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What does "restricted" mean?

Restricted means that the performance rights to a play may not be available to you. There are a number of reasons why this happens. For example, if a play is running either on or Off-Broadway or if it's enjoying a national tour, the rights are generally not available to any group, professional or nonprofessional. Another reason might be that a professional theatre in your area is planning to produce the play, barring all other local productions until its run has closed. And sometimes an author will request that a certain area of the country (like their hometown) be held back. (Critics are one thing, but parents are quite another!)

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