We’re thrilled to announce the nominees for the 15th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2025-2026 season.

Awards will be presented in five competitive categories: Best New Musical, Best New Play, Best Revival, Best Solo Performance, and Best Unique Theatrical Experience.

In addition to the competitive awards, Legend of Off-Broadway Awards will be presented to Peter Friedman and Christine Pedi for their extraordinary contributions over many years. David Gersten, Andy Halliday, and Paul Libin will be posthumously inducted into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame. The Friend of Off-Broadway Award will be presented to  Richard Ridge for his longstanding support and advocacy of the Off Broadway community.

The 2026 Off Broadway Alliance Awards nominations & honorees are:

BEST MUSICAL
Beau
Bigfoot
Mexodus
Night Side Songs
The Porch on Windy Hill

BEST PLAY
Cold War Choir Practice
The Honey Trap
Kyoto
The Reservoir
This Much I Know

BEST REVIVAL
The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Baker’s Wife
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Titus Andronicus
You Got Older

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Can I Be Frank?
Kenrex
The Least Problematic Woman in the World
Other
ta-da!

BEST UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
11 To Midnight
Amaze
Burnout Paradise
Gotta Dance
Masquerade

Nominators for the 2026 OBA Awards will cast their final votes on Sunday, May 24th, the day before Memorial Day, with official winners slated to be publicly announced on Wednesday, May 27th. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, June 16th at 1PM at Sardi’s, bringing together members of the Off Broadway community for an afternoon celebration recognizing excellence across New York’s vibrant independent theater landscape.

Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees and honorees!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Off Broadway Alliance Awards!

This year’s competitive awards are given in five categories – Best Musical, Best Play, Best Revival, Best Solo Performance, and Best Unique Theatrical Experience – and the winners will be honored with a ceremony on June 24th at Sardi’s.

As previously announced, this year’s awards will also posthumously induct William Finn, Morgan Jenness, and Linda Lavin into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame, and David Greenspan and Scott Morfee will receive Legend of Off-Broadway Awards for their long careers of outstanding work. New Yorker theatre critic Helen Shaw will receive the Friend of Off-Broadway Award.

And now – on to the winners!

Best Musical
WINNER — All the World’s a Stage
Drag the Musical
Forbidden Broadway
Music City
The Big Gay Jamboree

Best Play
WINNER — Becoming Eve
Here There Are Blueberries
Table 17
The Light and the Dark
The Welkin

Best Revival
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Ghosts
WINNER— Hold On to Me Darling
Orlando

Best Solo Performance
300 Paintings
Grandiloquent
Hold Me in the Water
WINNER — I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan
Vanya

Best Unique Theatrical Experience
Ain’t Done Bad
Mama, I’m A Big Girl Now!
Mindplay
My First Ex-Husband
WINNER — Odd Man Out

Previously announced honorees:

Legend of Off Broadway
David Greenspan
Scott Morfee

Off Broadway Hall of Fame
William Finn
Morgan Jenness
Linda Lavin

Friend of Off Broadway
Helen Shaw

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!