The 25th annual Elliot Norton Awards were held on May 21, 2007, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association, the awards honored the season's best work in Boston's theaters (from April 2006 to March 2007).
Award-winners (in bold) follow: Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Eugene Lee, set designer 25th Anniversary #1: Mayor Thomas Menino 25th Anniversary #2: Robert Woodruff, American Repertory Theatre 25th Anniversary #3: Jon Platt 25th Anniversary #4: Jon Kimbell, North Shore Music Theatre Special Citation: The Harvard Theater Collection OUTSTANDING VISITING PRODUCTION Doubt(Presented by Jon B. Platt) Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (Broadway Across America/Boston) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre By Special Arrangement with Jon B. Platt) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A LARGE COMPANY Britannicus (American Repertory Theatre) Love's Labour's Lost (Huntington Theatre Company) Mauritius(Huntington Theatre Company) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A MIDSIZE COMPANY Miss Witherspoon(Lyric Stage Company) The Pillowman (New Repertory Theatre) Titus Andronicus (Actors' Shakespeare Project) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A SMALL COMPANY King of the Jews (Boston Playwrights' Theatre) A Midsummer Night's Dream(Boston Theatre Works) White People (Downstage @ New Rep)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A FRINGE COMPANY Samurai 7.0: Under Construction (Beau Jest Moving Theatre) Silent Night of the Lambs (The Gold Dust Orphans) Stuff Happens(Zeitgeist Stage Company) OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PRODUCTION Caroline, or Change(SpeakEasy Stage Company) Ragtime (New Repertory Theatre) See What I Wanna See (Lyric Stage Company) OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, LARGE COMPANY Curt Columbus, Cherry Orchard (Trinity Repertory Company) Nicholas Martin, Love's Labour's Lost (Huntington Theatre Company) Robert Woodruff, Britannicus, Island of Slaves (American Repertory Theatre) OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, MIDSIZE COMPANY Scott Edmiston, Miss Witherspoon (Lyric Stage Company), The Women (SpeakEasy Stage Company) David R. Gammons, Titus Andronicus (Actors' Shakespeare Project) Paul Melone, Fat Pig (SpeakEasy Stage Company) OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, SMALL/FRINGE COMPANY Diego Arciniegas, White People (Downstage @ New Rep) Jon Lipsky, Coming Up for Air: An AutoJAZZography (Alliger Arts), King of the Jews (Boston Playwrights' Theatre) David J. Miller, Hiding Behind Comets, Sacred Hearts, Stuff Happens (Zeitgeist Stage Company)
OUTSTANDING DESIGN, LARGE COMPANY Eugene Lee (set), Mauritius (Huntington Theatre Company), Wicked (Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone) Christine Jones (set), Justin Townsend (lighting), The Onion Cellar (American Repertory Theatre) John Coyne (set), Clint Ramos (costumes), The Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) OUTSTANDING DESIGN, SMALL/MIDSIZE COMPANY Jeff Adelberg (lighting), Cam Willard (sound), Titus Andronicus (Actors' Shakespeare Project) Dewey Dellay(sound), Miss Witherspoon, 9 Parts of Desire (Lyric Stage Company), The Women (SpeakEasy Stage Company) Jon Savage (set), King of the Jews (Boston Playwrights' Theatre) OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Leigh Barrett, Ragtime (New Repertory Theatre), Souvenir (Lyric Stage Company) Jacqui Parker, Caroline, or Change (SpeakEasy Stage Company) Stephanie Umoh, Ragtime (New Repertory Theatre), The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (SpeakEasy Stage Company) OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE Diego Arciniegas, Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Downstage @ New Rep) Jonathan Epstein, Via Dolorosa (Berkshire Theatre Festival & Brandeis Theatre Company) Stan Strickland, Coming Up for Air: An AutoJAZZography (Alliger Arts)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR, LARGE COMPANY Michael Aronov, Mauritius (Huntington Theatre Company) Alfredo Narciso, Britannicus (American Repertory Theatre) James A. Williams, Radio Golf (Huntington Theatre Company) OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, LARGE COMPANY Marin Ireland, Mauritius (Huntington Theatre Company) Cherry Jones, Doubt (Presented by Jon B. Platt) Joan MacIntosh,Britannicus (American Repertory Theatre) OUTSTANDING ACTOR, SMALL/MIDSIZE COMPANY Larry Coen, The Plexiglass Menagerie, Silent Night of the Lambs (The Gold Dust Orphans), Miss Witherspoon (Lyric Stage Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Samurai 7.0: Under Construction (Beau Jest Moving Theatre) Will Lyman, King of the Jews (Boston Playwrights' Theatre) Robert Walsh, Titus Andronicus (Actors' Shakespeare Project) OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, SMALL/MIDSIZE COMPANY Liliane Klein, Fat Pig (SpeakEasy Stage Company) Georgia Lyman, White People (Downstage @ New Rep) Paula Plum, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Boston Theatre Works), Miss Witherspoon (Lyric Stage Company) Visit www.stagesource.org for more information.