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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