PHOTO CALL: The 56th Annual Obie Awards

Informally structured, with no strict categories, The Village Voice Obie Awards honor excellence in every aspect of Off-Broadway theatre. The Obie Awards publish no nominations, and judges may give multiple Obies in any category, or even invent new categories, to reward exceptional artistic merit.

The Obie Awards judges committee was again chaired by the Village Voice's chief theatre critic, Michael Feingold. Voice critic Alexis Soloski joined Feingold on the committee, as did four guest judges: The New Yorker critic Hilton Als, three-time Obie Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, Obie Award-winning director Evan Yionoulis, and Theatermania critic and frequent Voice contributor Andy Propst, who again served as the committee's secretary.

Click here for a full list of winners.

Here is a look at the star-studded evening:

The 56th Annual Obie Awards

Andrew Rannells and Patina Miller — The 56th Annual Obie Awards

The 56th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, considered by many to be Off-Broadway's highest honor, were presented May 16 at Webster Hall in the East Village. Here is a look at the star-studded evening. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Roger Rees and Alex Timbers

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Rene Buch, Selenis Leyva, Robert Federico and Jose Cruz

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Jons Hassen Khemiri

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Rose Hemingway, F. Murray Abraham and John Larroquette

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Nina Arianda and Frank Wood

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Ethan Hawke and Liev Schreiber

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