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Off Broadway

2021 · 113 min

A wry, claustrophobic peek behind the curtain as artists bicker and improvise their way through a shutdown, funny and sad at once.

Directed by
Robert O'Hara
Starring
Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Jessica Frances Dukes
Overview
The year is 2020 and the American theater is shut down… but it is not shut off. Off Broadway follows the staff of a non-profit theater as they come together on Zoom and scramble to stave off extinction. The show is a scathing critique of an industry desperately trying to reinvent itself in the midst of a pandemic.

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Directed by
Robert O'Hara
Starring
Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Jessica Frances Dukes
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • art
  • survival
  • isolation
  • class
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Robert O'Hara
Written by
Torrey Townsend
Starring
Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Jessica Frances Dukes, Jason Butler Harner, Richard Kind, Hal Linden, Jillian Mercado, Kara Wang
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America

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