The 1960s saw the beginnings of Edward Albee with his first play, The Zoo Story, receiving an Obie. Colleen Dewhurst, Samuel Beckett, and Robert Duvall were just a few who garnered the award, while an up and coming Dustin Hoffman received the Obie for his performance in The Exhaustion of Our Son's Love.
Winners
Best American Play
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Robert Lowell
The Old Glory
Best Musical Production
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The Cradle Will Rock
Best Direction
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Ulu Grosbard
A View from the Bridge
Best Costumes
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Willa Kim
The Old Glory
Distinguished Plays
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Maria Irene Fornes
"Promenade" and "The Successful Life of 3"
Distinguished Performances
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Sada Thompson
Tartuffe
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Rosemary Harris
APA Repertory
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Roberts Blossom
Do Not Pass Go
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Robert Duvall
A View from the Bridge
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Margaret De Priest
The Place for Chance
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Joseph Chaikin
"Victims of Duty" and "The Exception and the Rule"
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James Earl Jones
Baal
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Frances Sternhagen
"The Room" and "A Slight Ache"
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Dean Dittmann
The Cradle Will Rock
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Brian Bedford
The Knack
Special Citations
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The Paper Bag Players
for raising the level of children's theatre through intelligence, imagination, and respecfor its audiences
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Caffe Cino and Cafe La Mama
for creating opportunities for new playwrights to confront audiences and gain experience of the real theatre
Obie Committee
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Richard Gilman, Gordon Rogoff, Michael Smith