Event

The Village Voice's 55th Annual Obie Awards

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ON MONDAY, MAY 17TH STARTING AT 7:30PM FOR $25.

The Village Voice Obie Awards were created by Jerry Tallmer in 1955, soon after the first publication of the paper, to publicly acknowledge and encourage the growing Off-Broadway theater movement. Just as they are today, the Village Voice Obies were purposely structured with informal categories, to recognize persons and productions worthy of distinction in each theater season. The Obie Awards are an important part of the Voice's long history of championing Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

Each year, the Obie winners are picked by a committee of Village Voice critics, guest critics, and New York theater professionals. Past Obie winners include such stars and notables as Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, William Hurt, Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Mos Def, Amy Irving, Kevin Kline, Nathan Lane, Olympia Dukakis, Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Kathy Bates, James Earl Jones, Joan Cusack, and Harvey Fierstein, among many, many others.

Monday, May 17th
Webster Hall
Doors: 7:30pm
Ceremony: 8:00pm

Please contact obies@villagevoice.com with any questions.