Greater Boston’s theater community gathered at the Citi Shubert Theatre Monday night to celebrate the season’s top productions and performances at the 34th annual Elliot Norton Awards. The Boston Theater Critics Association—WGBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen is a member—presented more than two dozen awards, named after the late theater critic Elliot Norton, to actors, writers, directors and ensembles.
Tony Award-winning actress Mary Louise Wilson received the lifetime achievement award. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s founding artistic director, Steven Maler, received the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In addition, composer Matthew Aucoin received a special citation for his opera “Crossing.”
Here is the complete list of award winners (and links to our related coverage):
Outstanding Visiting Production
“Ghost Quartet” (presented by American Repertory Theater)
Outstanding Production by a Large Resident Theater
“Come Back, Little Sheba” (Huntington Theatre Company)
Outstanding Production by a Midsize Theater
“The Convert” (Underground Railway Theater)
Outstanding Production by a Small Theater
“The Diary of Anne Frank” (Boston Children’s Theatre)
Outstanding Production by a Fringe Theater
“A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes” (Apollinaire Theatre Company)
Outstanding Musical Production by a Large Theater
“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” (American Repertory Theater)
Outstanding Musical Production by a Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
“My Fair Lady” (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
Outstanding Design, Large Theater
“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” (American Repertory Theater) Scenic design by Mimi Lien, Costumes by Paloma Young, Lighting by Bradley King, Sound by Matt Hubbs, Wigs and Makeup by Rachel Padula Shufelt
Outstanding Design, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
“Mary Poppins” (Wheelock Family Theatre) Scenic design by Janie E. Howland, Lighting by Franklin Meissner Jr., Costumes by Elisabetta Polito, Sound by Roger J. Moore, Props by Marjorie Lusignan
Outstanding Actor, Large Theater
Mark Rylance, “Nice Fish” (American Repertory Theater)
Outstanding Actress, Large Theater
Adrianne Krstansky, “Come Back, Little Sheba” (Huntington Theatre Company)
Outstanding Actor, Midsize Theater
Johnnie McQuarley, “Othello” (Actors’ Shakespeare Project)
Outstanding Actress, Midsize Theater
Jennifer Coolidge, “Saving Kitty” (Nora Theatre Company)
Outstanding Actor, Small or Fringe Theater
Brandon Green, “An Octoroon” (Company One Theatre)
Outstanding Actress, Small or Fringe Theater
Zahara Younger, “The Diary of Anne Frank” (Boston Children’s Theatre)
Outstanding New Script
“The Launch Prize,” by MJ Halberstadt (Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston)
Outstanding Solo Performance
Phil Tayler, “Buyer & Cellar” (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
Outstanding Director, Large Theater
Rachel Chavkin, “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” (American Repertory Theater)
Outstanding Director, Midsize Theater
Scott Edmiston, “Casa Valentina” (SpeakEasy Stage Company) and “My Fair Lady” (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
Outstanding Director, Small or Fringe Theater
Summer L. Williams, “Colossal” and “An Octoroon” (Company One Theatre)
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor, Large Theater
Wade McCollum, “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” (ArtsEmerson)
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
Tim Lawton, “Thoroughly Muslim Millie” (Gold Dust Orphans)
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress, Large Theater
McCaela Donovan, “A Little Night Music” (Huntington Theatre Company)
Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
Jennifer Ellis, “My Fair Lady” (Lyric Stage Company of Boston) and “Wonderful Town” (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
Outstanding Ensemble, Large Theater
“Come Back, Little Sheba” (Huntington Theatre Company)
Outstanding Ensemble, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
“The New Electric Ballroom” (Gloucester Stage Company)
