2016 OBIE AWARDS: ‘THE HUMANS,’ ‘ECLIPSED’ SCORE; ‘GUARDS AT THE TAJ’ WINS PLAY PRIZE (FULL LIST)

(Gordon Cox’s article appeared in Variety, 5/23.)

The full list of 2016 Obies Awards follows:

PLAYWRITING

Lucas Hnath, The Christians (Playwrights Horizons) and Red Speedo (New York

Theatre Workshop)

Stephen Karam, The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company)

Musical Theater

Steven Levenson (book), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (music & lyrics), Dear Evan

Hansen (Second Stage Theatre)

DIRECTION

Rachel Chavkin, The Royale (Lincoln Center Theater)

Michael Leibenluft, I’ll Never Love Again (Bushwick Starr)

PERFORMANCE

Khris Davis, The Royale (Lincoln Center Theater)

Emily Donahoe, The Christians (Playwrights Horizons)

Georgia Engel, John (Signature Theatre Company)

Ensemble, Eclipsed (The Public Theater): Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah, Lupita Nyong’o, Saycon Sengbloh

Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company)

Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed, Guards at the Taj (Atlantic Theater Company)

Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen (Second Stage Theatre)

Lucas Caleb Rooney, Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop)

Tamara Tunie, Familiar (Playwrights Horizons)

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