Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre stage shows by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Yazbek. Way Off Broadway has been credited with bringing many theatrical premieres to the area. In 2009, WOB was one of the first theaters in the country to obtain the rights to produce a regional theater production of the musical comedy "The Wedding Singer." Other shows, such as Neil Simon’s "The Goodbye Girl - The Musical", "La Cage aux Folles", "Thoroughly Modern Millie", Mel Brooks’ "The Producers", "All Shook Up", and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" all made their western Maryland regional theater debuts at WOB. The Way Off Broadway Children’s Theatre presents four
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