Anne Hathaway, Raul Esparza, Stephen Sondheim, Daniel Breaker, Martha Plimpton, Gavin Creel, Marc Kudisch, Nilaja Sun, Earle Hyman, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, and more attend the 2009 Obie Awards.
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The 2009 Obie Awards, sponsored by
The Village Voice, were held on Monday night at Webster Hall. Broadway stars and former Obie winners
Daniel Breaker and
Martha Plimpton were the evening’s hosts..
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Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway, who will be playing Viola in the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of
Twelfth Night, was one of the Obie’s celebrated presenters.
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2009 Tony Award nominee
Raul Esparza, who’s playing Orsino in the Public’s
Twelfth Night, attended the Obie Awards.
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The fabulous
Kate Mulgrew, another previous Obie winner, was another of the star-studded presenters at the ceremony.
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The legendary Stephen Sondheim took home an Obie for his score to Road Show, which was seen last season at the Public Theater.
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The incredible actor Earle Hyman received a hug from presenter Nilaja Sun after receiving his Obie for Lifetime Achievement.
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Actor Kevin T. Carroll received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Performance.
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Fela! star Sahr Nguajah was given an Obie for his extraordinary performance in the acclaimed biomusical.
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Actor Christian Camargo and director David Esbjornson received special citations for their work on Theatre for a New Audience’s recent production of Hamlet.
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Jonathan Groff received an Obie for his performances in two Craig Lucas plays, Prayer for My Enemy and The Singing Forest.
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Set designer David Korins, who won a Drama Desk Award the previous evening for his work on Why Torture Is Wrong?, received an Obie for Sustained Excellence.
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Finally, here are two of this year’s Obie judges, Ty Jones and Eisa Davis, with Davis’ Passing Strange co-star Colman Domingo.