The 2011-2012 Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award Winners

The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (of which I am a member) has announced its 4th annual award winners. The award is named after founding member and  original awards director Patrick Lee, one of the best theater writers and bloggers in New York,  who passed away unexpectedly two years ago. His loss is still felt among the community, and it was decided last year to rename the award we give in his honor.
The winners for the 2011-2012 season are:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL 
Once

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Peter and the Starcatcher

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Follies

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
Death of a Salesman

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Now. Here. This.

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Sons of the Prophet

OUTSTANDING OFF-OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, by The Mad Ones, at The New Ohio
She Kills Monsters at the Flea

OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW/PERFORMANCES (Across Broadway, off- Broadway and Off-Off Broadway)

Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway
Denis O’Hare, An Iliad (New York Theatre Workshop)
Stephen Spinella, An Iliad (New York Theatre Workshop)
Zoe Caldwell, Elective Affinities (Soho Rep)
Juan Villa, Empanada for a Dream  (Ballybeg at Barrow Group)
Daniel Kitson, It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later
Lorinda Lositza, Triumphant Baby

UNIQUE OFF-OFF BROADWAY EXPERIENCE
The Tenant by Woodshed Collective

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Peter and the Starcatcher

CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATRE
The Flea

CITATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE BY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS (Across Off-Off Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Broadway
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Philip Boynkin, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess
Danny Burstein, Follies
James Corden, One Man Two Guvnors
Santino Fontana, Sons of a Prophet
Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Jan Maxwell, Follies
Lindsay Mendez, Godspell
Terri White in Follies

The 3rd Annual ITBA Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award Winners Announced

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The Independent Theater Bloggers Association is proud to announce the 2011 recipients of the 3rd Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick, one of our founding members and awards director, passed away suddenly last June and was one of the most beloved members of the blogosphere. The ITBA has chosen to rechristen the award in his memory.

Much gratitude to Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Jeff Bowen for announcing the winners. Their new show Now. Here. This. is going to premiere at the Vineyard in June, as part of the Development Lab series.

And the winners are:

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Jerusalem

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Anything Goes

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
The Normal Heart

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Kid

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches

OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW/PERFORMANCE (ALL VENUES)
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made

CITATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING OFF-OFF BROADWAY SHOW
Feeder: A Love Story
Invasion!
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Belarus Free Theater’s Discover Love
Black Watch
Rewrite

UNIQUE OFF-OFF BROADWAY EXPERIENCE
Sleep No More

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Scottsboro Boys

CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATRE
La Mama

CITATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE BY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Reed Birney, A Small Fire
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Hamish Linklater, School for Lies
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made
Benjamin Walker, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

2nd Annual ITBA Awards Announced

The second annual Independent Theater Blogger Association awards were announced this morning via youtube by Susan Blackwell, Jeannine Frumess, and Ann Harada (who are currently appearing off-Broadway in The Kid). Congratulations to all nominees and winners!

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Red

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
A View From The Bridge

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Idiot

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
La Cage Aux Folles

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Circle Mirror Transformation

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Yank!

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL
The Glass Menagerie

OUTSTANDING OFF-OFF BROADWAY SHOW
Viral

OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW
A Boy And His Soul

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Circle Mirror Transformation

CITATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE BY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Nina Arianda, Venus In Fur
Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow
Desiree Burch, The Soup Show
Rebecca Comtois, Viral
Viola Davis, Fences
Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts
Douglas Hodge, La Cage Aux Folles
Sarah Lemp, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side & Happy In The Poorhouse
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family & Lend Me A Tenor
Bobby Steggert, Ragtime & Yank!
Amy Lynn Stewart, Viral

Nominations for 2nd Annual ITBA Awards

The Independent Theater Bloggers Association is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2nd annual ITBA awards. The membership is currently in the process of voting; the winners will be revealed on May 20.

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
American Idiot
Everyday Rapture
Fela!

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
In The Next Room (or the vibrator play)
Next Fall
Red
Superior Donuts
Time Stands Still

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Finian’s Rainbow
La Cage Aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Fences
Lend Me A Tenor
Oleanna
A View From The Bridge

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Circle Mirror Transformation
Clybourne Park
Orphans Home Cycle
The Temperamentals

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bloodsong of Love
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Scottsboro Boys
YANK!

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
The Glass Menagerie
A Lie Of The Mind
Twelfth Night

OUTSTANDING OFF-OFF-BROADWAY SHOW
Alice In Slasherland
Girls In Trouble
In Fields Where They Lay
Lear
Rescue Me
Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
The Soup Show
Viral

UNIQUE OFF-OFF-BROADWAY EXPERIENCE
The Lily’s Revenge

CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE
Company XIV

OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW/PERFORMANCE (ALL VENUE CATEGORIES)
A Boy And His Soul
Zero Hour

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (ALL VENUE CATEGORIES)
Circle Mirror Transformation
A Lie Of The Mind
Twelfth Night

Outer Critics Circle Nominations

Outer Critics Circle – 2009-2010 Award Nominations

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY

Next Fall
Red
Superior Donuts
Time Stands Still

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

American Idiot
Come Fly Away
Fela!
Memphis
Sondheim on Sondheim

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY

Clybourne Park
The Orphans’ Home Cycle
The Pride
The Temperamentals

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Scottsboro Boys
Tin Pan Alley Rag
Yank!

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Memphis
The Scottsboro Boys
Yank!

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View From the Bridge

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

La Cage aux Folles
Finian’s Rainbow
A Little Night Music
Promises, Promises

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Doug Hughes, The Royal Family
Kenny Leon, Fences
Stanley Tucci, Lend Me a Tenor
Michael Wilson, The Orphans’ Home Cycle

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Christopher Ashley, Memphis
Terry Johnson, La Cage aux Folles
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Alex Timbers, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER

Rob Ashford, Promises, Promises
Bill T. Jones, Fela!
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Sergio Trujillo, Memphis

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN (Play or Musical)

John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family
Beowulf Boritt, Sondheim on Sondheim
Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch, The Addams Family
Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (Play or Musical)

Jane Greenwood, Present Laughter
Martin Pakledinaz, Lend Me a Tenor
Matthew Wright, La Cage aux Folles
Catherine Zuber, The Royal Family

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN (Play or Musical)

Kevin Adams, American Idiot
Kevin Adams, The Scottsboro Boys
Ken Billington, Sondheim on Sondheim
Justin Townsend, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Bill Heck, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Jude Law, Hamlet
Liev Schreiber, A View From the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington, Fences

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Laura Benanti, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
Viola Davis, Fences
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys
Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball, Memphis
Nathan Lane, The Addams Family

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow
Barbara Cook, Sondheim on Sondheim
Montego Glover, Memphis
Bebe Neuwirth, The Addams Family
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

James DeMarse, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts
David Pittu, Equivocation
Noah Robbins, Brighton Beach Memoirs
Reg Rogers, The Royal Family

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Hallie Foote, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Rosemary Harris, The Royal Family
Marin Ireland, A Lie of the Mind
Jan Maxwell, Lend Me a Tenor
Alicia Silverstone, Time Stands Still

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family
Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian’s Rainbow
Levi Kreis, Million Dollar Quartet
Dick Latessa, Promises, Promises
Bobby Steggert, Ragtime

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Carolee Carmello, The Addams Family
Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Cass Morgan, Memphis
Terri White, Finian’s Rainbow

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Jim Brochu, Zero Hour
Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
Judith Ivey, The Lady With All the Answers
Anna Deavere Smith, Let Me Down Easy

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)

John Logan, Red
Jon Marans, The Temperamentals
Geoffrey Nauffts, Next Fall
Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park

Quote of the Day

“The Guild objects in the strongest possible terms to the exclusion of this award from the live broadcast. We have received assurances in the past that the Tony producers recognize that this is an important award and that they would reinstate it in the show that everybody sees.

“As writers we understand that the television show needs to be entertaining in order to attract and hold its audience. And the Guild recognizes that many of its members’ brother and sister artists, from designers to choreographers to orchestrators, will be similarly disadvantaged on Sunday night.

“Nevertheless, the theatre is always spoken of as ‘The Writer’s Medium,’ as was even said in last year’s broadcast. So it seems especially ironic that the awards show that purports to represent the theatre gives less recognition to writers than the motion picture industry’s Academy Awards.

“We strongly urge that the Best Book Award be put back where it belongs. Live, on the air.”

-Stephen Schwartz, composer, lyricist & President of the Dramatists Guild of America

Bravo, Stephen!

While we’re on the subject of omissions, I am incensed that for the second year in a row Best Revival of a Play is being relegated to the webcast awards. Four different playwrights (living and dead) with unique voices and exemplary writing are present in a category stronger than Best Musical or Musical Revival. Perhaps the producer and not the playwright does receive this particular award, but it is an insult to drama and the legacies of these authors to push them aside so audiences can be treated to such innocuous fare as the national tours of Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia and the tribute to Jersey Boys.

Over the past few years, the awards ceremony has become a three hour commercial for Broadway. To celebrate achievement in live theatre, which is the most collaborative of the performing arts, it’s rather ironic that the telecast is selecting which awards are important enough to air in the national telecast. But get with it Tony Awards people because we’re on to you.

"Reasons to Be Pretty," "Billy Elliot," & "Universal Robots" take top honors in first ever Theater Blogger Awards!

The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (www.TheaterBloggers.com) is thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual ITBA Awards for Excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater.

The ITBA (Independent Theater Bloggers Association) was formed in 2009 by a group of the most passionate theater bloggers on the World Wide Web (partial list below). The members of the Association blog about all aspects and all varieties of both commercial and non-profit theater, from big Broadway musicals performed in Times Square, to the most unique forms of entertainment performed off-off Broadway on the Lower East Side, as well as productions all over the country and all over the world. Together they see thousands of productions, and, without being paid or prodded, they write about them.

Ken Davenport, founder of the ITBA, said, “The Association was formed out of a desire to provide structure to the quickly growing theatrical blogosphere, as well as to give the new media voices a chance to recognize excellence in three of the very distinct theatrical markets that make up the New York City theatrical landscape: Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.”

In true “new media” style, there will be no live awards ceremony for the ITBA Awards. Instead, there will be a virtual awards ceremony, with video acceptance speeches for the winners posted electronically in the coming weeks on ITBA’s website, www.TheaterBloggers.com.

This year’s winners of the ITBA Awards are as follows:

BROADWAY

BEST BROADWAY PLAY
Reasons to Be Pretty

Written by: Neil Labute
Directed by: Terry Kinney
Produced by: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost and Scott M. Delman

BEST BROADWAY MUSICAL
Billy Elliot

Music by: Elton John
Lyrics by: Lee Hall

Book by: Lee Hall
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Produced by: Universal Pictures, Working Title, The Old Vic Company, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn and Sally Greene

BEST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hair

Music by: Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
Book by: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
Directed by: Diane Paulus
Produced by: The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick and Jujamcyn Theatres

BEST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Norman Conquests

Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Thomas Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian and Richard Winkler

OFF-BROADWAY

BEST OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Fela!

Book by: Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
Directed by: Bill T. Jones
Music and Lyrics by: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Add’l Music by: Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean
Add’l Lyrics by: Jim Lewis
Produced by: Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay

BEST OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Ruined

Written by: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Kate Whoriskey
Produced by: Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre

BEST OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Our Town

Written by: Thornton Wilder
Directed by: David Cromer
Produced by: Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, Ted Snowdon, Eagle Productions, Dena Hammerstein/Pam Pariseau, The Weinstein Company, Burnt Umber Productions,

BEST OFF-OFF BROADWAY PLAY
Universal Robots

Written by: Mac Rogers
Directed by: Rosemary Andress
Produced by: Manhattan Theater Source

BEST OFF-OFF BROADWAY UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Suspicious Package

Written by: Gyda Arber & Aaron Baker
Directed by: Gyda Arber
Produced by: The Fifth Wall as part of The Antidepressant Festival

CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATER
Flux Theatre Ensemble

Members of the ITBA include:

Bill Brown
www.creatingtheater.com

Linda Buchwald
Pataphysical Science
www.pataphysicalscience.blogspot.com

Donald Butchko
Me2ism?
www.me2ism.blogspot.com

Chris Caggiano
Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals
www.ccaggiano.tyepad.com

Zack Calhoon
Visible Soul
www.zackcalhoon.blogspot.com

Jodi Schoenbrun Carter
www.off-stage-right.com

Corine Cohen
Corine’s Corner
www.corinescorner.com

Kevin Daly
Theatre Aficionado at Large
www.theatreaficionado.com

Ken Davenport
The Producer’s Perspective
www.theproducersperspective.com

Ryan J. Davis
Ryan J. Davis Blogs
www.ryanjdavis.blogspot.com

Jeremy Dobrish
Jeremy’s Green Room
www.JeremysGreenRoom.com

Donelle Foreman
The DJF
www.thedjf.blogspot.com

Michael Gilboe
Broadway Bullet
www.broadwaybullet.com

Dan Gilloon
One NYC StageHand
www.onenycstagehand.blogspot.com

Diana Glazer
Lezbehonest
www.lezbehonest.tumblr.com

Byrne Harrison
www.stagebuzz.com

Leonard Jacobs
The Clyde Fitch Report
www.cyldefitch.blogspot.com

Patrick Lee
Just Shows to Go You
www.justshowstogoyou.blogspot.com

James Marino
Broadway Stars
www.broadwaystars.com

Tulis McCall
Usher Nonsense
www.ushernonsense.com

Jesse North
Stage Rush
www.stagerush.blogspot.com

Aaron Riccio
That Sounds Cool
www.thatsoundscool.blogspot.com

Sarah Roberts
Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment
www.sarahbsadventure.blogspot.com

Michael Roderick
One Producer in the City
www.oneproducerinthecity.com

Adam Rothenberg
Adaumbelle’s Quest
www.adaumbellesquest.com

David Spencer
Aisle Say
www.aislesay.com

Ethan Stanislawski
Tynan’s Anger
www.tynanasanger.com

Gil Varod
Broadway Abridged
www.broadwayabridged.com

Kim Weild
www.kimweild.com

Drama League Winners

Distinguished Production of a Musical
Billy Elliot: the Musical

Distinguished Production of a Play
God of Carnage

Distinguished Revival of a Musical
Hair

Distinguished Revival of Play
Blithe Spirit

Distinguished Performance Award
Geoffrey Rush

Previously announced awards:

Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award — Elton John
The Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing — Arthur Laurents
The Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award — Angela Lansbury
The 75th Anniversary Leadership Award — Herb Blodgett

Outer Critics Circle Award Winners

Outstanding New Broadway Play
*God of Carnage
Irena’s Vow
reasons to be pretty
33 Variations

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
*Billy Elliot: The Musical
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
A Tale of Two Cities

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Becky Shaw
Farragut North
*Ruined
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Happiness
Rooms: A Rock Romance
*The Toxic Avenger
What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling

Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*Billy Elliot: The Musical
Happiness
Rooms: A Rock Romance
Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Blithe Spirit
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
*The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Enter Laughing
*Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story

Outstanding Director of a Play
Garry Hynes, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Anthony Page, Waiting for Godot
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
*Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests
Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations

Outstanding Director of a Musical
*Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical
Arthur Laurents, West Side Story
Jason Moore, Shrek the Musical
Diane Paulus, Hair
Susan Stroman, Happiness

Outstanding Choreographer
Karole Armitage, Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5
*Peter Darling, Billy Elliot the Musical
Josh Prince, Shrek the Musical
Susan Stroman, Happiness

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
*Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical
Santo Loquasto, Waiting for Godot
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot the Musical
Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot the Musical
*Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical
John Napier, Equus
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit
Catherine Zuber, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, Hair
*Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot the Musical
David Hersey, Equus
Peter Kaczorowski, Ruined
David Lander, 33 Variations

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow
Bill Irwin, Waiting for Godot
Nathan Lane, Waiting for Godot
*Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined
Carla Gugino, Desire Under the Elms
*Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities
Matt Cavenaugh, West Side Story
*Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek the Musical
Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing
David Pittu, What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling

Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie)
*Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical
Megan Hilty, 9 to 5
Leslie Kritzer, Rooms A Rock Romance
Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger
*Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Zach Grenier, 33 Variations
John Benjamin Hickey, Mary Stuart
Russell G. Jones, Ruined
Patrick Page, A Man for All Seasons
*David Pearse, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
*Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Andrea Martin, Exit the King
Kristine Nielsen, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Susan Louise O’Connor, Blithe Spirit
Condola Rashad, Ruined

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Shrek the Musical
Aaron Simon Gross, 13
*Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot the Musical
Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical
Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Kathy Fitzgerald, 9 to 5
*Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot the Musical

Outstanding Solo Performance
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Burstyn, Lansky
Mike Daisey, If You See Something, Say Something
*Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse
Matt Sax, Clay

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
*The cast of The Norman Conquests: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root

John Gassner Award (Presented for an American Play, Preferably by a New Playwright)
Annie Baker, Body Awareness
*Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw
Beau Willimon, Farragut North

Special Achievement Award
*For their performances in Billy Elliot: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish