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1973 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

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1973 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

CategoryNomineeShow
Best American PlayLanford WilsonThe Hot l Baltimore
Best American PlayJoseph A. WalkerThe River Niger
Best Foreign PlayPeter HandkeKaspar
Best Foreign PlaySamuel BeckettNot I
Distinguished DirectionMarshall W. MasonThe Hot l Baltimore
Distinguished DirectionJack GelberThe Kid
Distinguished DirectionWilliam E. LathanWhat if it Had Turned Up Heads?
Distinguished PerformancesJames HilbrandtA Boy Named Dog
Distinguished PerformancesCharles LudlamCamille
Distinguished PerformancesCharles Ludlam, Lola PashalinskiCorn
Distinguished PerformancesStacy KeachHamlet
Distinguished PerformancesChristopher LloydKaspar
Distinguished PerformancesHume CronynKrapp's Last Tape
Distinguished PerformancesAlice PlaytenLemmings
Distinguished PerformancesSam WaterstonMuch Ado About Nothing
Distinguished PerformancesJessica TandyNot I
Distinguished PerformancesMari GormanThe Hot l Baltimore
Distinguished PerformancesRoxie Roker, Douglas Turner WardThe River Niger
Distinguished PlaysRonald TavelBigfoot
Distinguished PlaysSam ShepardThe Tooth of Crime
Distinguished PlaysJ.E. GainesWhat if it Had Turned Up Heads?
Obie CommitteeMichael Smith, Marilyn Stasio, Mel Gussow
Special CitationsThe San Francisco Mime Troupe"The Dragon Lady's Revenge"
Special CitationsWorkshop of the Player's Art (WPA), City Center Acting Company, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, Richard Foreman

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