It was Off-Broadway’s night on May 23 as the Obie Awards dished out recognition for some of the season’s top productions. The Danai Gurira–penned, Tony-nominated “Eclipsed,” which transferred to the John Golden Theatre from the Public Theatre earlier this year, took the best ensemble award while the star of the production about the wives of a Liberian Civil War rebel officer, Lupita Nyong’o, took best actress. Playwright Lucas Hnath took home Obies for both “Red Speedo” and “The Christians,” as did Stephen Karam for his work on “The Humans,” another 2016 Tony nominee that transferred to Broadway. The Tony-nominated actor Jayne Houdyshell, who plays the matriarch in the the latter eerie Thanksgiving eve family drama, won for her performance, as did Georgia Engel (“John”), Khris Davis (“The Royals”), Tamara Tunie (“Familiar”), Ben Platt (“Dear Evan Hansen”), Lucas Caleb Rooney (“Red Speedo”), Emily Donahoe (“The Christians”), and “Guards at...
- 5/24/2016
- backstage.com
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