2007 Village Voice Obie Awards Ceremony Held: Winners Announced.Complete list: www.villagevoice.com/obies NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The 52nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards were presented this evening at a ceremony hosted by Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actress who is best known for her portrayal of lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the popular HBO comedy-drama Sex and the City (1998–2004). and T.R. Knight at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of New York University The urban campus of New York University is located in Manhattan, New York, primarily situated around Washington Square Park. Facilities and monuments Most of NYU's buildings are scattered across a roughly square area bounded by Houston Street to the south, Broadway to the . Given by the newspaper, The Village Voice, the awards for excellence in Off-Broadway theatre were presented by Michael Cerveris Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American singer, guitarist and actor. Biography Early life Cerveris was born in Bethesda, Maryland to a professor of music father and a dancer mother. ; Angela Lansbury Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress and singer. ; William Ivey Long William Ivey Long is an American 5-time Tony Award-winning costume designer for mainly Broadway plays and musicals including his most notable work on The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You and his newest Tony-winning work on Grey Gardens. ; Camryn Manheim; Stephanie March; Terrence McNally; Liev Schreiber; and Anika Noni Rose Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1973 in Bloomfield, Connecticut) is a Tony Award-winning American singer and actress. Early life Anika Noni Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut. When Rose was young she always wanted to be a vet. . The Village Voice Obie Awards Committee, which selects the winners, was chaired this season by Village Voice chief theater critic Michael Feingold. Fellow judges included former Obie Award winners Kirsten Childs, Ain Gordon, and Adam Rapp; as well as theater administrator Anne Dennin, critic Jeremy McCarter, and Voice theater critic Alexis Soloski. Presenting sponsors for the 2007 Village Voice Obie Awards were the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) and Silk Vodka. Official sponsors were Macy's, Budweiser Select, Crunch Fitness, Sea Grape Wine Shop, and Chinatown Brasserie bras·se·rie n. A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. [French, from brasser, to malt, brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin . Winners of the Village Voice Obie Awards for the 2006-2007 season: Lifetime Achievement Award: Alvin Epstein Emerging Playwright Award ($1000 prize): Young Jean Lee The Ross Wetzsteon Award ($2000 given annually to a theater nurturing innovative new plays): Rattlestick Theatre Performance: Betsy Aidem, Sustained Excellence of Performance Donna Lynne Champlin, The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs Ron Cephas Jones, Sustained Excellence of Performance Andre De Shields, Sustained Excellence of Performance Ain Gordon, Stories Left To Tell David Greenspan, Faust and Some Men Nina Hellman, Trouble In Paradise Nancy Opel, My Deah Roslyn Ruff, Seven Guitars James Saito, Durango Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance Nilaja Sun, No Child Harris Yulin, Frank's Home Ensemble, Tale of 2Cities: (Winsome Brown, Michael Ray Escamilla, Tracey A. Leigh, Leo Marks, Diane Rodriguez, Ed Vassallo, Heather Woodbury) Playwriting: Adam Bock, The Thugs Direction: Lou Bellamy, Two Trains Running Anne Kauffman, The Thugs Matthew Maguire, Abandon Eirik Stubo, The Wild Duck Chay Yew, Durango Music and Choreography: Michael Friedman, Sustained Excellence in Music Bill T. Jones, Choreography, Spring Awakening Lin-Manuel Miranda, Music and Lyrics, In the Heights Design: Beowulf Boritt Sustained Excellence in Set Design Robert Kaplowitz Sustained Excellence in Sound Design Rae Smith, Set and Costume Design, Oliver Twist Special Citations: Daniel Boyd Beaty, Writing and Performance, Emergence-SEE Edward Hall & Propeller, Taming of the Shrew Tim Crouch, An Oak Tree The Living Theatre, Ensemble and director Judith Malina, The Brig (Ensemble: Gene Ardor, Johnson Anthony, Kesh Baggan, Steven Scot Bono, Gary Brackett, Brent Bradley, Brad Burgess, John Kohan, Albert Lamont, Peter Lester, Jeff Nash, Josh Roberts, Bradford Rosenbloom, Jade Rothman, Isaac Scranton, Morteza Tavakoli, Evan True, Antwan Ward, Louis Williams and ensemble director Steven Ben Israel) Grants (totaling $10,000): Transport Group Peculiar Works Project Synapse Productions The Play Company |
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