Nominees for the Off Broadway Alliance Awards Announced

4/26/2012 10:47am


The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, has announced the nominees for the 2nd Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2011-2012 season. 

Awards will be presented in six competitive categories: Best New Musical, Best New Play, Best Musical Revival, Best Play Revival, Best Special Event and Best Family Show. Winners in all categories will be selected by secret ballot by members of the awards committee of the Off Broadway Alliance. 

In addition to the competitive awards, six Off Broadway Alliance Legend of Off Broadway Awards are being presented for sustained achievement in the world of Off Broadway. The 2012 Legend of Off Broadway recipients are Edward Albee, Gerard Alessandrini, Kathleen Chalfant, Catherine Russell and Mary Louise Wilson

Two 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Awards are being presented posthumously to Howard Kissel and Theodore Mann

Winners will be announced on May 22. A complete list of nominees follows.

Nominees and Honorary Award Recipients

2012 Off Broadway Alliance Awards

Best New Musical 

The Blue Flower

Once

Queen of the Mist

SILENCE! The Musical

Sistas: The Musical

Best New Play 

4000 Miles

Milk Like Sugar

Sons of the Prophet

Tribes

Unnatural Acts 

Best Musical Revival 

Carrie

Ionescopade

Rent

Best Play Revival

Beyond the Horizon

The Cherry Orchard

Cymbeline

The Lady From Dubuque

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Best Special Event

The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith

An Iliad

The Patsy

Traces

Voca People  

Best Family Show

Alice in Wonderland

The Amazing Max and the Box of Interesting Things

The Berenstain Bears LIVE!

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Ohmies

Stinkykids, The Musical

Legend of Off Broadway Honorees

Edward Albee

Gerard Alessandrini

 Kathleen Chalfant

Catherine Russell

Mary Louise Wilson

Off Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Honorees

Howard Kissel

Theodore Mann

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.

Press contact: Jim Brea (704-9894)