The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President and CEO) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, President and CEO) have announced that Kathleen Chalfant will receive a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards, which will be held on Mon May 21 at Terminal 5 (610 West 56th St). As was previously announced, Emmy and Obie-winning actor John Leguizamo will host this year’s Awards. The judges panel for this season is chaired by longtime Village Voice critic Michael Feingold, and includes Entertainment Weekly theater critic Melissa Rose Bernardo, Obie-winning projection designer Wendall K. Harrington, Broadway News theater critic Charles Isherwood, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, dancer-actress-director Sondra Lee,  actor Arian Moayed, and  actress Ching Valdes-Aran. The production team for the 2018 Obie Awards includes J. Jason Daunter (Artistic Supervisor), Eric Cornell (Line Producer), P. Jason Yarcho (Musical Supervisor), Natasha Katz (Lighting Designer), Kai Harada (Sound Designer), Antje Ellermann (Scenic Designer), and Adam J. Thompson (Video Designer). For more information, visit www.ObieAwards.com. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...