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Off Broadway Alliance Celebrates 2018 Award Winners

”Transfers” and ”Desperate Measures” are among the shows that took home honors.

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The winners of the 2018 Off Broadway Alliance Awards celebrated their honors on June 19 at Sardi's.

Juan Castano, Jessica Chase, Samantha Soule, Lucy Thurber, and Blake West celebrate Thurber's award-winning play Transfers.
Juan Castano, Jessica Chase, Samantha Soule, Lucy Thurber, and Blake West celebrate Thurber's award-winning play Transfers.
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The eighth annual awards recognized artists in six competitive categories: Best New Musical (Desperate Measures), Best New Play (Transfers), Best Revival (The Government Inspector), Best Solo Performance (Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke), Best Unique Theatrical Experience (KPOP), and Best Family Show (Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical).

Off Broadway Alliance's Peter Berger with Legend of Off Broadway Award winner André De Shields.
Off Broadway Alliance's Peter Berger with Legend of Off Broadway Award winner André De Shields.
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In addition to the competitive awards, four Legend of Off Broadway Awards were presented to Jo Bonney, André De Shields, David Rabe, and Mary Testa. Theater attorney Donald Farber and playwright and actor Sam Shepard were posthumously honored with induction into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame. Carol Rosegg, who has photographed hundreds of Broadway and off-Broadway productions, was honored with the 2018 Friend of Off Broadway Award.

The Desperate Measures family at the Off Broadway Alliance Awards.
The Desperate Measures family at the Off Broadway Alliance Awards.
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The Off Broadway Alliance is an organization composed of off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals.