NEWSICAL, MERCHANT OF VENICE, et al. Win 2011 Alliance Awards

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, has announced the winners of the 1st Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit Off Broadway productions that opened during the 2010-2011 season.

2011 Off Broadway Alliance Awards Winners

Best New Musical

NEWSical the Musical: Full Spin Ahead

Best New Play

Freud's Last Session

Best Unique Theatrical Experience

Sleep No More

Best Musical Revival

Hello Again

Best Play Revival

The Merchant of Venice

(Public Theater)

Audience Choice Award for Best Long-Running Show

Blue Man Group

Legend of Off Broadway Honorees

Blue Man Group

Charles Busch

Julie Halston

Tom Jones

Everett Quinton

Harvey Schmidt

Off Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Honorees

Romulus Linney

Ellen Stewart

Lanford Wilson

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 founded and sponsors 20at20, the biannual event where you can buy $20 tickets to dozens of Off Broadway shows twenty 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. It also administers the free "This Day in Off Broadway History" online calendar. The Alliance released the first ever Off Broadway Economic Impact Report, which detailed Off Broadway's $461 million annual impact on the economy of the City of New York.