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  OBIE Awards Home Page - AEF
The OBIE is great outdoor, the benchmark by which all creative is measured, the visual guideline to emulate.
The OBIE Award is the oldest-and certainly among the most sought after-honors for creative excellence in the world of advertising.
The award itself is modeled after the obelisks of ancient Egypt, tall stone structures that were used to publicize laws and treaties.
www.aef.com /exhibits/awards/obie_awards/landing   (146 words)

  
  Obie Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City.
Due to the prominence of New York in United States theater, the Obies have become the most prestigious theater awards in the U.S. next to the Tony Awards ; the Tonys are given to Broadway productions, while the Obies cover everything else.
The Voice began the awards in 1956 under the direction of theater critic Jerry Tallmer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obie_Awards   (174 words)

  
 Theater News - Theater News: Obie Awards To Be Held on May 20th -
The 47th annual Village Voice Obie Awards are to be given out on Monday, May 20 at 8pm.
Among the theater luminaries scheduled to present awards are Rinde Eckert, Elizabeth Franz, Ellen McLaughlin, Richard Maxwell, Mary-Louise Parker, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ching Valdes-Aran, and George C. Wolfe.
As compared to the traditional competitive structure of most awards, the Obie categories are more informal, with the purpose of recognizing all of the people and productions that have distinguished themselves during a particular season.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=2164   (287 words)

  
 EminemInfo.com - Obie Trice
Obie, whose career jumped off in the same Detroit neighbourhoods and underground scene that had birthed Eminem, was quick to keep his attention once they met.
Obie's offbeat but respectable rhyme style was a perfect fit for Em's curious, but nonetheless g'd up beat selection.
Obie's debut album, 'Cheers' has been a huge success in the U.S and the United Kingdom, and with his single 'Got Some Teeth', Obie has jumped to the forefront of the rap scene.
www.emineminfo.com /obietrice.shtml   (165 words)

  
 ASU Libraries: Advertising Awards, Slogans & Campaigns
The OBIE is named after the egyptian obelisk, a tall stone structure that was used to publicize laws and treaties thousands of years ago, and is considered by historians to be the first true form of advertising." This award is given by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America.
The entries for each award winning strategy include the institution, the advertising agency, an overview, the research, the objectives of the strategy, the execution of it, and photographs of the advertising copy.
Slogans and Advertising Awards, particularly the CLIO AWARDS for television, which is often broadcast like the Academy Awards (Oscars).
www.asu.edu /lib/hayden/ref/busi/adaward.html   (1478 words)

  
 Philadelphia Theatre Ensemble Honored   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Rothenberg, accepting the award from celebrated performance artist Karen Finley, urged the assembled guests and award-winners to "check out the renaissance of ensemble and experimental theater that is happening in Philadelphia." "It's always great to have an opportunity to show the rest of the world the exciting work that's happening in Philadelphia," says Rothenberg.
In the conviction that creativity is not competitive, the judges may give several Obies in each category, and may even invent new categories to reward artistic merit.
The recipient of three Pulitzer prizes and scores of other awards for reporting and criticism, the Voice is known for its groundbreaking investigations.
www.pigiron.org /obie.htm   (615 words)

  
 On the Razzle with Randy Gener
As a form of celebration, awards are bestowed as a measure of gratitude for artists who have expanded the creative potential of the drama--or who have expressed a unique vision of the world in terms that we might not have been able to express on our own.
Awards season is a spring ritual banquet in which ideally everybody is included and nobody is excluded.
At the Drama Desk Awards, in fact, Taymor constantly referred to herself as "a child of the not-for-profit theater." This is very interesting because the not-for-profit arena is a very embattled field at this moment in time.
www.nytheatre-wire.com /gener.htm   (4641 words)

  
 Obie Awards — Infoplease.com
2005–2006 Obie Awards - 2005–2006 Obie Awards The 2005–2006 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in...
Images of the Week; THE OBIES: The Outoor Advertsing Association of America awarded its coveted Obie Awards.
A million ways to save the world: obie award winner Eve Ensler is looking for some good ideas.(advice, etc.)
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0153524.html   (249 words)

  
 OAAA Announces 2004 OBIE Judges: Panel to Convene February 20 in New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Washington, D.C. January 15, 2004 - The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is pleased to announce the seven-member judging panel for the 2004 OBIE Awards.
The OBIE Awards are only one part of an ongoing outreach effort to the creative advertising community.
The 62nd Annual OBIE Awards will be presented at a special gala evening on the closing night of the Traffic Audit Bureau (TAB) 2004 Out of Home Media Conference and Media Expo in Scottsdale, AZ on April 20.
dumbsigns.com /pressrelease/2004/2004-01-16-OAAA.php3   (701 words)

  
 Dress Suits to Hire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DRESS SUITS TO HIRE, which won OBIE Awards for both Shaw and Hughes (Shaw for her performance in the original 1987 production and a special citation for Hughes for the 1993 revival), is a mellifluous ode to lesbian eros and a joyful, literate send-up of all romantic fantasy.
Peggy won the New York Foundation for the Arts Award for Emerging Forms in 1988, 1995 and 1999; she also won the 1995 Anderson Foundation Stonewall Award for “excellence in making the world a better place for gays and lesbians.” The Foundation for Contemporary Performance recently awarded Peggy with Theatre Performer of the Year.
For her theatre work, Seid was awarded The OBIE, The Theatre Craft International Award and a Bessie (a downtown dance and performance award) - all for sustained overall achievements in theatre.
www.lamama.org /ArchivesFolder/2005/DressSuits.htm   (1200 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Obie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Del. Obie Patterson, who is chairman of the legislative fl caucus, said that there was "a consensus reached" at a meeting last week on slots.
Obie Award winning British director Mark Wing-Davey recently directed Shakespeare's Henry V at the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte in Central...
Gray won an Obie for his one-man show "Swimming to Cambodia," based in part on his work on the film "The Killing Fields." The monologue was later turned into a...
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/O/Obie.shtml   (2518 words)

  
 Drama Dispatch: May 27, 2005: Obie Awards; More Thoughts on Awards; John Simon's Parting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the middle of reading her presenter speech off the teleprompter at the 50th annual Obie Awards, the ever-spontaneous Elaine Stritch, commented "This is well written." The golden anniversary of The Village Voice's nonconformist celebration of Off- and Off-Off-Broadway theatre was indeed well written.
Side note: It was reported Stritch subsequently billed the Voice for her hair and makeup, a standard practice with high-end prizefests but not with the Obies.
Awards that do have categories are more common in the theatre and every other field of entertainment.
www.backstage.com /backstage/columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000938186   (1262 words)

  
 2005 OBIE Jury Panel To Be Led By Alex Bogusky and OAAA Introduces New OBIE Logo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The OBIE Awards are the oldest, and one of the most prestigious honors for creative excellence in the advertising world.
The 63rd OBIE Awards will be presented on the closing night of the 2005 OAAA National Convention and Trade Show on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at the Hilton Chicago.
Producing a fresh, contemporary OBIE mark that has resonated with agency creative directors, the committee has generated enthusiasm and excitement in the creative community for producing innovative and cutting edge outdoor design that advertisers and agencies are excited about entering in the awards competition.
signindustry.net /pressrelease/2005/2005-02-06-OAAAObieJuryPanel.php3   (932 words)

  
 village voice > theater > Watering the Off-Broadway Garden by Jerry Tallmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When we were about to stage the first Obie awards in that June of 1956, what we needed, I thought, was a "name," an actress, a star, to present the parchments, hand them out.
At the 59th second of the 59th minute in an overflowing Limelight, as the hand on the clock was hitting 2 on a beautiful blue-sky Monday afternoon in June 1956, the back door, the kitchen door, the Barrow Street door of the Limelight opened—the door that no one knew existed—and in blew Miss Shelley Winters.
The Obies, and we, were off to the races.
voiceradio.villagevoice.com /theater/0519,tallmer,63794,11.html   (1134 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prize Playwrights at Signature Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Obie Award to Edward Norton for his performance in Burn This (2002)
Obie Award to Edward Albee for Sustained Achievement in Playwriting (1994)
Obie Award to Romulus Linney for Sustained Achievement in Playwriting (1992)
www.signaturetheatre.org /about/awards.html   (436 words)

  
 Obie Bermudez Antes @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
Pues OBIE te deseo mucha suerte con tu carrera y que te vaya bien...
Obie, me gusta tu cancion "Antes" esta padre.
Obie soy de Aibonito P.R. y tu cancion es hermosa todos aqui nos sentimos orgullosos de ti y en las escuela solo se habla de ti cuidate y sigue hacia delante.
www.top40-charts.com /song.php?sid=7804&compag=1   (764 words)

  
 ::: Lee Breuer Pataphysics Workshop :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was nominated for a Tony Award for writing the book for The Gospel at Colonus.
Breuer is a recipient of numerous OBIE awards, especially for his direction of Beckett plays.
Awards include grants from the NEA, Rockefeller, Guggenheim and McKnight Foundations, and Fullbright and MacArthur Fellowships.
www.theflea.org /pataphysics/pataphysics_playwright_1.htm   (185 words)

  
 The Village Voice Announces Judges for The 50th Annual Obie Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, is pleased to announce the judges for the 2004-2005 Obie Awards.
For 50 years The Village Voice Obie Awards have honored the best of Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.
The award ceremony will be held in May 2005 at Webster Hall in New York City.
www.forrelease.com /D20040915/nyw018.P1.09142004183524.25469.html   (236 words)

  
 Obie Bermudez Antes @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
Hey Obie i will never forget that when i went to te festival of hispanic herritage on october 12,2003 you talk to me and you ask me "how are you doing" and also you ask me if i was having a good time.
i love you Obie you are my favorite artist and i will like to see you soon by Miami.
obie i really love this song it means alot to me because it reminds me of the guy i once had who i loved very much and still do.
www.top40-charts.com /song.php?sid=7804&sort=chartid   (764 words)

  
 The Lost Mind Awards Database on GoldDerby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Lost Mind website's vast awards database has joined GoldDerby, where kudos guru Paul Gillespie continues, with a host of fellow kudos aficionados, to oversee updates and additions.
Paul notes that his interest in compiling awards info "began as a hobby, granted a strange one, in 1972 and here, all these years later, a medium where they can be displayed for the benefit of everyone who enjoys these sometimes outrageous but entertaining shows in front of their television.
All award names are property of their respective groups, no infringement is intended nor are there any images of any award on this site in respect of that copyright.
www.goldderby.com /lostmind   (184 words)

  
 CP+B, Burnett, Taxi Double Up at Obies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Arnold in Boston won an Obie for a billboard for the Volkswagen convertible in which the part of the display where the roof should be was missing, leaving the back of the sign showing.
New York-based Young and Rubicam won an Obie for a series of ads showing a can with a drawing on it and challenging viewers to guess which soup variety it depicted (the answer appeared upside down at the bottom of the ad).
The Obie Awards were presented Tuesday night at the TAB Out of Home Media Conference and Marketing Expo in Scottsdale, Ariz. Twenty-two merit and 33 finalist awards were also given out.
adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000492087   (463 words)

  
 OAAA Releases OBIE Contenders for 2004 Awards- Winners Will Be Announced April 20 in Scottsdale, Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Washington, D.C. March 15, 2004 ­ The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is pleased to announce the 2004 OBIE Award contenders.
The OBIE Awards are only one part of an ongoing outreach effort by the outdoor industry to the creative advertising community.
The 2004 OBIE winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 20, during a gala dinner at the 2004 TAB Out of Home Media Conference & Expo in Scottsdale, Arizona.
dumbsigns.com /pressrelease/2004/2004-03-15-OAAA-OBIEcontenders.php3   (384 words)

  
 The Village Voice Announces Judges for 49th Annual Obie Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, is pleased to announce the judges for the 2003-2004 Obie Awards.
Established in 1956, The Village Voice Obie Awards were created to honor Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions worthy of distinction.
The award ceremony will be held at Webster Hall in New York City May 2004.
www.forrelease.com /D20031106/nyth120.P2.11062003115132.27474.html   (160 words)

  
 Obies Cite 'Change,' 'Bug,' 'Tragedy'
Kushner also served on this year's Obie committee, but he was apparently unaware of the gesture: It was announced from the stage that his fellow committee members had voted to give him the prize without his knowledge.
The annual $10,000 Obie grant that goes to a theatre company was actually split among three organizations: the Civilians, Musicals Tonight!, and Theaters Against War, or THAW.
The Obies are a noncompetitive award created in 1956 by former Village Voice critic Jerry Tallmer.
www.backstage.com /backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000513594   (1424 words)

  
 Drama Dispatch: May 27, 2003: Obie Awards; New York Drama Critics Circle Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Obies often spotlight the fringiest of the fringe.
Among the highlights was seeing the venerable Rosemary Harris scramble onto the stage from her front-row seat since she was hemmed in by fellow attendees.
In presenting an award to Deborah Warner for her direction of "Medea," Eddie Izzard explained about the play: "The lads have a tough time in it.
www.backstage.com /backstage/columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1896412   (1227 words)

  
 Playbill News: Woodard, Irwin Host Off-Broadway Obie Awards May 19; Albee, Plimpton, Izzard Present
The 48th annual Village Voice Obie Awards, which honor Off-Broadway theatre, will be held 8 PM May 19 at Webster Hall in the East Village.
The Obies were created in 1956 by former Voice critic Jerry Talmer.
This year's Obie Award judges are Brian Parks (Village Voice theatre editor and Obie chairman); the Voice critics Charles McNulty, Francine Russo and Alisa Solomon; playwright Neal Bell; New Dramatists artistic director Todd London; and performer Ching Valdes-Aran.
web.playbill.com /news/article/79617.html   (300 words)

  
 OBIE Awards: Mckee Wallwork Henderson recognized for Outdoor QUIT campaign in OBIE Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
OBIE Awards: Mckee Wallwork Henderson recognized for Outdoor QUIT campaign in OBIE Awards
The winners will be announced at the OBIE Awards Dinner on June 10, in Washington DC.
The OBIE Awards recognize excellence in outdoor advertising from the OAAA (Outdoor Advertising Association of America).
sherat.fatcow.com /Press/press_obie.shtml   (370 words)

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