Olympia Dukakis
BOSTON, MA. (May 19, 2014) – The 32nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony took place on Monday, May 19 at the Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston. Presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA), the awards are named in honor of the late, distinguished Boston theater critic Elliot Norton, who for many years served on the selection committee, and who remained an engaged supporter of theater, both locally and nationally, until his death in 2003 at age 100. For 48 years, Mr. Norton was a drama critic for Boston newspapers; concurrently, from 1958 until his retirement in 1982, he moderated Elliot Norton Reviews on WGBH-TV. The event sponsors include Actors’ Equity Association, ArtsBoston, The Boston Globe/thebostonglobe.com, TheaterMania/Ovation Tix, and WBUR. For more information, visit www.nortonawardsboston.com.
As the audience were taking their seats a photo montage tribute played marking the year’s major anniversaries which include Actors’ Shakespeare Project (10), Broadway In Boston (30), Company One (15), The Charles Playhouse (175), The Lyric Stage Company of Boston (40), The Theater Offensive (25) and The Wilbur Theatre (100).
Paul Daigneault
Emceed by BTCA President Joyce Kulhawik, the evening featured three live performances by the nominated musicals which include Stoneham Theatre’s Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gold Dust Orphans’ It’s A Horrible Life, and the Wheelock Family Theatre’s Hairspray.
With remarks by Mayor Martin Walsh and former Governor Michael Dukakis (her cousin) the stage was set for the presentation of the 2014 Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award to Academy Award-winner and theater veteran Olympia Dukakis.
The BTCA presented select awards in memory of longtime ART company member Jeremy Geidt, the legendary Julie Harris and the Huntington Theatre Company’s former Artistic Director Nicholas Martin.
To close the evening, SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Paul Daigneault accepted The 2013 Elliot Norton Prize For Sustained Excellence.
Congrats to all of the 32nd Annual Elliot Norton Award Winners
Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award: Olympia Dukakis
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Paul Daigneault
Outstanding Visiting Production:
Mies Julie, Baxter Theatre Centre; presented by ArtsEmerson
Outstanding Production by a Large Resident Theater:
All the Way, American Repertory Theater
The cast of All The Way. Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva
Outstanding Production by a Midsize Theater:
Tribes, SpeakEasy Stage Company
Outstanding Production by a Small Theater:
The Flick, Company One; co-presented by Suffolk University
Outstanding Production by a Fringe Theater:
Punk Rock, Zeitgeist Stage Company
Outstanding Design, Large Theater:
The Heart of Robin Hood, American Repertory Theater
Set design by Börkur Jónsson, Costumes by Emma Ryott, Lighting by Björn Helgason, Sound by Jonathan Deans.
Outstanding Design, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater:
The Flick, Company One; co-presented by Suffolk University
Scenic design by Cristina Todesco, Lighting by Jen Rock, Costumes by Amanda Maciel Antunes, Sound by Edward Young, Props Master Anita Shriver.
Outstanding Musical Production by a Large Theater:
The Jungle Book, Huntington Theatre Company
Anjali Bhimani, André De Shields, NIkka Graff Lanzarone, Monique Haley, Geoff Packard, Akash Chopra, Ed Kross and Govind Kumar in The Jungle Book at The Huntington Theatre in Boston on September 5, 2013. Photo by Lia Chang
Outstanding Musical Production by a Midsize, Small or Fringe Company:
Hairspray, Wheelock Family Theatre
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor:
Francis Jue, Miss Saigon, North Shore Music Theatre
Francis Jue (Engineer) in North Shore Music Theatre’s production of Miss Saigon. Photo © Paul Lyden
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress:
Aimee Doherty, On the Town (Lyric Stage Company of Boston) and Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre)
Outstanding New Script:
Windowmen by Steven Barkhimer, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Outstanding Director, Large Theater:
Gisli Örn Gardarsson, The Heart of Robin Hood, American Repertory Theater
Outstanding Director, Midsize Theater:
Ilyse Robbins, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stoneham Theatre
Outstanding Director, Small or Fringe Theater:
David J. Miller, Punk Rock and The Normal Heart, Zeitgeist Stage Company
Outstanding Actor, Large Theater:
Bryan Cranston, All the Way, American Repertory Theater
Bryan Cranston. Photo by Lia Chang
Outstanding Actress, Large Theater:
Andrea Syglowski, Venus in Fur, Huntington Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor, Midsize Theater:
Jeremiah Kissel, Imagining Madoff, New Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Actress, Midsize Theater:
Erica Spyres, Tribes, SpeakEasy Stage Company
Outstanding Actor, Small or Fringe Theater:
Alex Pollock, This Is Our Youth (Gloucester Stage Company), Windowmen (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), and The Flick (Company One; co-presented by Suffolk University)
Outstanding Actress, Small or Fringe Theater:
Maureen Adduci, The Normal Heart, Zeitgeist Stage Company
Outstanding Ensemble, Large Theater:
The Seagull, Huntington Theatre Company
Outstanding Ensemble, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
Hairspray, Wheelock Family Theatre
Other articles by Lia Chang:
Miss Saigon’s Francis Jue Receives Elliot Norton Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor
André De Shields, Mary Zimmerman, Among 4 Elliot Norton Award Nominations for Huntington’s World Premiere of The Jungle Book, a co-production with The Goodman
Francis Jue, At Home on the Stage
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