59th Annual Obie Awards
4/2/2014 3:12pm
The Village Voice will present the 59th Annual Obie Awards on Mon May 19 at Webster Hall (125 E 11th St). The Obies will be co-hosted by Tamara Tunie & Hamish Linklater. Presenters include Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O'Hara & Stephen Trask. The 2014 Obie Awards are chaired by Michael Feingold. The judges include: Kirsten Child, Nicky Paraiso, Tonya Pinkins, Michael Sommers & Rick Sordelet. For the past 59 years, the Village Voice Obie Awards, founded by Jerry Tallmer in 1956, have honored the best of Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. Structured with informal categories that change annually, the Village Voice Obie Awards recognize persons and productions of excellence. Unlike most theater awards, the Obie's list no nominations publicly. In the conviction that creativity is not competitive, the judges may give several Obies in each category, and may even invent new categories to reward exceptional artistic merit. The Lifetime Achievement Award Obie will go to Estelle Parsons. Tickets are available at http://obies.villagevoice.com/2014/. Press contact: Gail Parenteau (532-3934)...