(Revised June 2, 1997)
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It was impossible to shoehorn the Obie Awards into the charts as they
existed. The Obie's don't have nominations and winners, per se, just winners.
So that's what you'll find below.
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VILLAGE VOICE OBIE AWARDS
Best Play
One Flea Spare; by Naomi Wallace
Best Production
Peter And Wendy, Mabou Mines
Performance
Andre Braugher for Henry V
Tsai Chin for Golden Child)
Jennifer Dundas for Good As New
David Greenspan for The Boys In The Band
Karen Kandel for Peter And Wendy
Albert Macklin for June Moon
David Morse for How I Learned To Drive
Mary Louise Parker for How I Learned To Drive
Sharon Scruggs for The Trojan Women: A Love Story
Ray Anthony Thomas for Volunteer Man
Ching Valdes-Aran for Flipzoids).
Distinguished Direction
Mark Brokaw for How I Learned To Drive
Sustained Excellence
Set Design
Derek McLane
Lighting Design
Shirley Prendergast
Costume Design
Catherine Zuber
Performance
Joanne Camp, Arthur French.
Special Citations
Tap Dogs
Roger Guenveur Smith & Marc Anthony Thompson for A Huey P. Newton
Story
Howard Crabtree and the Creators of When Pigs Fly
The Creators of Peter And Wendy
Distinguished Contribution To Off-Broadway
James Hatch & Camille Billops.
Dona Ann McAdams
Tap Dogs
The Music of Violet (Jeanine Tesori)
Sustained Achievement - Woodie King Jr., of the New Federal Theatre
For Playwriting
Naomi Wallace for One Flea Spare
Eve Ensler for The Vagina Monologues
Paula Vogel for How I Learned To Drive
Lanford Wilson for Sympathetic Magic
Special Grants ($5,000)
Great Small Works
St. Paul's Community Baptist Church Drama Ministry
Special Grants ($1,000)
Naomi Wallace (One Flea Spare)
Woodie King, Jr.
Theatre World
Awards
Outstanding Debut Performers in NYC (on or Off-Broadway)
Terry Beaver, Last Night Of Ballyhoo
Helen Carey, London Assurance
Kristin Chenoweth, Steel Pier
Jason Danieley, Candide
Linda Eder, Jekyll & Hyde
Allison Janney, Present Laughter
Daniel McDonald, Steel Pier
Janet McTeer, A Doll's House
Mark Ruffalo, This Is Our Youth
Fiona Shaw, The Waste Land
Antony Sher, Stanley
Alan Tudyk, Bunny Bunny
Special Award
Ensemble of Skylight
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