The 28th Annual Elliot Norton Awards

The 28^th Annual Elliot Norton Awards

The Boston Theater Critics Association, Monday, May 17 at Paramount Theatre

The Boston Theater Critics Association held the 28^th Annual Elliot Norton Awards Ceremony on Monday night at the newly refurbished Paramount Theatre. Guests of Honor were Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams, currently appearing together on Broadway in Lend Me a Tenor. Master of Ceremonies was Joyce Kulhawik, onstage Solo Pianist was Barry Rocklin, and members of the Boston Theater Critics Association presented the awards. Karen MacDonald, a founding member of The American Repertory Theatre, was the recipient of the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence, and StageSource gave its annual Theatre Hero Award to Michael Maso, Managing Director of the Huntington Theatre Company.

The categories and awards are listed below:

Outstanding Visiting Production       Gatz  (Elevator Repair Service at American Repertory Theater)

Outstanding Design - Midsize/Small/Fringe Company  Adding Machine: A Musical (SpeakEasy Stage Company) Susan Zeeman Rogers (set design), Gail Astrid Buckley (costume design), Jeff Adelberg (lighting)

Outstanding Design - Large Company  The Comedy of Errors (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) Jon Savage (set design), David Israel Reynoso (costume design), Scott Pinkney (lighting)

Outstanding New Script           John Kuntz, The Salt Girl (Boston Playwrights' Theatre)

Outstanding Director - Small/Fringe Company     Larry Coen, Phantom of the Oprah (Gold Dust Orphans)

Outstanding Director - Midsize Company         Paul Melone, Adding Machine: A Musical (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

Outstanding Director - Large Company            John Collins, Gatz (Elevator Repair Service at American Repertory Theater)

Special Citation            Gamm Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island

Outstanding Actress - Small/Midsize/Fringe Company    Sandra Shipley, Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Publick Theatre Boston)

Outstanding Actor - Small/Midsize/Fringe Company         Nigel Gore, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Publick Theatre Boston)

Outstanding Actress - Large Company          CrystAl Fox, Fences (Huntington Theatre Company)

Outstanding Actor - Large Company             Scott Shepherd, Gatz     (Elevator Repair Service at American Repertory Theater)

Outstanding Ensemble               The Savannah Disputation  (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

Outstanding Theatrical Experience      Sleep No More  (Punchdrunk and American Repertory Theater)

Outstanding Musical Performance      Jeffery Roberson, Phantom of the Oprah (Gold Dust Orphans)

Outstanding Production by a Fringe Company           The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)  (Orfeo Group)

Outstanding Production by a Small Company         Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Publick Theatre Boston)

Outstanding Production by a Midsize Company      The Savannah Disputation (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

Outstanding Production by a Large Company         Fences (Huntington Theatre Company)

Outstanding Musical Production             Adding Machine: A Musical  (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

                                                                     

 

 

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