Obie Award

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Obie Awards
Awarded forExcellence in Off-Broadway theatre
LocationNew York City, New York
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing and The Village Voice
First awarded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Websitehttp://www.obieawards.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City

Ceremony history[change | change source]

Obie Award ceremonies have been held at Webster Hall in Manhattan's East Village since the 2010-2011 season.

Year Host Venue Presenters
1956 Shelley Winters unknown venue
1957 Geraldine Page The Limelight
1958 Maureen Stapleton
1959 Kim Stanley Village Gate
1960 Anne Bancroft
1961 Julie Harris
1962 Lotte Lenya
1963 Uta Hagen
1964 Colleen Dewhurst
1965 Gloria Foster
1966 Anne Jackson
1967 Barbara Harris
1968 Estelle Parsons
1969 Julie Bovasso
1970 Dustin Hoffman
1971 Elaine May
1972 Groucho Marx
1973 Sylvia Miles unknown venue
1974 Madeleine Le Roux unknown venue
1975 Godfrey Cambridge Village Gate
1976 no formal host Lincoln Center
1977 Paul Sorvino, Gilda Radner, Marilyn Sokol The Bottom Line
1978 Dustin Hoffman
1979 Ron Leibman
1980 no formal host Roxy NYC
1981 Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver
1982 Swoosie Kurtz, Tommy Tune Savoy
1983 Harvey Fierstein, Julie Bovasso First City Cabaret
1984 no formal host Cat Club
1985 Ellen Stewart, Harvey Fierstein Puck Building
1986 Christopher Durang, Swoozie Kurtz unknown venue
1987 Morgan Freeman, Christine Lahti unknown venue
1988 Morgan Freeman, Lee Breuer unknown venue
1989 no formal host unknown venue
1990 Julie Bovasso, Olympia Dukakis unknown venue
1991 Stockard Channing, Alan Arkin Palladium Ballroom
1992 Jerry Zaks, Kate Nelligan
1993 no formal host unknown venue
1994 Mary McDonnell, James McDaniel unknown venue
1995 Hector Elizondo, Anne Meara unknown venue
1996 Nicky Silver unknown venue
1997 no formal host unknown venue Fyvush Finkel, Kathleen Chalfant, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Peter Francis James, Shirley Knight, Camryn Manheim, Mary Louise Parker, Roger Guenveur Smith, Julie Taymor, Marisa Tomei, Rip Torn, Ming Cho Lee, Karin Coonrod, and Scott Elliot[1]
1998 Eric Bogosian, Kristen Johnson[2] Webster Hall Danny Hoch, Woodie King Jr., Mac Wellman, Mary Louise Wilson, Lea DeLaria, Ellie Covan, Tsai Chin, Greg Germann, and Liz Diamond[3]
1999 Lea DeLaria, Paul Rudnick[4] Betty Buckley, Kathleen Chalfant, Stephen DeRosa, David Henry Hwang, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth Marvel, John Cameron Mitchell, Everett Quinton, Phylicia Rashad, and Roger Rees[5]
2000 Claudia Shear, Mary Testa[6] Ping Chong, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Cynthia Nixon, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Testa, Carmelita Tropicana, James Urbaniak[7]
2001 Brian Murray, Marian Seldes[8] Darius De Haas, David Gallo, Linda Lavin, Marion McClinton, Debra Monk, Mark Russell, J. Smith-Cameron, and Daphne Rubin-Vega[9]
2002 Karen Evans Kandel, Ruben Santiago-Hudson[10] Elizabeth Franz, Mary Louise Parker, Ellen McLaughlin, Rinde Eckert, Richard Maxwell, Suzan-Lori Parks, and George C. Wolfe[11]
2003 Bill Irwin, Charlayne Woodard[12] Edward Albee, Linda Emond, Juliana Francis, Martha Plimpton, Jackie Hoffman, Eddie Izzard, John Ortiz, and Liev Schreiber[13]
2004 Swoosie Kurtz, Raul Esparza[14] Viola Davis, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, and Denis O'Hare[15]
2005 Stockard Channing, Brian F. O'Byrne Elaine Stritch and Frances Sternhagen[16]
2006 Lili Taylor, Eric Bogosian[17] Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Christine Lahti, Christine Ebersole, Edward Hibbert, Douglas Carter Beane, Phylicia Rashad, and Oskar Eustis[18]
2007 Cynthia Nixon, T.R. Knight[19] Michael Cerveris, Angela Lansbury, William Ivey Long, Camryn Manheim, Stephanie March, Terrence McNally, Liev Schreiber, and Anika Noni Rose[20]
2008 Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp[21] Webster Hall Jonathan Groff, Priscilla Lopez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marisa Tomei, Julie White and Bradley Whitford[22]
2009 Daniel Breaker, Martha Plimpton[23] Anne Hathaway, Brian d’Arcy James, Gavin Creel, John Shea, Karen Olivo, Kate Mulgrew, Marc Kudisch, and Nilaja Sun[24]
2010 Anika Noni-Rose and Michael Cerveris[25] J. Smith-Cameron, Marin Ireland, Linda Lavin, Hamish Linklater, Michael Shannon and Jennifer Westfeldt[26]
2011 S. Epatha Merkerson and David Hyde Pierce[27] Nina Arianda, Alec Baldwin, Margaret Colin, Mamie Gummer, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arian Moayed, Jim Parsons, Andrew Rannells, Liev Schreiber, and Frank Wood[28]
2012 no formal host Eric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Bartha, Leslie Odom Jr., Lily Rabe, Michael McKean, Tonya Pinkins, Topher Grace, and Tracee Chimo[29]
2013 Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos[30] Bobby Cannavale, Tracee Chimo, Cyndi Lauper, Judith Light, Krysta Rodriguez, Duncan Sheik, Meryl Streep, and Courtney B. Vance[31]
2014 Tamara Tunie and Hamish Linklater[32] Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O'Hara, Lily Rabe, and Stephen Trask[33]
2015 Lea DeLaria[34] Sting, Jessie Eisenberg, Stockard Channing, Billy Crudup, Tony Kushner, Lisa Kron, and William Ivey Long[35]
2016 Lea DeLaria[36] Savion Glover, Elizabeth Marvel, Colman Domingo, Danai Gurira, Tovah Feldshuh, Lisa Kron, Maura Tierney, Kate Burton, Carrie Preston, Norm Lewis, and Marlo Thomas[37]
2017 Lea DeLaria[38] Chris Cooper, Rose Byrne, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Jayne Houdyshell, Lena Hall, Jefferson Mays, LaChanze, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taylor Mac, Darius de Haas, Mike Faist, J. Smith-Cameron, David Henry Hwang, Derek McLane, William Ivey Long, Emilio Sosa, Peter Barbey[39]
2018 John Leguizamo[40] Terminal 5 Andrew Garfield, Lucy Liu, Matthew Broderick, Oliver Platt, Laura Benanti, Laura Osnes, Beth Malone, David Morse, Itamar Moses, Arian Moayed, Stephen Trask, Gideon Glick, Rebecca Taichman, William Ivey Long, Natasha Katz, David Henry Hwang, David Zinn, Emilio Sosa, Lilli Cooper, Pixie Aventura, Heather Hitchens, Peter Barbey, Michael Feingold[41]
2019 Rachel Bloom[42] Terminal 5 Eric Bogosian, Julie White, Kristine Nielsen, Beowulf Boritt, Patti LuPone, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Heather Hitchens, David Henry Hwang, Billy Crudup, Margo Seibert, Michael John LaChiusa, Liesl Tommy, Damon Daunno, Rachel Chavkin, Rebecca Taichman, Luke Cresswell, Riccardo Hernandez, Mimi Lien, Marc Kudisch[43]
2020 Cole Escola[44] YouTube Clint Ramos, Craig Lucas, Cynthia Erivo, Dominique Morisseau, Eisa Davis, Emilio Sosa, Heather Hitchens, Heidi Schreck, Katrina Lenk, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Liesl Tommy, Malcolm Gets, Rachel Chavkin, Rachel Hauck, Sahr Ngaujah, Sam Pinkleton, Saycon Sengbloh,[45]

References[change | change source]

  1. "OBIE Awards for Off-Broadway Will Be Given May 19 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  2. "Eric Bogosian & Kristen Johnson To Host Obie Awards, May 18 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. "Richard Foreman Wins Best Play Honors at 1998 Village Voice Obie Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. "Durang, Chalfant, House/Lights Win 1999 OBIE Awards For Excellence Off-Bway | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  5. "Durang, Chalfant, House/Lights Win 1999 OBIE Awards For Excellence Off-Bway | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. "Claudia Shear to Host 2000 OBIE Awards, May 15 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  7. "Claudia Shear to Host 2000 OBIE Awards, May 15 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. "Seldes and Murray to Host 2001 OBIE Awards, May 21 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  9. "Obie-Won". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  10. "The 2002 Obie Awards, Honoring Off-Bway, Presented May 20 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  11. "The 2002 Obie Awards, Honoring Off-Bway, Presented May 20 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  12. "Ed Norton, Rosemary Harris, BAM, Talking Heads Among 2003 Off-Broadway Obie Awards Winners | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  13. "Ed Norton, Rosemary Harris, BAM, Talking Heads Among 2003 Off-Broadway Obie Awards Winners | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  14. "2003-2004 OBIE Awards Bestowed at Webster Hall". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  15. "Kurtz and Esparza to Host 2004 Obie Awards Ceremony May 17 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  16. "Jimmy Smits to Host Village Voice Obie Awards May 16 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  17. "Downtown Drama: Obie Awards To Be Handed Out May 15 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  18. "OBIE Awards 2005 - 2006 - six of the award presenters named". New York Theater Guide. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  19. "T.R. Knight and Cynthia Nixon to Host Obie Awards". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  20. BWW News Desk. "2007 Village Voice Obie Awards Winners Announced". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  21. "Foote, Hwang, Cromer, Hamilton, Mulgrew and Stew Among 2008 Obie Award Winners | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  22. BWW News Desk. "2008 Obie Awards Winners Announced". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  23. "Plimpton and Breaker to Host 54th Annual Obie Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  24. "The 2009 Village Voice Obie Award Winners Announced". Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  25. "PHOTO CALL: 2010 OBIE Awards Ceremony | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  26. "Circle Mirror Transformation Among Winners at 2010 OBIE Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  27. Gans, Andrew." 'Chad Deity', Ethan Hawke, Laurie Metcalf, Thomas Sadoski, Charlayne Woodard Win Obie Awards" Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 16, 2011
  28. "2011 Obie Award Winners Announced". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  29. "The 2012 Obie Award Winners". Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  30. Gans, Andrew. "'Detroit', 'Grimly Handsome', Eisa Davis, John Rando, Shuler Hensley and More Are Obie Winners" Archived June 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 20, 2013
  31. "Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Village Voice Obie Awards". Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  32. Gans, Andrew."59th Annual Obie Award Winners Announced; Sydney Lucas Is Youngest Winner in Obie History" Archived May 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 19, 2014
  33. "59th Annual Obie Award Winners Announced; Sydney Lucas Is Youngest Winner in Obie History | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  34. "Inside the 2015 Obie Awards". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  35. Cox, Gordon (2015-05-19). "'Hamilton,' Henderson and Houghton Win 2015 Obie Awards (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  36. "Winners Announced for 61st Annual Obie Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  37. "Savion Glover, Marlo Thomas and Lisa Kron Among Presenters of Tonight's Obie Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  38. "Go Inside the 2017 Obie Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  39. "Presenters and Performers Announced For Tonight's 62nd Annual Obie Awards® | Obie Awards". Obie Awards. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  40. McPhee, Ryan (January 17, 2018). "John Leguizamo Will Host the 2018 Obie Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  41. Andrew Gans, "Andrew Garfield, Laura Benanti, Laura Osnes Among Presenters for 2018 Obie Awards", Playbill, May 14, 2018
  42. Land, Brent (April 3, 2019). "'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Creator Rachel Bloom to Host Obie Awards (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  43. Olivia Clement, "Liesl Tommy, Patti LuPone, Rachel Chavkin, and More to Present at the 2019 Obies", Playbill, May 16, 2019
  44. Paulson, Michael (May 26, 2020). "'Act Surprised! Obie Awards Go Virtual, Giving Winners Heads-Up (EXCLUSIVE)". NYTimes. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  45. Playbill Staff, "The 2020 Obie Awards, Celebrating the Best of Off-Broadway, Stream July 14", Playbill, July 14, 2020

Other Websites[change | change source]

Official website Edit this at Wikidata