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
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Barbara Garson
The Dinosaur Door
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Ping Chong
Humboldt's Current
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The creators of "Nightclub Cantata"
Sustained Excellence
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Manhattan Theatre Club
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New York Street Theatre Caravan
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Theatre for the New City
Music
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Philip Glass
Einstein on the Beach
Design
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Charles Ludlam
Der Ring Gott Farblonjet
Costumes, Set and Lighting
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Carole Oditz, Douglas Schmidt, and Burl Hash
Crazy Locomotive
Set and Lighting
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Henry Millman and Edward M. Greenberg
Domino Courts
Playwriting
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David Berry
G.R. Point
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Maria Irene Fornes
Fefu and Her Friends
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William Hauptmann
Domino Courts
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Albert Innaurato
"Gemini" and "The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie"
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David Rudkin
Ashes
Performance
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Danny Aiello
Gemini
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Martin Balsam
Cold Storage
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Lucinda Childs
Einstein on the Beach
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James Coco
The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie
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Anne DiSalvo
Gemini
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John Heard
G.R. Point
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Jo Henderson
Ladyhouse Blues
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William Hurt
My Life
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Joseph Maher
Savages
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Roberta Maxwell
Ashes
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Brian Murry
Ashes
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Lola Pashalinski
Der Ring Gott Farblonjet
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Marian Seldes
Isadora Duncan Sleeps with the Russion Navy
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Margaret Wright
A Manoir
Distinguished Productions
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Playwright Eve Merriam, director Tommy Tune, costume designer Kate Carmel, and the entire cast of "The Club"
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Poet Ntozake SHange, director Oz Scott, and the entire cast of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf"
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Mabou Mines
Dressed Like an Egg
Direction
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Melvin Bernhardt
Children
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Gordon Davidson
Savages
Best New American Play
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Sam Shepard
Curse of the Starving Class
Obies Committee
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Michael Feingold
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Dan Isaac,
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Erika Munk
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Julius Novick
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Arthur Sainer,
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Marilyn Stasio
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Ross Wetzsteon