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Village Voice Celebrates 50 Years of the Obies

By AAN Staff
may 17, 2005  01:03 pm
Village Voice Celebrates 50 Years of the Obies
Obie golden anniversary hosts: Brían F. O'Bryne and Stockard Channing
Julia Xanthos for The Village Voice
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared yesterday "Village Voice Obie Awards Day" in the Big Apple, celebrating the half-century mark of a program that recognizes the best of Off and Off-Off-Broadway theater. Jerry Tallmer, the awards' founder, recalls the original Obies, held in June, 1956, when Shelley Winters hosted the event. Pictured above are Obie golden anniversary hosts Brían F. O'Bryne and Stockard Channing.
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