ATW Announces Henry Hewes Design Award Nominations
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 01, 2006
The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005-2006 New York theater season. The awards will be presented at a luncheon to be held in the fall.
These annual awards honor designers for work in venues on Broadway, Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway, recognizing not only the traditional design categories of scenery, costumes and lighting, but also "Notable Effects," which encompasses sound, music, video, puppetry and other creative elements. All nominated designs must have originated in United States productions.
Nominated work includes 17 Broadway shows, 17 Off Broadway shows, and 5 Off Off Broadway shows, from commercial and not-for-profit productions. The Hewes Awards Committee considered more than 200 productions when making its nominations.
The top nominated productions were Cathay: Three Tales of China, Super Vision and The Drowsy Chaperone with four each; Awake and Sing!, Grey Gardens, Tarzan, The Color Purple and The Wedding Singer each received three nominations. 10 productions received two nominations. Catherine Zuber received four nominations for her costume designs and Darron L. West received three nominations for his sound designs. A total of 12 artists received more than one nomination.
Originally known as the Maharam Awards at their inception in 1965, the Hewes Awards were later known as the American Theatre Wing Design Awards. They were renamed in 1999 for noted critic Henry Hewes, who created the awards and served as a board member of the American Theatre Wing until his death July 18 at age 89.
The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee includes theater critics Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, chair; Tish Dace; Michael Feingold; Glenda Frank; Mario Fratti; Randy Gener; and Joan Ungaro.
Scenic Design
No Foreigners Beyond This Point (Ma-Yi Theatre/Culture Project)
John Lee Beatty
Rabbit Hole (Manhattan Theatre Company)
John Lee Beatty
The Color Purple (Broadway Theatre)
The Other Side (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Tarzan (Richard Rodgers Theatre)
The Drowsy Chaperone (Marquis Theatre)
Miss Witherspoon (Playwrights Horizons)
Super Vision (The Builders Association/BAM)
The Ruby Sunrise (The Public Theater)
The Pajama Game (Roundabout Theatre Company)
The Threepenny Opera (Roundabout Theatre Company)
Grey Gardens (Playwrights Horizons)
The Little Dog Laughed (Second Stage)
The Wedding Singer (Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
Red Light Winter (Barrow Street Theatre)
Well (Longacre Theatre)
Cathay: Three Tales of China (Ping Chong and Company/New Victory)
Awake and Sing! (Lincoln Center Theater)
Costume Design
The Drowsy Chaperone (Marquis Theatre)
Based on a Totally True Story (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Tarzan (Richard Rodgers Theatre)
Souvenir (Lyceum Theatre)
The Wedding Singer(Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
Landscape of the Body (Signature Theatre)
Bernarda Alba (Lincoln Center Theater)
Entertaining Mr. Sloane(Roundabout Theatre Company)
The Constant Wife (Roundabout Theatre Company)
William Ivey Long
Grey Gardens (Playwrights Horizons)
Stefani Mar
Cathay: Three Tales of China(Ping Chong and Company/New Victory)
The Threepenny Opera(Roundabout Theatre Company)
The Ruby Sunrise(The Public Theater)
The Pajama Game (Roundabout Theatre Company)
The Color Purple(Broadway Theatre)
Rabbit Hole(Manhattan Theatre Club)
Birdie Blue (Second Stage Theatre)
Measure for Pleasure(The Public Theater)
The Wooden Breeks (MCC Theater)
Awake and Sing! (Lincoln Center Theater)
Defiance (Manhattan Theatre Club)
In My Life (The Music Box)
Seascape (Lincoln Center Theater)
Lighting Design
Awake and Sing!(Lincoln Center Theater)
Shining City (Manhattan Theatre Club)
The Drowsy Chaperone(Marquis Theatre)
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre)
Funnyhouse of a Negro (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
Stuff Happens (The Public Theater)
Three Days of Rain(Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)
The Little Dog Laughed (Second Stage Theatre)
Grey Gardens (Playwrights Horizons)
Tarzan (Richard Rodgers Theatre)
The Color Purple (Broadway Theatre)
The Wedding Singer(Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
Bernarda Alba (Lincoln Center Theater)
Hot Feet (Hilton Theatre)
Super Vision (The Builder's Association/BAM)
The Seven (New York Theatre Workshop
Notable Effects
Ruppert Bohle (projection design)
Cathay: Three Tales of China (Ping Chong and Company/New Victory)
Dbox (virtual design)
Super Vision (The Builder's Association/BAM)
Peter Flaherty (video design)
Super Vision (The Builder's Association/BAM)
The Drowsy Chaperone(Marquis Theatre)
Gregg Barnes (scenery and costumes)
John Gromada (sound)
Bach at Leipzig(New York Theatre Workshop)
Cathay: Three Tales of China (Ping Chong and Company/New Victory)
Wang Bo (puppetry)
Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound)
Jersey Boys(August Wilson Theatre)
Fabian Obispo (sound)
No Foreigners Beyond This Point(Ma-Yi Theatre/Culture Project)
Darron L. West (sound)
Apparition (Connelly Theatre)
Darron L. West (sound)
The Seven(New York Theatre Workshop
Darron L. West (soundscape)
Miss Witherspoon(Playwrights Horizons)
The American Theatre Wing is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated to education and excellence in the theatre. In addition to creating and awarding the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, ATW's programs include the long-running Working in the Theatre Seminars, broadcast in New York on CUNY-TV; a grants and scholarship program awarding support to more than 50 New York not-for-profit theatre companies and theatre students; "Downstage Center," a weekly theatrical interview show on XM Satellite Radio; the Theatre Intern Group, a professional development and networking organization for interns in commercial and not-for-profit theatre; and SpringboardNYC, a two week boot camp for college students planning for careers in the New York theatre. ATW's media work is available for free, on-demand from the company's website, www.americantheatrewing.org
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