Obie Award

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City

Ceremony history
Obie Award ceremonies have been held at Webster Hall in Manhattan's East Village since the 2010-2011 season. 
YearHostVenuePresenters1956Shelley Wintersunknown venue1957Geraldine PageThe Limelight1958Maureen Stapleton1959Kim StanleyVillage Gate1960Anne Bancroft1961Julie Harris1962Lotte Lenya1963Uta Hagen1964Colleen Dewhurst1965Gloria Foster1966Anne Jackson1967Barbara Harris1968Estelle Parsons1969Julie Bovasso1970Dustin Hoffman1971Elaine May1972Groucho Marx1973Sylvia Milesunknown venue1974Madeleine Le Rouxunknown venue1975Godfrey CambridgeVillage Gate1976no formal hostLincoln Center1977Paul Sorvino, Gilda Radner, Marilyn SokolThe Bottom Line1978Dustin Hoffman1979Ron Leibman1980no formal hostRoxy NYC1981Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver1982Swoosie Kurtz, Tommy TuneSavoy1983Harvey Fierstein, Julie BovassoFirst City Cabaret1984no formal hostCat Club1985Ellen Stewart, Harvey FiersteinPuck Building1986Christopher Durang, Swoozie Kurtzunknown venue1987Morgan Freeman, Christine Lahtiunknown venue1988Morgan Freeman, Lee Breuerunknown venue1989no formal hostunknown venue1990Julie Bovasso, Olympia Dukakisunknown venue1991Stockard Channing, Alan ArkinPalladium Ballroom1992Jerry Zaks, Kate Nelligan1993no formal hostunknown venue1994Mary McDonnell, James McDanielunknown venue1995Hector Elizondo, Anne Mearaunknown venue1996Nicky Silverunknown venue1997no formal hostunknown venueFyvush Finkel, Kathleen Chalfant, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Peter Francis James, Shirley Knight, Camryn Manheim, Mary Louise Parker, Roger Guenveur Smith, Julie Taymor, Marisa Tomei, Rip Torn, Ming Cho Lee, Karin Coonrod, and Scott Elliot1998Eric Bogosian, Kristen JohnsonWebster HallDanny Hoch, Woodie King Jr., Mac Wellman, Mary Louise Wilson, Lea DeLaria, Ellie Covan, Tsai Chin, Greg Germann, and Liz Diamond1999Lea DeLaria, Paul RudnickBetty Buckley, Kathleen Chalfant, Stephen DeRosa, David Henry Hwang, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth Marvel, John Cameron Mitchell, Everett Quinton, Phylicia Rashad, and Roger Rees2000Claudia Shear, Mary TestaPing Chong, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Cynthia Nixon, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Testa, Carmelita Tropicana, James Urbaniak2001Brian Murray, Marian SeldesDarius De Haas, David Gallo, Linda Lavin, Marion McClinton, Debra Monk, Mark Russell, J. Smith-Cameron, and Daphne Rubin-Vega2002Karen Evans Kandel, Ruben Santiago-HudsonElizabeth Franz, Mary Louise Parker, Ellen McLaughlin, Rinde Eckert, Richard Maxwell, Suzan-Lori Parks, and George C. Wolfe2003Bill Irwin, Charlayne WoodardEdward Albee, Linda Emond, Juliana Francis, Martha Plimpton, Jackie Hoffman, Eddie Izzard, John Ortiz, and Liev Schreiber2004Swoosie Kurtz, Raul EsparzaViola Davis, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, and Denis O'Hare2005Stockard Channing, Brian F. O'ByrneElaine Stritch and Frances Sternhagen2006Lili Taylor, Eric BogosianSkirball Center for the Performing ArtsChristine Lahti, Christine Ebersole, Edward Hibbert, Douglas Carter Beane, Phylicia Rashad, and Oskar Eustis2007Cynthia Nixon, T.R. KnightMichael Cerveris, Angela Lansbury, William Ivey Long, Camryn Manheim, Stephanie March, Terrence McNally, Liev Schreiber, and Anika Noni Rose2008Elizabeth Marvel, Bill CampWebster HallJonathan Groff, Priscilla Lopez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marisa Tomei, Julie White and Bradley Whitford2009Daniel Breaker, Martha PlimptonAnne Hathaway, Brian d’Arcy James, Gavin Creel, John Shea, Karen Olivo, Kate Mulgrew, Marc Kudisch, and Nilaja Sun2010Anika Noni-Rose and Michael CerverisJ. Smith-Cameron, Marin Ireland, Linda Lavin, Hamish Linklater, Michael Shannon and Jennifer Westfeldt2011S. Epatha Merkerson and David Hyde PierceNina Arianda, Alec Baldwin, Margaret Colin, Mamie Gummer, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arian Moayed, Jim Parsons, Andrew Rannells, Liev Schreiber, and Frank Wood2012no formal hostEric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Bartha, Leslie Odom Jr., Lily Rabe, Michael McKean, Tonya Pinkins, Topher Grace, and Tracee Chimo2013Jessica Hecht and Jeremy ShamosGans, Andrew. "'Detroit', 'Grimly Handsome', Eisa Davis, John Rando, Shuler Hensley and More Are Obie Winners"  playbill.com, May 20, 2013Bobby Cannavale, Tracee Chimo, Cyndi Lauper, Judith Light, Krysta Rodriguez, Duncan Sheik, Meryl Streep, and Courtney B. Vance2014Tamara Tunie and Hamish LinklaterGans, Andrew."59th Annual Obie Award Winners Announced; Sydney Lucas Is Youngest Winner in Obie History"  playbill.com, May 19, 2014Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O'Hara, Lily Rabe, and Stephen Trask2015Lea DeLariaSting, Jessie Eisenberg, Stockard Channing, Billy Crudup, Tony Kushner, Lisa Kron, and William Ivey Long2016Lea DeLariaSavion Glover, Elizabeth Marvel, Colman Domingo, Danai Gurira, Tovah Feldshuh, Lisa Kron, Maura Tierney, Kate Burton, Carrie Preston, Norm Lewis, and Marlo Thomas2017Lea DeLariaChris Cooper, Rose Byrne, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Jayne Houdyshell, Lena Hall, Jefferson Mays, LaChanze, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taylor Mac, Darius de Haas, Mike Faist, J. Smith-Cameron, David Henry Hwang, Derek McLane, William Ivey Long, Emilio Sosa, Peter Barbey2018John LeguizamoTerminal 5 Andrew Garfield, Lucy Liu, Matthew Broderick, Oliver Platt, Laura Benanti, Laura Osnes, Beth Malone, David Morse, Itamar Moses, Arian Moayed, Stephen Trask, Gideon Glick, Rebecca Taichman, William Ivey Long, Natasha Katz, David Henry Hwang, David Zinn, Emilio Sosa, Lilli Cooper, Pixie Aventura, Heather Hitchens, Peter Barbey, Michael FeingoldAndrew Gans, "Andrew Garfield, Laura Benanti, Laura Osnes Among Presenters for 2018 Obie Awards", Playbill, May 14, 20182019Rachel BloomTerminal 5 Eric Bogosian, Julie White, Kristine Nielsen, Beowulf Boritt, Patti LuPone, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Heather Hitchens, David Henry Hwang, Billy Crudup, Margo Seibert, Michael John LaChiusa, Liesl Tommy, Damon Daunno, Rachel Chavkin, Rebecca Taichman, Luke Cresswell, Riccardo Hernandez, Mimi Lien, Marc KudischOlivia Clement, "Liesl Tommy, Patti LuPone, Rachel Chavkin, and More to Present at the 2019 Obies", Playbill, May 16, 20192020Cole EscolaYouTube Clint Ramos, Craig Lucas, Cynthia Erivo, Dominique Morisseau, Eisa Davis, Emilio Sosa, Heather Hitchens, Heidi Schreck, Katrina Lenk, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Liesl Tommy, Malcolm Gets, Rachel Chavkin, Rachel Hauck, Sahr Ngaujah, Sam Pinkleton, Saycon Sengbloh,Playbill Staff, "The 2020 Obie Awards, Celebrating the Best of Off-Broadway, Stream July 14", Playbill, July 14, 2020

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