Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard & More to Present 2011 OBIE Awards

Stage and screen stars Alec Baldwin and Robert Sean Leonard are among the presenters scheduled to appear at the Village Voice's 56th annual OBIE Awards ceremony, to be held on May 16 at Webster Hall. The OBIE Awards honor the best of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater. Entertainment and co-hosts for the evening have yet to be announced.

Other stars currently scheduled to present at the ceremony include Arian Moayed (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), Jim Parsons (The Normal Heart), John Larroquette and Rose Hemingway (How to Succeed), Lee Pace (The Normal Heart), Patina Miller (Sister Act), Margaret Colin (Arcadia) and Nina Arianda (Born Yesterday), as well as In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mamie Gummer (off-Broadway's The School for Lies),  and stage vet S. Epatha Merkerson.

Founded in 1956, the OBIE Awards honor the theater community in a less structured format than other award shows by not announcing nominees before the ceremony. The award show often consists of new categories that can change every year.

Village Voice chief theater critic Michael Feingold is chair of the OBIE Awards judges committee. He will be joined by Voice critic Alexis Soloski, The New Yorker critic Hilton Als, OBIE-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, OBIE-winning director Evan Yionoulis and critic Andy Propst of TheaterMania and AmericanTheaterWeb.com, a frequent Voice contributor.