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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'play off'? Is it an idiom?



 
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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'play off'? Is it an idiom? #1 (permalink) Sun Apr 10, 2005 14:15 pm   What does this phrasal verb mean: 'play off'? Is it an idiom?		  
Dear Torsten,
could you, please, explain the meaning of the following phrase?

He played Othello off Broadway last year.

As I understand it he played the part of Othello, but I am not sure where, in one of the theatres on Broadway or not.
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Off Broadway #2 (permalink) Sun Apr 10, 2005 16:00 pm   Off Broadway		  
This means away from the main Broadway area. You would say: At a theatre off Broadway.
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Off Broadway #3 (permalink) Sun Apr 10, 2005 19:55 pm   Off Broadway		  
Thank you, Alan.
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