Photo Coverage: Obie Award Winners Celebrate Backstage!
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy May. 20, 2014
The 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony last night at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards ceremony was co-hosted by Tamara Tunie and Hamish Linklater. The awards were presented by Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O'Hara, Lily Rabe and Stephen Trask. BroadwayWorld was there for the ceremony and you can check out photo coverage of the winners backstage below!
Newly minted Obie winner Sydney Lucas performed RING OF KEYS from this year's highly acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, FUN HOME.
Highlights of the 2014 included the Lifetime Achievement Award presentd to Estelle Parsons, 86, for her extraordinary multifaceted life in the theater. Sydney Lucas, 10, became the youngest recipient in the history of the Obies. The show FUN HOME was also honored by the Obies with awards for author Lisa Kron, composer Jeanine Tesori and directorSam Gold. Click here for a full ist of winners!
The Village Voice Obie Awards are presented by STELLA ARTOIS and benefiting A.R.T./ New York (Alliance of Residence Theaters). Additional sponsors include Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Once the Musical and The New York Botanical Gardens . Congratulations to all of this years winners!
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Andy Karl
Harvey Fierstein and Andy Karl
Harvey Fierstein and Andy Karl
Harvey Fierstein, Kelli O'Hara and Andy Karl
Harvey Fierstein, Kelli O'Hara and Andy Karl
BranDon Jacobs Jenkins
Mallory Catlett
Hannah Wasileski
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater-David Van Asseit and David Bay Katz
Cristin Miloti and Sydney Lucas
Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons
Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons
Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons
Jeanine Tesori, Sam Gold and Lisa Kron
Award for James MacDonald accepted by Jim Nicola
600 Highwaymen-Abagail Browde and Michael Silverstone
Abrons Arts Center-Jay Wegman
Chris Kerson and Hyewon Yi
48 Hours in Harlem-Bryan Glover, Eric Lockley, Garlia Jones and Sandra Daley-Shariff
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