Tonight the Eliot Norton Awards honored excellence in 2019 Boston theatre.
Among tonight's winners was the pre-Broadway engagement of Six the Musical. which took home Outstanding Visiting Musical Ensemble for its run at ART, while David Byrne's American Utopia was honored with Best Visiting Performance, Musical.
Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin took home Outstanding Direction, Large Theater for her work on Dave Malloy's Moby Dick, another ART production. Tony-winner Mimi Lien was also honored with Outstanding Set Design, Large Theater for Moby-Dick.
The Billy Porter-directed production of The Purists at Huntington Theatre took home the prize for Outstanding Production, Large Theatre.
Ben Levi Ross, the star of the touring company of Dear Evan Hansen, took home honors for Outstanding Visiting Musical Performance.
See the full winner's list here:
Johnny Lee Davenport
"Shear Madness" which opened in Boston and just ended its 40-year run as one of the longest-running non-musical plays in the world
"Parade," Moonbox Productions
"The Purists," Huntington Theatre Company
"Cloud 9," The Nora at Central Square Theater
"The Stone," Arlekin Players Theatre
Billy Meleady, "the smuggler," Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Rachel Chavkin, "Moby-Dick," American Repertory Theater
Lee Mikeska Gardner, "Cloud 9," The Nora at Central Square Theater
Igor Golyak, "The Stone," Arlekin Players Theatre
Aaron Patterson, "Parade," Moonbox Productions
Katrina Z Pavao, "Little Shop of Horrors," Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Eric Berryman, "Detroit Red," ArtsEmerson
Kadahj Bennett, "Pass Over," SpeakEasy Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Nael Nacer, "The Return," Israeli Stage
Analisa Velez, "The Purists," Huntington Theatre Company
Paula Plum, "The Children," SpeakEasy Stage Company
Darya Denisova, "The Stone," Arlekin Players Theatre
"Sweat," Huntington Theatre Company
"black odyssey boston," Underground Railway at Central Square Theater and The Front Porch Arts Collective
"The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart," Apollinaire Theatre Company
"Detroit Red" by Will Power, ArtsEmerson
"Moby-Dick," American Repertory Theater
Scenic design by Mimi Lien; costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo; lighting design by Bradley King; sound design by Hidenori Nakajo; puppet design by Eric F. Avery; wig, hair and make-up design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt
"Vanity Fair," Underground Railway at Central Square Theater
Scenic design by David R. Gammons; costume design by Leslie Held; lighting design by Jeff Adelberg; sound design by David Wilson; properties coordinated by Ciara McAloon
"The Seagull," Arlekin Players Theatre
Scenic design by Nikolay Simonov; costume design by Nastya Bugaeva; lighting design by Jeff Adelberg
Catherine Stornetta, "Parade," Moonbox Productions
Ilyse Robbins, "Swan Lake in Blue," Greater Boston Stage Company
"Indecent," Huntington Theatre Company
"American Utopia," Ambassador Theatre Group
Ben Levi Ross, "Dear Evan Hansen," Broadway In Boston
"Six," American Repertory Theater (Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Courtney Mack and Anna Uzele)
The Elliot Norton Awards are presented annually by The Boston Theater Critics Association (Don Aucoin, Jared Bowen, Terry Byrne, Carolyn Clay, Christopher Ehlers, Iris Fanger, Nancy Grossman, Joyce Kulhawik, Kilian Melloy, Bob Nesti and Ed Siegel) to honor the outstanding productions, directors, designers and performers that audiences have seen on greater Boston stages throughout the season.
The Elliot Norton Awards are named for the eminent Boston theater critic Elliot Norton, who remained an active supporter of drama, both locally and nationally, until his death in 2003 at the age of 100. The Boston theater community carries on his legacy and can be proud of its remarkable growth at a time in our nation's history when the arts are struggling to survive.
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