The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 6th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit Off Broadway productions that opened during the 2015-2016 season.
2016 Off Broadway Award Nominee List
(Winners in Bold)
Best New Play
* Exit Strategy
Gloria
John
O, Earth
The Qualms
Best New Musical
Cagney
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Evan Hansen
* Futurity
Who’s Your Baghdaddy?
Best Play Revival
Incident at Vichy
* The School for Scandal
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Widowers’ Houses
Women Without Men
Best Musical Revival
Once Upon a Mattress
* The Robber Bridegroom
Rothschild & Sons
Ruthless!
Sayonara
Best Unique Theatrical Experience
Angel Reapers
Preludes
* Sense & Sensibility
Shear Madness
Standard Time
Best Solo Performance
Mike Birbiglia, Thank God for Jokes
Staceyann Chin, Motherstruck
* James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Joanna Rush, Kick
Andrew Schneider, Youarenowhere
Best Family Show
The Commedia Rapunzel
* The Pirate La Dee Da
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Young Charles Dickens
Legend of Off Broadway Honorees
Merle Debuskey
Linda Lavin
Robert Moss
Lois Smith
Hall of Fame Awards
Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach
Anne Meara
Elizabeth Swados
Past winners of the top awards bestowed by The Off Broadway Alliance include Hamilton, Fun Home, Hand to God, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Freud’s Last Session, Buyer & Cellar, and SILENCE! The Musical.
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 sponsors 20at20, the event that runs twice a year for 20 days and lets theatergoers purchase $20 tickets to dozens of Off Broadway shows 20 minutes before curtain. It also produces a free Seminar Series focusing on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway featuring major players from the Off Broadway scene. The Alliance operates the OBA Mentorship Program, which provides new producers with guidance and direction from Off Broadway veterans. And the Alliance created the Off Broadway Economic Impact Report, which outlines Off Broadway’s over $500 million annual impact on the impact on the economy of the City of New York.
The 2016 Off Broadway Alliance Awards will be presented on Tuesday, June 21st at 4 PM at Sardi’s.
For more information, visit www.OffBroadwayAlliance.com.
