Hamilton, Brooklynite, The Nether, and More Nominated for Off-Broadway Alliance Awards
(© Carol Rosegg)
The Off-Broadway Alliance, the organization of off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the fifth annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened off-Broadway during the 2014-15 season.
Awards will be presented in seven competitive categories: Best New Play, Best New Musical, Best Play Revival, Best Musical 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, three Off-Broadway Alliance Legend of Off-Broadway Awards are being presented, for sustained achievement in the world of off-Broadway. The 2015 Legend of Off-Broadway recipients are Robert Kalfin, Linda Lavin, and Austin Pendelton. Three 2015 Off-Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Awards will be presented posthumously to Arthur Gelb, Judith Malina, and Marian Seldes.
Winners will be announced on May 19. A complete list of nominees follows.
Note that hyperlinked shows are currently running.
Best New Play
Between Riverside & Crazy
Dry Land
Father Comes From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
The Nether
Punk Rock
Best New Musical
Brooklynite
Clinton The Musical
Disenchanted!
Hamilton
Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical
Best Play Revival
Abundance
Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest
Fashions for Men
Tamburlaine the Great
A Walk in the Woods
Best Musical Revival
Allegro
Into the Woods
John & Jen
Pageant
Best Unique Theatrical Experience
Drunk Shakespeare
Ghost Quartet
The Pigeoning
Scenes From a Marriage
Tail! Spin!
Best Solo Performance
Jonny Donahoe, Every Brilliant Thing
Dael Orlandersmith, Forever
Anne Hathaway, Grounded
Jim Dale, Just Jim Dale
Sylvia Milo, The Other Mozart
Best Family Show
A Band of Angels
Camp Kappawanna
The Lightning Thief
The Little Prince
Swamp Juice
Legend of off-Broadway Honorees
Robert Kalfin
Linda Lavin
Austin Pendleton
Hall of Fame Awards
Arthur Gelb
Judith Malina
Marian Seldes
Some past winners of the top awards bestowed by the Off-Broadway Alliance include the off-Broadway premieres of 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 nonprofit corporation organized by theater professionals dedicated to supporting, promoting, and encouraging the production of off-Broadway theater and making live theater increasingly accessible to new and diverse audiences. The alliance holds monthly meetings with membership 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 Sunday 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 economy of the City of New York.
