David Hyde Pierce, S. Epatha Merkerson to Co-Host May 16 Obie Awards Ceremony

David Hyde Pierce and S. Epatha Merkerson will co-host the 56th annual Obie Awards, which will be held at Webster Hall on Monday, May 16. Information about the entertainment for the ceremony will be announced shortly.

In addition to news of the co-hosts, an updated list of presenters has been announced. The artists scheduled to appear at the ceremony are Nina Arianda, Alec Baldwin, Margaret Colin, Mamie Gummer, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Robert Sean Leonard, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arian Moayed, Lee Pace, Jim Parsons, and Andrew Ranells.

The newspaper’s chief theater critic, Michael Feingold chairs the judging committee, which also includes New Yorker critic Hilton Als, playwright David Henry Hwang, TheaterMania Associate Editor and critic Andy Propst, Voice critic Alexis Soloski, and director Evan Yionoulis.

Founded in 1955 by Voice cultural editor Jerry Tallmer, The Village Voice Obie Awards annually honor the best of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. There are no set categories for awards, and judges select outstanding artists and productions and may even invent new categories to reward artistic merit.

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