Awards & Winners

1959 Obie Award

Check winners and nominations of 1959 Obie Award. Check awards winners of 4th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

4th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards

Obie Award for Best Actor

Alfred Ryder

Honored for : I rise in flame, cried the Phoenix
Obie Award for Best Actress

Kathleen Maguire

Honored for : The Time of the Cuckoo
Obie Award for Best All-Around Production

Daniel Hineck, Harlin Quist

Honored for : Ivanov
Obie Award for Best Director

Jack Ragotzy

Honored for : The Time of the Cuckoo, A Clearing In The Woods
(Best Director (American Play))
Obie Award for Best Director

William Ball

Honored for : Ivanov
(Best Director (Foreign Play))
Obie Award for Music

David Amram

(Best Music)
Obie Award for Best Musical

A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Obie Award for Best Lighting

Nikola Cernovich

(Many Productions)
Obie Award for Best New Play

Brendan Behan

Honored for : The Quare Fellow
Obie Award for Best Open Stage Set

David Hays

Honored for : The Quare Fellow
Obie Award for Best Proscenium Set

Will Steven Armstrong

Honored for : Ivanov
Obie Award for Best Revue

Steven Vinaver

Honored for : Diversions
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Zero Mostel

Honored for : Ulysses in Nighttown
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Lester Rawlins

Honored for : The Quare Fellow
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Harold Scott

Honored for : Deathwatch
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Rosina Fernhoff

Honored for : The Geranium Hat, Fashion
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Nancy Wickwire

Honored for : A Clearing In The Woods
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Anne Fielding

Honored for : Ivanov
Obie Award for Special Citations

Hal Holbrook

Honored for : Mark Twain Tonight!