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(ō'bē) 
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An award given annually for exceptional achievement in off-Broadway theater.
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An award given annually for exceptional achievement in off-Broadway theater.
[From O.B., abbr. for OFF-BROADWAY.]
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Obie Awards
The Village Voice Off‐Broadway Awards, known popularly as Obies, were started by The Village Voice critic Jerry Talmer in 1956. The New York publication still sponsors the awards, which are determined by a panel of judges picked annually and cover a wide range of categories, including best new play, best production, and best performers. In 1969 specific categories were largely eliminated, but later were reinstated. While the Obies do not carry the clout of the major awards like the Pulitzer Prize or the Tony Award, they have importance because they recognize only Off‐Broadway work and, consequently, provide notoriety for new plays and artists.
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"Obie" redirects here. For other uses, see Obie (disambiguation).
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. As the Tony Awards cover Broadway productions, the Obies cover Off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions.
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Background
The Obie Awards were initiated by Edwin (Ed) Fancher, publisher of The Village Voice, who handled the financing and business side of the project. They were first given in 1956 under the direction of theater critic Jerry Tallmer. Initially, only Off-Broadway productions were eligible; in 1964, off-off-Broadway productions were made eligible.
Award structure
With the exception of the Lifetime Achievement and Best New American Play awards, there are no fixed categories and the winning actors and actresses are in a single category titled "Performance". There are no announced nominations.[1][2] Awards in the past have included performance, direction, best production, design, special citations, and sustained achievement. Not every category is awarded every year. The Village Voice also awards annual Obie grants to selected companies; in 2011, these grants were $2,000 each to Metropolitan Playhouse and Wakka Wakka.[3] There is also a Ross Wetzsteon Grant, named after its former theater editor, in the amount of $2,000 (in 2009; in 2011 the grant was $1,000), for a theatre that nurtures innovative new plays.[4]
Other awards for Off-Broadway theatre are the Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
The ceremony for the 2010-11 season was held on May 16, 2011 at Webster Hall (New York City), hosted by S. Epatha Merkerson and David Hyde Pierce.[3] The ceremony for 2011-12 was held on May 21, 2012 at Webster Hall.[5]
Lists of winners
- Winners from Infoplease.com
- OBIE winners, 2006-2007, playbill.com
- OBIE winners, 2007-2008, playbill.com
- OBIE winners, 2008-2009, playbill.com
- OBIE winners, 2009-2010, playbill.com
- OBIE winners, 2010-2011, playbill.com
References
- ^ Healy, Patrick. "'Ruined' Wins Obie Awards" The New York Times, May 18, 2009
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Camp, Harris, Merkerson, Marvel and White to Present at Obies; Passing Strange to Perform", playbill.com, April 17, 2008
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew." 'Chad Deity', Ethan Hawke, Laurie Metcalf, Thomas Sadoski, Charlayne Woodard Win Obie Awards" playbill.com, May 16, 2011
- ^ Cox, Gordon.Off Broadway event Variety, May 18, 2009
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "'4000 Miles', Gabriel Ebert, Mary Louise Wilson, Linda Lavin, Santino Fontana and More Are Obie Winners" playbill.com, May 21, 2012
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