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On January 31, 2026, the American Theatre Wing announced the winners of the 69th Annual Obie Awards, continuing its mission to honor the boldest and most innovative work in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater.

In a stunning and important departure from traditional gala ceremonies, this year’s awards prioritized direct financial support for artists. 

Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, the winners were awarded grants totaling over $250,000, with individual prizes ranging from $3,000 to $15,000.

These grants are intended to provide a "new path forward" by funding the future work of the creators who make New York theater so vibrant.

2026 OBIE AWARD WINNERS: THE PLAYS

Play	Creative Team	Producers / Theater	Plot & Notable Facts
Bowl EP Outstanding New Play	Writer: Nazareth Hassan Director: Nazareth Hassan Cast: Felicia Curry, Oghenero Gbaje, Essence Lotus	Producers: Vineyard Theatre, National Black Theatre, The New Group Theater: Vineyard Theatre	The Plot: Two aspiring rappers bond in a literal skatepark at the "edge of the galaxy." Fact: The production featured live skateboarding on a stage-built half-pipe.
Can I Be Frank?	Writer: Morgan Bassichis Director: Sam Pinkleton	Producers: Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia Theater: SoHo Playhouse	The Plot: A comedian investigates the life of Frank Maya, one of the first openly gay comics on TV. Fact: Director Sam Pinkleton won for both this and ta-da! this year.
The Wind and the Rain	Writer: Sarah Gancher Director: Jared Mezzocchi	Producers: En Garde Arts, Vineyard Theatre Theater: Waterfront Museum Barge / Sunny’s Bar	The Plot: A site-specific history of Red Hook’s "Sunny’s Bar" through the lens of a hundred years. Fact: The show began on a barge and ended in the actual Sunny’s Bar.
ta-da!	Writer: Josh Sharp Director: Sam Pinkleton	Producers: Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia Theater: Greenwich House Theater	The Plot: A frantic solo comedy about childhood magic, identity, and survival. Fact: The performance is synchronized with a manic 2,000-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Rheology	Writer/Director: Shayok Misha Chowdhury Cast: Bulbul Chakraborty	Producers: The Bushwick Starr, HERE, Ma-Yi Theater Co. Theater: The Bushwick Starr	The Plot: A physicist mother and her artist son explore the science of sand and their relationship. Fact: Bulbul Chakraborty is a real-life theoretical physicist.
The Great Privation	Writer: Nia Akilah Robinson Director: Kellie Williams Cast: Crystal Lucas-Perry	Theater: SoHo Rep / Playwrights Horizons	The Plot: A drama exploring the historical theft of Black bodies for medical science. ** Fact: Crystal Lucas-Perry won for her work in two different shows this season.
Grangeville	Writer: Samuel D. Hunter Director: Jack Serio Cast: Paul Sparks	Theater: Signature Theatre	The Plot: Two estranged half-brothers reconnect while caring for their dying mother in Idaho. Fact: Paul Sparks received the Sustained Achievement award for his performance.
Chiaroscuro	Writer: Aishah Rahman Director: abigail jean-baptiste	Theater: National Black Theatre	The Plot: Six Black singles on a cruise ship navigate love, isolation, and colorism. Fact: This was a major revival of a "jazz aesthetic" play originally written in 2002.

**  Crystal Lucas-Perry was also honored for her performance in Pericles: A Public Works Concert Experience (The Public Theater) 

SPECIAL CITATIONS & DESIGN AWARDS

• Design Awards: Afsoon Pajoufar (Sets), Kate McGee (Lighting), and Frank J. Oliva (Sets).

• Sustained Achievement in Design: Cha See (Lighting) and David Bengali (Video).

• Special Citations: On The Rocks Theatre Co. (for The Beastiary); the Ensemble of Bowl EP; Troy Anthony (Music/Lyrics for Pericles); the Ensemble of Prince Faggot; and the collaborative team of I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan.

• Lifetime Achievement: Performance artist Carmelita Tropicana and Kate Valk of The Wooster Group.

• Ross Wetzsteon Award ($15,000): Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.

ELIGIBILITY & JUDGING

The 2026 Process:

The judges evaluated over 300 in-person productions that opened between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025. Unlike other awards, the Obies have no nominees—they simply announce the winners of excellence.

The 2026 Judging Panel:

Co-chaired by Wilson Chin (Scenic Designer) and Ryan J. Haddad (Playwright/Actor), the panel included: Stephanie Berry, Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Jonathan McCrory, Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Aya Ogawa, Barbara Samuels, and Whitney White.

Eligibility Rules for 2027:

• Eligibility Window: September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026.

• New Co-Chairs: Taylor Reynolds and Heather Alicia Simms will lead the 70th Annual Obies.

• How to Enter: Producers must invite the judges to see their shows by emailing obieinvites@americantheatrewing.org.

VIEWING

If you missed the live announcement on Spectrum News NY1’s "On Stage," you can still catch the celebration:

ObieAwards.com

Features the full list of winners and recorded acceptance speeches

NY1 YouTube Channel

Often hosts segments and highlight clips from the broadcast

Spectrum News App

Available on-demand for Spectrum subscribers 

via mobile, Roku, and Apple TV

https://www.spectrumnews1.com/app

Labels: American Theater Wing, BOBOOBLOG, broadway, creative rule breakers!, independent theater, Obies, Off Broadway, Off-off Broadway, theater grants

 

THE 98^TH OSCARS 2026

ABC

SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2026

5 PM PC / 8 PM ET

HOST CONAN OBRIEN

From the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.

 

RED CARPET

ABC  - STARTING AT 3:30 PM PC / 6:30 PM ET

STREAMING ON VARIETY YOUTUBE AND HULU LIVE AT 6:30

 

RECORDING STREAMS ON HULU MONDAY MARCH 16 - IN THE MORNING

 

Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" secured a staggering 16 nominations, the most for any single film in the history of the Academy Awards. It broke the long-standing record of 14 held by Titanic, All About Eve, and La La Land. Closely trailing is Paul Thomas Anderson’s "One Battle After Another" with 13 nods

 

 

OFFICIAL OSCAR SITE

Oscars.org

 

IMDB OSCAR CENTRAL

IMDb.com/oscars

 

VARIETY (click LIVE)

https://www.youtube.com/user/Variety

 

THE GOLDEN GLOBES

https://qporit.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-golden-globes-2026.html

NOMINEES

 Below is the complete list of Oscar nominees. Any nominee who was a Golden Globe winner in their corresponding category is highlighted and tagged with

{ bold italics, brackets & GG }.

 

FILMS

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• { Hamnet — GG (Drama) }
• Marty Supreme
• { One Battle After Another — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

 

Animated Feature Film

• Arco
• Elio
• { KPop Demon Hunters — GG }
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

 

International Feature Film

• { The Secret Agent (Brazil) — GG }
• It Was Just an Accident (France)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)
• Sirāt (Spain)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

 

Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

 

Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms
• Armed Only with a Camera
• Children No More
• The Devil Is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness

 

Animated Short Film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

 

Live Action Short Film

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

 

 ACTING

  

Actor in a Leading Role

• { Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• { Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent — GG (Drama) }

 

Actress in a Leading Role

• { Jessie Buckley, Hamnet — GG (Drama) }
• { Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — GG (Musical or Comedy) }
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• { Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value — GG }

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• { Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another — GG }

 

Best Casting (Inaugural Category)

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

 

 CREATIVE

 

Best Directing

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• { Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another — GG }
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

 

Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• { Sinners — GG }

 

Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• { One Battle After Another — GG }
• Train Dreams

 

Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• { Sinners — GG}

 

Original Song

• “Dear Me”, Diane Warren: Relentless
• { “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters — GG }
• “I Lied to You”, Sinners
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams

 

Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

 

Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

 

 

TECH AND DESIGN

 

Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

 

Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

 

Best Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt

 

Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

 

 

 

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THE GOLDEN GLOBES

Sunday, January 11, 2026.

THE RED CARPET (Digital Pre-Show)

CBS AT 7:00 pm

Variety’s YouTube LIVE channel & FIRE TV

6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT.

THE AWARDS

CBS 

& 

STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT + FOR SHOWTIME SUBSCRIBERS

 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT.

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Nikki Glaser made history last year as the first solo female host in the show's history. She returns for her second consecutive year.

Born in 1984, Glaser is a veteran stand-up comedian and actress who has hosted everything from FBoy Island to her own Comedy Central talk show, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. She is a self-proclaimed "Swiftie" and recently taped a sold-out comedy special for Hulu.

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The film side is dominated by Paul Thomas Anderson’s "One Battle After Another," with 9 nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. Closely following is the Norwegian drama "Sentimental Value" with 8 nominations. On the television side, the third season of "The White Lotus" is the clear frontrunner with 6 nominations, including multiple nominations for its supporting cast.

So far, (8:36 PM Jean Smart, last), I do not know why, the last person on each list, alphabetically, has won.

83rd Annual Golden Globes

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Frankenstein (Netflix)
•   >> Hamnet (Focus Features)
• It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
• The Secret Agent (NEON)
• Sentimental Value (NEON)
• Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• No Other Choice (NEON)
• Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
•   >> One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Director – Motion Picture

•   >> Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

•   >> Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
• Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
• Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
• Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
• Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
•   >> Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
• Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

•   >> Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
• Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
• Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
• Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
• Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

•   >> Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
• Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture

• Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Amy Madigan (Weapons)
•   >> Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in any Motion Picture

• Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
• Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
•  >> Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• Arco
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
• Elio
•   >> KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2 

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• It Was Just an Accident (France)
• No Other Choice (South Korea)
•   >> The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)
• Sirāt (Spain)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
•  >> Sinners
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good
• Zootopia 2

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

•   >> One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
• Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie)
• Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
• It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
• Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
• Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
•   >> Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
• One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
• Sirāt (Kangding Ray)
• Hamnet (Max Richter)
• F1 (Hans Zimmer)

I. TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Television Series – Drama

• The Diplomat (Netflix)
•   >> The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Pluribus (Apple TV+)
• Severance (Apple TV+)
• Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
• The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• The Bear (FX on Hulu)
• Hacks (HBO Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
•   >> The Studio (Apple TV+)

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

•   >> Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• The Beast in Me
• Black Mirror
• Dying for Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

• Kathy Bates (Matlock)
• Britt Lower (Severance)
• Helen Mirren (Mobland)
• Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
• Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
•   >> Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
• Diego Luna (Andor)
• Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
• Mark Ruffalo (Task)
• Adam Scott (Severance)
•   >> Noah Wyle (The Pitt)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
• Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
• Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
• Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
• Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
•   >> Jean Smart (Hacks)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
• Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
• Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
•   >> Seth Rogen (The Studio)
• Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
• Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for TV

• Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
• Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
• Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
• Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
•   >> Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
• Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for TV

• Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
• Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
•   >> Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
• Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
• Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
• Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

•   >> Ricky Gervais (Mortality)
• Brett Goldstein (The Second Best Night of Your Life)
• Kevin Hart (Acting My Age)
• Kumail Nanjiani (Night Thoughts)
• Sarah Silverman (Postmortem)

also...

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

  >> Owen Cooper - Adolescence

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television 

  >> Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

Best Podcast (Inaugural Category)

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
• Call Her Daddy
•   >> Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• The Mel Robbins Podcast
• SmartLess
• Up First (NPR)

 

The 2026 Special Honorary Awards

This year, the Golden Globes introduced "Golden Eve," a separate primetime special (aired Jan 8) to dedicate more time to these legends.

• The Cecil B. DeMille Award (Film): Helen Mirren. Presented by her 1923 co-star Harrison Ford, Mirren was honored for a lifetime of daring performances, from The Queen to her current role in MobLand.

• The Carol Burnett Award (TV): Sarah Jessica Parker. Presented by her husband Matthew Broderick, Parker was celebrated for her indelible impact on television history, specifically her decade-defining role as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.

• The Omar Sharif Award: Hend Sabry. A new international honor recognizing significant contributions to Arab cinema.

• The Golden Globes Horizon Award: Alia Bhatt. Honoring a rising global star who has made a significant impact on the international stage.

Official Golden Globes Site

GoldenGlobes.com

Red Carpet Stream

VarietyYouTube (LIVE)

Official Streaming Platform

 Paramount+ Showtime

 

Labels: Amanda Seyfried, avatar, Blue Moon, Emma Stone, Frankenstein, Golden Globes 2026, Hamnet, Julia Roberts, Michael B Jordan, Nouvelle Vague