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Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C. 2003 Helen Hayes Award Nominations Helen Hayes Award Nominations Announced on March 10th. Mitchell and Ripley Garner Double Nominations The nominations for the 19th Annual Helen Hayes Awards were announced Monday, March 10th at a reception held at the Canadian Embassy. Presented by Ambassador and Mrs. Michael Kergin, the reception hosted a myriad of theater professionals and enthusiasts from across the Washington, DC area. The Canadian Embassy has been an enthusiastic supporter of the DC artistic community and this is its tenth year as a patron of the Helen Hayes Awards. The Canadian Embassy also sponsors The Canadian/Washington Theatre Partnership, a program that provides an all-expense paid trip to Canada to selected Artistic Directors. The purpose of this trip is to give the recipient the opportunity to gain knowledge about Canadian theatrical culture. After being introduced by Anne Delaney, Counselor (Cultural Affairs) of the Canadian Embassy, Ambassador Kergin announced the recipients of the 2003 Canadian/Washington Theatre Partnership as being Carolyn Griffin, Artistic Director of Metro Stage and Janet Stanford, Artistic Director of Imagination Stage. Helen Hayes Awards Executive Director, Linda Levy Grossman then took the podium to announce the nominations. Before the nominations were revealed, she took some time to share some statistics. During the course of the 2002 calendar year, 70 out of the 83 professional theaters in the metro area presented 360 productions. These productions presented 9,272 performances and entertained 2,083,621 audience members. Thus, continuing Washington's standing as the second biggest theater town in the country. Washington is second only to New York City in number of seats filled. The nominations turned out to be a mix of big name endeavors such as Man of La Mancha and lesser known pieces such as Three Sistahs. Popular touring productions such as Aida and The Full Monty also received Helen Hayes nods. However, those who were hoping that the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration would make a sweep will be mightily disappointed. Although, the Sondheim Celebration didn't dominate, three of its shows do appear on the nomination list several times - Sweeney Todd, which received 7 nominations, Sunday In The Park With George with 6 nominations and Company at 3 nominations. New York favorites, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alice Ripley each garnered two nominations. Mitchell was honored for his work in Man of La Mancha (Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production) and Sweeney Todd (Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical). Ripley was recognized for her work in Company (Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical) and Tell Me On A Sunday (Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical). Several other Broadway veterans captured nominations such as:Len Cariou (Copenhagen), Carol Woods (The Full Monty), Judd Hirsch (I'm Not Rappaport), John Barrowman (Company), Barbara Cook (Simply Sondheim) and Raúl Esparza (Sunday In The Park With George). Additionally, some local favorites carried away nominations. They include J. Fred Shiffman (Privates on Parade, Nancy Robinette (The Little Foxes) and Doug Brown (Hambone). The 19th Annual Helen Hayes Awards will take place on Monday, May 5th in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. For more information, visit www.helenhayes.org. Helen Hayes Nomination List Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production
Cleavant Derricks Kelli Fournier
Mary Ellen Mahoney
Kenny Mellman
Carol Woods Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production
Justin Bond
Len Cariou
John Epperson
Judd Hirsch
Brian Stokes Mitchell Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Barbara Cook
Mariette Hartley
Paulette Ivory
Sarah Jones
Alice Ripley Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Copenhagen
The Full Monty
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set
Mamma Mia!
Man of La Mancha Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Brad Anderson
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Ted L. Levy
Mark Price
Lawrence Redmond
J. Fred Shiffman Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Ta'rea Campbell
Lori Tan Chinn
Mariani Ebert
Perri Gaffney
Lauri Kraft
Alice Ripley Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play
Donald Carrier
Michael Ray Escamilla
Robert Hogan
Andrew Long
Bruce Nelson
David Sabin Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Menchu Esteban
Catherine Flye
Tana Hicken
Dori Legg
Susan Lynskey
Nancy Robinette Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production
Mark Anduss
Scott Burgess
Scott Burgess
David McKeever
Paata Tsikurishvili
Adam Wernick Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Alessandra D'Ovidio and Mariana Fernandez
Deborah M. Dryden
Robert Perdziola
Jelena Vukmirovic and Marie Schneggenberger
Catherine Zuber
Catherine Zuber Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Amy Appleyard
Howell Binkley
Howell Binkley
Jonathan Blandin
Chris Lee
Daniel MacLean Wagner Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
Loy Arcenas
Debra Booth
James Kronzer
Hugh Landwehr
Jos. B. Musumeci, Jr.
Walt Spangler Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production
Sam Elmore and Kelly Parsley
Ilona Kessell
Baayork Lee
Mark Minnick
Irina Tsikurishvili
Irina Tsikurishvili
Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production
Rob Berman
Larry Blank
George Fulginiti-Shakar
Paul Raiman
Daniel Sticco
Jonathan Tunick
Stephen Wade Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
John Barrowman
Raúl Esparza
Rick Hammerly
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Patrick O'Neill
Russell Sunday Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Kate Baldwin
Christine Baranski
E. Fay Butler
Melissa Errico
Harriett D. Foy
Janine Gulisano Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Christopher Ashley
Kyle Donnelly
Toby Orenstein
Eric Schaeffer
Eric Schaeffer
Molly Smith Outstanding Resident Musical
The Gospel According to Fishman
Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Polk County
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George
Sweeney Todd
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical
The Christmas Carol Rag
The Gospel According to Fishman
Harlem Rose, A Love Song to Langston Hughes
Mississippi Pinocchio
Polk County
Three Sistahs The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play
Church of the Open Mind
The Diaries
Miklat
Recent Tragic Events
Shakespeare, Moses and Joe Papp
The Taste of Fire Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play
Gerry Bamman
Doug Brown
Jon Cohn
Rick Foucheux
Ted Koch
Christopher Lane
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Kamilah Forbes
Lee Mikeska Gardner
Tana Hicken
Kelly McGillis
Holly Twyford
Holly Twyford
Nance Williamson Outstanding Director, Resident Play
Doug Hughes
Nick Olcott
Paata Tsikurishvili
Paata Tsikurishvili
John Vreeke
Joy Zinoman Outstanding Resident Play
Born Guilty
Hamlet
Host and Guest
The Little Foxes
She Stoops to Conquer
The Weir
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