Awards & Winners

1956 Obie Award

Check winners and nominations of 1956 Obie Award. Check awards winners of 1st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards

Obie Award for Best Actor

Jason Robards Jr.

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
Obie Award for Best Actor

Ji?í Voskovec

Honored for : Uncle Vanya
Obie Award for Best All-Around Production

Uncle Vanya

Obie Award for Best Actress

Julie Bovasso

Honored for : The Maids
Obie Award for Best Director

José Quintero

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
Obie Award for Best Musical

The Threepenny Opera

Obie Award for Best New Play

Lionel Abel

Honored for : Absalom, Absalom
Obie Award for Best Supporting Actor

Gerald Hiken

Honored for : The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya
Obie Award for Best Supporting Actress

Peggy McCay

Honored for : Uncle Vanya
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Alan Ansara

Honored for : Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Roberts Blossom

Honored for : Excerpts from Shaw/Village Wooing
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Addison Powell

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Shirlee Emmons

Honored for : The Mother of Us All
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Frances Sternhagen

Honored for : The Admirable Bashville
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Nancy Wickwire

Honored for : The Cherry Orchard