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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Ain't Misbehavin'
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Eric Bentley
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Joseph Dun and Irja Koljonen
Preface
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James Lapine
Photograph
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Jerry Mayer
Taud Show
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Stuart Serman
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Squat
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Winston Tong
Performance
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Richard Bauer
"Landscape of the Body" and "The Dybbuk"
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Nell Carter
Ain't Misbehavin'
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Alma Cuervo
Uncommon Women
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Swoosie Kurtz
Uncommon Women
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Kaiulani Lee
Safe House
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Bruce Myers
The Dybbuk
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Lee S. Wilkof
The Present Tense
Obies Committee
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Michael Feingold, Terry Curtis Fox, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Arthur Sainer, Ross Wetzsteon, Richard Eder, Gordon Rogoff
Lifetime Achievement
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Peter Schumann's Bread & Puppet Theatre,
Direction
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Robert Allan Ackerman
Prayer for My Daughter
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Thomas Bullard
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act
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Elizabeth Swados
Runaways
Design
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Garland Wright and John Arnone
K
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Robert Yodice
Museum
Best New American Play
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Lee Breuer
Shaggy Dog Animation