A Chorus Line was a big hit in the mid 70s and Ain't Misbehavin' received a Special Citation and acclaim for Nell Carter.
Groucho Marx hosted at the Village Gate in 1972.
Rue McClanahan, Ruby Dee, James Woods, Nell Carter, Judd Hirsch were all winners, just to name a few.
Winners
Special Citations
-
The Creators of "A Chorus Line"
-
Edward Bond
Bingo, in the Yale Repertory Theatre production
-
Meredith Monk
Quarry
-
Morton Lichter and Gordon Rogoff
Old Timers' Sexual Symphony
-
Ralph Lee
The Halloween Parade
-
"Chile! Chile!"
Special Citation for Sets and Costumes
-
Santo Losquasto
Comedy of Errors
Special Citation for Music
-
Philip Glass
Mabou Mines
Special Citation for Set Design
-
Donald Brooks
The Tempest
Distinguished Contribution to Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
-
Neil Flanagan
Performance
-
Priscilla Smith
Good Woman of Setzuan
-
David Warrilow
The Lost Ones
-
Sammy Williams
A Chorus Line
-
Joyce Aaron
Academics
-
Roberts Blossom
Ice Age
-
Robert Christian
Blood Brothers
-
Crystal Field
Day Old Bread
-
Mike Kellin
American Buffalo
-
Tony Lo Bianco
Yanks 3 Detroit 0 Top of the Seventh
-
Priscilla Lopez
A Chorus Line
-
Kate Manheim
Rhoda in Potatoland
-
T. Miratti
The Shortchanged Review
-
Pamela Payton-Wright
Jesse and the Bandit Queen
Obies Committee
-
Michael Feingold, Francoise Kourilsky, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Arthur Sainer, Carll Tucker, Ross Wetzsteon
Direction
-
JoAnne Akalaitis
"Cascando"
-
Marshall Mason
"Knock Knock" and "Serenading Louie"
Best Theatre Piece
-
Richard Foreman
Rhoda in Potatoland
Best New American Play
-
David Mamet
"American Buffalo" and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"