Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards!
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
Peter Barbey, Stephen Mooallem and Kerrie Gillis
Peter Barbey
Kerrie Gillis
Stephen Mooallem
Pamela Barbey
Pamela Barbey
Matt Barbey
Matt Barbey
Heather MacRae
Heather MacRae
Stephen Mooallem, Matt Barbey, Peter Barbey, Pamela Barbey and Kerrie Gillis from The Village Voice
The Band's Visit Team
The Band's Visit Team
David Yazbek
David Yazbek
Katrina Lenk
Katrina Lenk
David Cromer
David Cromer
Itamar Moses
Richard Topol, Paula Vogel and Katrina Lenk
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel and Anne Fausto-Sterling
Lea DeLaria
Lea DeLaria
Lea DeLaria and Heather Hitchens
The Come Back Little Sheba team
Jared Mezzochi
Jared Mezzochi
Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber
Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber
Kecia Lewis
Kecia Lewis
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Lori Tan Chinn
Lori Tan Chinn
Max Vernon
Max Vernon
Darius de Haas and Aisha de Haas
Heather Hitchens and David Henry Hwang
Heather Hitchens and David Henry Hwang
The team from The Wolves
The team from The Wolves
The team from The Wolves
Derek McLane
Derek McLane
Emilio Sosa
Emilio Sosa
Edie Falco
Edie Falco
Tyler Mount and guest
Mike Faist and Alexis Evans-Krueger
Mike Faist and Alexis Evans-Krueger
Hannah Elless
Hannah Elless
Charlotte Moore and Ciaran OÂ'Reilly
Ryan Rumery
Ryan Rumery
Riccardo Hernandez
The team from Caught
Christopher Chen
Christopher Chen
Storm Thomas, Jessie Shelton and Austin Reed Alleman
Michael Urie
Michael Urie
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale
Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale
Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R Sheppard
Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox
The team from Oslo
J.T. Rogers
J.T. Rogers
Marisa Tomei
LaChanze
LaChanze
LaChanze and guests
J. Smith-Cameron and Kenneth Lonergan
J. Smith-Cameron and Kenneth Lonergan
Rebecca Taichman
Rebecca Taichman
Lena Hall
Lena Hall
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