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NYDrama Critics Circle The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met on May 7, 2012, , to determine the winners of its 77th annual awards. Here are the results t:
Best Play: Sons of the Prophet (Stephen Karam)
Best Foreign Play: Tribes (Nina Raine)
Best Musical: Once (Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová)
Special Citations: Signature Theatre Company; Mike Nichols for his contribution to the theater
The Circle voted to aaward Special Citations: to the Signature Theatre Company on the occasion of its major expansion; and to director Mike Nichols for career achievement. >For more information on how the 26 voting member arrived at the final countdown, visit www.dramacritics.org.
Lilly Awards This is a newcomer to the awards organizations founded in 2010 to recognize and honor women in the theater. Named after one of the contemporary theater's best known dramatists, Lillian Hellman. The founders of the organization include playwright Marsha Norman, Theresa Rebeck, and Playwrights Horizon artistic director Tim Sanford. This year 9 Lilly awards were presente to the following:
Actresses Cristin Milioti and Nina Arianda
Directors Diane Paulus and Sarah Benson
Playwrights Katori Hall and Leslye Headland
Set designer Heidi Ettinger
Actress Estelle Parsons and playwright Tina Howe each received a lifetime achievement Lily.
Lucille Lortell Awards . The nominee list herewith. An asterisk indicates the winner: Outstanding Play
Blood and Gifts – Written by J. T. Rogers
Milk Like Sugar – Written by Kirsten Greenidge
*Sons of the Prophet – Written by Stephen Karam
The Big Meal – Written by Dan LeFranc
The School For Lies – ; Written byDavid Ives
Outstanding Musical
*Once – Book by Enda Walsh, Music and Lyrics by/Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Queen of the Mist – Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa
SILENCE! The Musical ; Music and Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, Book by Hunter Bell, Adapted from the screenplay Silence! The Musical by Jon and Al Kaplan
The Blue Flower – By Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World – Book by Joy Gregory, Music by Gunnar Madsen, Lyrics by Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, Story by Joy Gregory, Gunnar Madsen, and John Langs
Outstanding Revival
Blood Knot – WrittenAthol Fugard
The Lady from Dubuque – Wrtten by Edward Albee
Look Back in Anger – Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company; John Osborne
*The Cherry Orchard – Written by Anton Chekhov, Translated by John Christopher Jones
The Maids – Written by Jean Genet, Translated by Bernard Frechtman
Outstanding Solo Show
*An Iliad – Written by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson; Performed by Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella; Based on Homer's The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles
The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith – Written by Angelo Parra; Performed by Miche Braden
Outstanding Director
Jo Bonney, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
David Cromer, Tribes
Sam Gold, Look Back in Anger
*Sam Gold, The Big Meal
John Tiffany, Once
Outstanding Choreographer
Chase Brock, The Blue Flower
Bill Castellino, Ionescopade
Christopher Gattelli, SILENCE! The Musical
*Steven Hoggett, Once
Annie-B Parson, The Broken Heart
Outstanding Lead Actor
*Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Russell Harvard, Tribes
Hamish Linklater, The School For Lies
Jefferson Mays, Blood and Gifts
Jay O. Sanders, Titus Andronicus
Outstanding Lead Actress
*Sanaa Lathan, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Carey Mulligan, Through a Glass Darkly
Molly Ranson, Carrie
Mary Testa, Queen of the Mist
Outstanding Featured Actor
David Wilson Barnes, The Big Meal
*Adam Driver, Look Back in Anger
Alvin Epstein, The Cherry Orchard
Peter Francis James, The Lady from Dubuque
Jeff Perry, Tribes
Outstanding Featured Actress
Anita Gillette, The Big Meal
Kimberly Hébert Gregory, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
*Tonya Pinkins, Milk Like Sugar
Mare Winningham, Tribes
Outstanding Scenic Design
Bob Crowley, Once
*Lauren Helpern, 4000 Miles
Andrew Lieberman, Look Back in Anger
David Zinn, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
Outstanding Costume Design
*ESosa, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Toni-Leslie James, Milk Like Sugar
William-Ivey-Long">William Ivey Long, The School For Lies
Ilona Somogyi, Maple and Vine
Catherine Zuber, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Lighting Design
*Natasha Katz, Once
Keith Parham, Tribes
Justin Townsend, Unnatural Acts
*David Weiner, Through a Glass Darkly
Scott Zielinski, An Iliad
Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Bennett, An Iliad
Clive Goodwin, Once
Daniel Kluger, Tribes
*Matt Tierney and Ben Williams, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
David Van Tieghem, Through a Glass Darkly
SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Frankel
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee Richard Foreman
Service to Off-Broadway Award Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)
Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
Voca People – Produced by Doron Lida, Revital Kalfo, Leeorna Solomons and Eva Price
Tony Awards . An asterisk indicates the winner Best Play
*Clybourne Park -Bruce Norris
Other Desert Cities - Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher - Rick Elice
Venus in Fur David Ives
Best Musical
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
*Once
Best Revival of a Play
*Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit
Best Revival of a Musical
Evita
Follies
*The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Book of a Musical
Lysistrata Jones -Douglas Carter Beane
Newsies -
*Once -Enda Walsh
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde -Music: Frank Wildhorn/Lyrics: Don Black
*Newsies-Music: Alan Menken / Lyrics: Jack Feldman
One Man, Two Guvnors- Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding
Peter and the Starcatcher - Music: Wayne Barker /Lyrics: Rick Elice
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
*James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Frank Langella, Man and Boy
John Lithgow, The Columnist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
*Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin, The Lyons
Cynthia Nixon, Wit
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Follies
Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
*Steve Kazee, Once
Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines, Follies
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jan Maxwell, Follies
*Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti, Once
Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
*Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Linda Emond, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
*Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad, Stick Fly
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris, Evita
David Alan Grier, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
*Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
*Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
*Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
*Bob Crowley, Once
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Best Costume Design of a Play
William Ivey Long, Don't Dress for Dinner
Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
*Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Costume Design of a Musical
*Gregg Barnes, Follies
ESosa, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Lighting Design of a Play
*Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz, Follies
*Natasha Katz, Once
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
*Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
*Clive Goodwin, Once
Kai Harada, Follies
Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Evita
*Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Steven Hoggett, Once
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
*Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Direction of a Musical
Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Diane Paulus, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
*John Tiffany, Once
Best Orchestrations
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
*Martin Lowe, Once
Danny Troob, Newsies
Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Emanuel Azenberg
Regional Theatre Award
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters
Special Tony Award
Actors' Equity Association
Hugh Jackman
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors
* * *
Tony Nominations by Production
Once - 11
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - 10
Nice Work If You Can Get It - 10
Peter and the Starcatcher - 9
Follies - 8
Newsies - 8
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - 7
One Man, Two Guvnors - 7
Other Desert Cities - 5
Clybourne Park - 4
End of the Rainbow - 3
Evita - 3
Ghost the Musical - 3
Bonnie & Clyde - 2
Don't Dress for Dinner - 2
Gore Vidal's The Best Man - 2
Jesus Christ Superstar - 2
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark - 2
Venus in Fur - 2
Wit - 2
The Columnist - 1
Leap of Faith - 1
The Lyons - 1
Lysistrata Jones - 1
Man and Boy - 1
Master Class - 1
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - 1
The Road to Mecca - 1
Stick Fly - 1
A Streetcar Named Desire - 1
Drama Desk Award Winners The following awards were voted by the nominating committee and presented by the Drama Desk at its awards ceremony June 3rd with an asterisk placed before the winners names:
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
This year the nominators chose to bestow a special ensemble award for acting to the cast of Sweet and Sad. Jon DeVries, Shuler Hensley, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders, and J. Smith-Cameron are "among New York's best actors, who came together as one unforgettable stage family. Therefore, the individual cast members were not eligible for acting awards in the competitive categories."
Special Awards
Each year, the Drama Desk votes special awards to recognize excellence and significant contributions to the theater. For 2011-12, these awards are:
To Mary Testa: For over three decades, she has dazzled audiences with consistently outstanding work, including her tour-de-force performance in this season's Queen of the Mist.
To Nick Westrate: His versatility in Unnatural Acts, Love's Labor's Lost, and Galileo was a highlight of the season.
To New Victory Theatre: For providing enchanting, sophisticated children's theater that appeals to the child in all of us, and for nurturing a love of theater in young people.
To Stephen Karam, the newly created Sam Norkin Off Broadway Award: The profoundly moving Sons of the Prophet confirmed his status as one of the most promising playwrights of his generation.
Outstanding Play
David Henry Hwang, Chinglish
Dan LeFranc, The Big Meal
Members of the Plastic Theatre, Unnatural Acts
Itamar Moses, Completeness
Lynn Nottage, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
*Nina Raine, Tribes
Nicky Silver, The Lyons
Outstanding Musical
Bonnie & Clyde
Death Takes a Holiday
Leap of Faith
Newsies The Musical
Nice Work If You Can Get It
*Once
Queen of the Mist
Outstanding Revival of a Play
A Little Journey
*Death of a Salesman
Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Lost in Yonkers
Richard III
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Carrie
Evita
*Follies
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
The Threepenny Opera
Outstanding Actor in a Play
*James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Hugh Dancy, Venus in Fur
Claybourne Elder, One Arm
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Joseph Franchini, The Navigator
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
Kevin Spacey, Richard III
Outstanding Actress in a Play
*Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
Sanaa Lathan, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Linda Lavin, The Lyons
Jennifer Lim, Chinglish
Kim Martin-Cotten, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Carey Mulligan, Through a Glass Darkly
Joely Richardson, Side Effects
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
*Danny Burstein, Follies
Kevin Earley, Death Takes a Holiday
Raul Esparza, Leap of Faith
Jeremy Jordan, Newsies The Musical
Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ricky Martin, Evita
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Miche Braden, The DeviI's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith
Jan Maxwell, Follies
*Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Bernadette Peters, Follies
Molly Ranson, Carrie
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Bill Camp, Death of a Salesman
Jim Dale, The Road to Mecca
*Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Bill Irwin, King Lear
Jefferson Mays, Blood and Gifts
Will Rogers, Unnatural Acts
Morgan Spector, Russian Transport
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Stephanie J. Block, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Anna Camp, All New People
Kimberly Hebert Gregory, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Lisa Joyce, The Ugly One
Joaquina Kalukango, Hurt Village
Angela Lansbury, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
*Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
*Matt Cavenaugh, Death Takes a Holiday
Michael Cerveris, Evita
*Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Patrick Page, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Andrew Samonsky, Queen of the Mist
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
*Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Marin Mazzie, Carrie
Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Elaine Paige, Follies
Sarah Sokolovic, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
Melissa van der Schyff, Bonnie & Clyde
Outstanding Director of a Play
Jo Bonney, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
David Cromer, Tribes
Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, These Seven Sicknesses
Sam Mendes, Richard III
*Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
Tony Speciale, Unnatural Acts
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Leap of Faith
Jack Cummings III, Queen of the Mist
Doug Hughes, Death Takes a Holiday
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Eric Schaeffer, Follies
*John Tiffany, Once
Outstanding Choreography
Rob Ashford, Evita
Warren Carlyle, Follies
Breandan de Gallal, Noctu
*Christopher Gattelli, Newsies The Musical
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sergio Trujillo, Leap of Faith
Outstanding Music
Glen Hansard and Marketa lrglova, Once
Michael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist
Alan Menken, Leap of Faith
*Alan Menken, Newsies The Musical
Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde
Maury Yeston, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Lyrics
Don Black, Bonnie & Clyde
Jack Feldman, Newsies The Musical
Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
*Glen Hansard and Marketa lrglova, Once
Michael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist
Maury Yeston, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones
Janus Cercone and Warren Leight, Leap of Faith
*Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Joy Gregory, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
Michael John LaChiusa, Queen of the Mist
Thomas Meehan and Peter Stone, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Music in a Play
Mark Bennett, An Iliad
Mark Bennett, Richard III
Tom Kitt, All's Well That Ends Well
Gina Leishman, Septimus and Clarissa
*Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors
Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik, Carson McCullers Talks About Love
Outstanding Revue
Newsical the Musical: End of the World Edition
*The Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman
Outstanding Set Design
*Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve, Ghost The Musical
David Gallo, The Mountaintop
Roger Hanna, A Little Journey
David Korins, Assistance
David Korins, Chinglish
Derek McLane, Follies
Outstanding Costume Design
*Gregg Barnes, Follies
ESosa, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
William Ivey Long, Lucky Guy
Jessica Pabst, She Kills Monsters
Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Catherine Zuber, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kevin Adams, Carrie
Neil Austin, Evita
David Lander, One Arm
*Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Jonathan Deans, Carrie
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
*ACME Sound Partners, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Clive Goodwin, Once
Kai Harada, Follies
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jon Weston, Death Takes a Holiday
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Quentin Chiappetta/mediaNoise, The Navigator
Gregory Clarke, Misterman
Gareth Fry, Richard III
*John Gromada, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Stowe Nelson, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Shane Rettig, She Kills Monsters
Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Larry Hochman, Death Takes a Holiday
*Martin Lowe, Once
John McDaniel, Bonnie & Clyde
Michael Starobin, Queen of the Mist
Danny Troob, Newsies
Outstanding Solo Performance
Baba Brinkman, The Rap Guide to Evolution
Suli Holum, Chimera
Jeff Key, The Eyes of Babylon
*Cillian Murphy, Misterman
Denis O'Hare, An Iliad
Stephen Spinella, An Iliad
Unique Theatrical Experience
Give Me Your Hand
*Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good)
Noctu
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PRODUCTIONS WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
Death Takes a Holiday: 10
Follies: 10
Nice Work If You Can Get It: 8
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: 6
Leap of Faith: 6
Queen of the Mist: 6
Richard III: 6
Carrie: 5
Death of a Salesman: 5
Evita: 5
Newsies The Musical: 5
Once: 5
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess: 5
Bonnie & Clyde: 4
An Iliad: 3
Chinglish: 3
Gore Vidal's The Best Man: 3
One Man, Two Guvnors: 3
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World: 3
Unnatural Acts: 3
A Little Journey: 2
Jesus Christ Superstar: 2
Misterman: 2
Noctu: 2
One Arm: 2
The Lyons: 2
The Navigator: 2
Tribes: 2
The Atlantic Theater company's Linda Gross Theater's Main Stage has been closed for major renovations for two year. The 2012-13 season will see a return to the renovated space with the following productions.
For Fall 2012: HARPER REGAN By Simon Stephens. Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. One strange evening, Harper Regan decides to walk away from her husband, her daughter and her home. She tells no one where she’s going or whether she’s ever coming back. She tosses family, history and fate straight up in the air, and it looks like she might be gone for good. Stephens’ play, which premiered in 2008 at the UK’s National Theatre.
. WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA, a world premiere. By Melissa James Gibson. Directed by Daniel Aukin. A father and his teenage daughter stand on either side of a closed door. Life is unraveling for him, and is entirely uncertain for her.
. . .THREE KINDS OF EXILE. By John Guare. Directed by Neil Pepe. About three artists, all of whom forged complicated lives in the West, having struggled and suffered amid the cultural and political turmoil of Eastern Europe in the mid-20th Century. Drawsg from the experiences of three real exiles from Czechoslovakia and
For Winter 2012/ Spring 2013:
THE JAMMER. By Rolin Jones. New York in the late 1950’s and the hard-boiled, bizarre world of professional roller derby.
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners in the 23 categories were announced May 14 and an asterisk has placed before the winners in the list of nominees below:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Lyons
*One Man, Two Guvnors
Seminar
Stick Fly
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bonnie & Clyde
Newsies
*Once
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Blood and Gifts
The School for Lies
*Sons of the Prophet
Tribes
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Death Takes a Holiday
Lucky Guy
Play It Cool
*Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
*Once
Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Bonnie & Clyde
Death Takes a Holiday
*Newsies
Queen of the Mist
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
The Best Man
*Death of a Salesman
The Lady From Dubuque
Private Lives
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Carrie
Evita
*Follies
Porgy and Bess
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Mark Brokaw The Lyons
David Cromer Tribes
*Nicholas Hytner One Man, Two Guvnors
Mike Nichols Death of a Salesman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Jeff Calhoun Newsies
Michael Grandage Evita
Kathleen Marshall Nice Work If You Can Get It
*John Tiffany Once
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford Evita
*Christopher Gattelli Newsies
Steven Hoggett Once
Kathleen Marshall Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Bob Crowley Once
Derek McLane Nice Work If You Can Get It
Christopher Oram Evita
*George Tsypin Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Gregg Barnes Follies
*Eiko Ishioka Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
William Ivey Long Don’t Dress for Dinner
Martin Pakledinaz Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Neil Austin Evita
Donald Holder Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Brian MacDevitt Death of a Salesman
*Hugh Vanstone Ghost: The Musical
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
*James Corden One Man, Two Guvnors
Santino Fontana Sons of the Prophet
Russell Harvard Tribes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Death of a Salesman
Hamish Linklater The School for Lies
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
*Tracie Bennett End of the Rainbow
Tyne Daly Master Class
Linda Lavin The Lyons
Nicole Ari Parker A Streetcar Named Desire
Laila Robins The Lady From Dubuque
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
*Danny Burstein Follies
Raúl Esparza Leap of Faith
Jeremy Jordan Newsies
Steve Kazee Once
Norm Lewis Porgy and Bess
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jan Maxwell Follies
Marin Mazzie Carrie
*Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti Once
Kelli O’Hara Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Will Brill Tribes
Tom Edden One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield Death of a Salesman
*James Earl Jones The Best Man
Jefferson Mays Blood and Gifts
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Joanna Gleason Sons of the Prophet
*Spencer Kayden Don’t Dress for Dinner
Angela Lansbury The Best Man
Judith Light Other Desert Cities
Daphne Rubin-Vega A Streetcar Named Desire
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Phillip Boykin Porgy and Bess
Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies
*Michael McGrath Nice Work If You Can Get It
Patrick Page Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Chris Sullivan Nice Work If You Can Get It
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jayne Houdyshell Follies
*Judy Kaye Nice Work If You Can Get It
Rebecca Luker Death Takes a Holiday
Da’Vine Joy Randolph Ghost: The Musical
Melissa Van Der Schyff Bonnie & Clyde
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Judy Gold My Life as a Sitcom
David Greenspan The Patsy
*Denis O’Hare An Iliad
Stephen Spinella An Iliad
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Robert Askins Hand to God
Gabe McKinley CQ/CX
Erika Sheffer Russian Transport
*Jeff Talbott The Submission
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner. . .and runner-ups .
The play many thought was going to be the 2012 Pulitzer Winner, Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz which moved from Off-Broadway to a still running Broadway production, is one of two runner ups. The winner is Water by the Spoonful, by Quiara Alegría Hudes, about the search for meaning by a returning Iraq war veteran working in a sandwich shop in his hometown of Philadelphia. To read a review posted during last fall's Hartford Stage premiere go here. Hughes was a runnerup for the price once before for her 2007 drama Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. She also wrote the 2008 Tony Award winning musical In the Heights.The second nominated finalist besides the wonderful Other Desert Cities, was Stephen Karam terrific Sons of the Prophet.
Here's a list of the Pulitzer jury: Steven Leigh Morris, critic-at-large, L.A. Weekly (Chair); Bruce Norris, playwright(and himself a Pulitzer winner); Rohan Preston, theater critic, Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, MN; David Savran, distinguished professor of theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY; and Linda Winer, theater critic, Newsday, Melville, NY.
For a complete list of Pulitzer winners see our Pulitzer Page.
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