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Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!

By: May. 23, 2017
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The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, Owner) just presented the 62nd Annual Obie Awards®. Jennifer Kidwell & Scott R. Sheppard's Underground Railroad Game, produced by Ars Nova, and J.T. Roger's Oslo, produced by Lincoln Center Theater, shared the Obie Awards for Best New American Theatre Work, which is accompanied by a $500 prize each. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel received a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement. Obie and Screen Actors Guild® Award-winning actress Lea DeLaria returned as host of this year's ceremony, which was held at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street).

This year's presenters included Peter Barbey, Rose Byrne, Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper, Mike Faist, Edie Falco, Lena Hall, two-time Obie Award winner Jayne Houdyshell, three-time Obie Award winner David Henry Hwang, Obie Award winner LaChanze, Obie Award winner William Ivey Long, Obie Award winner Taylor Mac, two-time Obie Award winner Jefferson Mays, two-time Obie Award winner Derek McLane, Academy Award and Obie Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Emilio Sosa, and several of this year's Obie judges including Obie Award winner Darius de Haas, Obie Award winner Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Obie Award winner J. Smith-Cameron.

The evening's festivities, which were live-streamed on the official Obie Awards Facebook page www.facebook.com/ObieAwards, also included an opening number featuring Obies host Lea DeLaria. In addition, special performances were given by Katrina Lenk who performed "Omar Sharif" from The Band's Visit; Kecia Lewis, Austin Reed Alleman, Jessie Shelton, Storm Thomas, and William Youmans who performed "There's Only What I Know" from The Skin of Our Teeth; The Fantasticks' Daniel Bellomy who performed "Try to Remember" as part of the In Memoriam; and a rousing finale "Let the Sunshine In" honoring the 50th Anniversary of Hair performed by Lea DeLaria, Obie Award winner Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Lena Hall.

Click here for a full list of winners.

Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon

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Peter Barbey, Stephen Mooallem and Kerrie Gillis

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Peter Barbey Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
Kerrie Gillis Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Pamela Barbey Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Matt Barbey Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Heather MacRae Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
Stephen Mooallem, Matt Barbey, Peter Barbey, Pamela Barbey and Kerrie Gillis from The Village Voice Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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The Band's Visit Team Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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David Yazbek Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Katrina Lenk Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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David Cromer Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Paula Vogel Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Lea DeLaria Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Jared Mezzochi Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Lori Tan Chinn Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Max Vernon Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Heather Hitchens and David Henry Hwang Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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The team from The Wolves Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Derek McLane Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Emilio Sosa Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Edie Falco Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Hannah Elless Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Christopher Chen Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Daphne Rubin-Vega Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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Adriane Lenox Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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LaChanze Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!  Image
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