BUNNICULA, WANDA'S MONSTER and More Nominated for Off-Broadway Alliance's Best Family Show
The Off Broadway Alliance today announced its nominee selections for Best Family Show, a category not often recognized in a season packed with honors for excellence in theatre. The award recognizes the extraordinary work being produced Off Broadway for young audiences and their families by a wide range of upcoming and established theatre artists. The organization, which announced its Legends of Off Broadway honorees and its nominees for best plays, musicals, and revivals yesterday, today announced the following five nominees for Best Family Show:
Best Family Show:
o Bunnicula produced by Daryl Roth and theatreworksUSA
o Piggy Nation produced by Jenna Doolittle, Catherine Russell and Piggy Nation LLC
o Show Way produced by Vital Theatre Company
o The Velveteen Rabbit produced by Daryl Roth and theatreworksUSA
o Wanda's Monster produced by Making Books Sing
The Off Broadway Alliance is a non-profit corporation organized by theater professionals dedicated to supporting, promoting and encouraging the production of Off Broadway theater and to making live theater increasingly accessible to new and diverse audiences. The Alliance holds monthly meetings and membership is open to everyone in the Off Broadway theater community.
Among its initiatives, The Off Broadway Alliance sponsors 20at20, the event that runs twice a year for 20 days and lets theatergoers purchase $20 tickets to dozens of Off Broadway shows 20 minutes before curtain. It produces a free Seminar Series focusing on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway featuring major players from the Off Broadway scene. And the Alliance created the Off Broadway Economic Impact Report, which outlines Off Broadway's over $500 million annual impact on the economy of the City of New York.
For more information including the entire list of this year's nominations, visit www.offbroadwayalliance.com.
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