theater Company, where it later moved to an Off-Broadway premiere and garnered two NY Innovative Theater Award nominations.

* The September 1993 Greenwood Press ( Westport, CT ) publication of Lucille Lortel: A Bio-Bibliography by Sam McCready was celebrated with book parties at the Westport Public Library and at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center where a permanent tribute to her career is on display in The Lucille Lortel Room of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ( since November 1990, the home and viewing facility for TOFT's collection of more than 2, 000 tapes of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions ).

Flockhart also starred in the Off-Broadway production of Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.

His first New York stage role was in an Off-Broadway production of Molière's Dom Juan at the Fourth Street Theatre that closed after its only performance on January 3, 1956.

In 1998, Falk returned to the New York stage to star in an Off-Broadway production of Arthur Miller's Mr. Peters ' Connections.

The production showed that musicals could be profitable Off-Broadway in a small-scale, small orchestra format.

Hudson contributed an original electronic score to an Off-Broadway production of Dragon Slayers, written by Stanley Keyes and directed by Brad Mays in 1986 at the Union Square Theatre in New York, which was re-staged with a new cast in Los Angeles in 1990.

*** Off-Broadway – professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue.

As revivals and large-scale production musicals become the de rigueur Broadway ( and even Off-Broadway ) productions, playwrights find it difficult to earn livings in the business, let alone achieve major successes.

In 1960, Hoffman was cast in a role in an Off-Broadway production and followed with a walk-on role in a Broadway production in 1961.

The musical first opened Off-Broadway in 1990, and the 2004 Broadway production won five Tony Awards.

In addition, she acted in an Off-Broadway production of The Stendhal Syndrome.

She also performed the lead role in an Off-Broadway production called Our Leading Lady written by Charles Busch in which she earned a nomination from the Drama League for her performance.

An " Off-Broadway production " is a production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts.

Originally referring to the location of a venue and its productions on a street intersecting Broadway in Manhattan's Theatre District, the hub of the theatre industry in the United States, the term later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, or a specific production that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts.

Although Off-Broadway shows are not eligible for Tony Awards, an exception was made in 1956 ( before the rules were changed ), when Lotte Lenya won for " Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical ", for the Off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera.

In 1967 he originated the role of Charlie Brown in the original Off-Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

The play has experiened several revivals, most notably a 1985 Off-Broadway production starring Geraldine Page as Elizabeth.

Washington shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the Off-Broadway Negro Ensemble Company production A Soldier's Play which premiered November 20, 1981.

He also tried his hand in theater production with the Broadway musical Mother Earth ( 1972 ) and the Off-Broadway hit play The Hot l Baltimore ( 1973 – 76 ).

* The song " Come Sail Away " appears in the Off-Broadway production Power Balladz.

On September 27, 1991, an Off-Broadway production opened at in New York at the Variety Arts Theatre, a former nickelodeon movie theatre.

Hawke next starred in the Off-Broadway production of a new play, Tommy Nohilly's Blood from a Stone, from December 2010 to February 2011.