Obie

noun

ˈō-bē 

: an award presented annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in plays performed off-Broadway

Examples of Obie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Obie Williams' home city of Augusta, 30 miles east of his daughter's home in Thomson, power lines stretched along the sidewalks, tree branches blocked the roads and utility poles lay cracked and broken. —CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024

Schreck has also won three Obie Awards, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, the Horton Foote Playwriting Award, and the Hull-Warriner Award from the Dramatists Guild. —Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024

Shepherding that legacy became a calling for Fakir in recent decades following the deaths of group mates Lawrence Payton, Obie Benson and Levi Stubbs. —Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024

This Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer finalist play is a laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024

Popular on Variety The group — whose original members also included Levi Stubbs, whose deep voice powered many of their songs, Obie Benson and Lawrence Payton — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 July 2024

Fakir, a lifelong Detroit resident, was the last surviving member of the beloved Motown act, preceded in death by his teen friends and group mates Lawrence Payton, Obie Benson and Levi Stubbs. —Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024

After the discovery, rescuers free Obie from the tree and brought him to TRACS to recover. —Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024

After Obie arrived at TRACS, the shelter started to share updates about the dog's story on social media. —Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

O.B., abbreviation for off Broadway

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Obie

• adobe
• toby