OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR SIXTH ANNUAL OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARDS

Legend of Off Broadway Recipients to Include Linda Lavin and Lois Smith

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the 6th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2015-2016 season.

Awards will be presented in seven competitive categories: Best New Musical, Best New Play, Best Musical Revival, Best Play Revival, Best Unique Theatrical Experience, Best Solo Performance, and Best Family Show. Winners in all categories will be selected by secret ballot by members of the awards committee of the Off Broadway Alliance.

In addition to the competitive awards, four Off Broadway Alliance Legend of Off Broadway Awards are being presented for sustained achievement in the world of Off Broadway. The 2016 Legend of Off Broadway recipients are Merle Debuskey, Linda Lavin, Robert Moss,and Lois Smith. The Off Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Awards will be presented posthumously to Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach,Anne Meara, and Elizabeth Swados.

Winners will be announced on May 18th. A complete list of nominees follows.

NOMINEES AND HONORARY AWARD RECIPIENTS

2016 OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARDS

Best New Musical

Cagney

Daddy Long Legs

Dear Evan Hansen

Futurity

Who’s Your Baghdaddy?

Best New Play

Exit Strategy

Gloria

John

O, Earth

The Qualms

Best Musical Revival

Once Upon a Mattress

The Robber Bridegroom

Rothschild & Sons

Ruthless!

Sayonara

Best Play Revival

Incident at Vichy

The School for Scandal

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Widowers’ Houses

Women Without Men

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