posted March 22, 2000 12:53            

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55693-2000Mar21.html

This article ran in both the Washington Times and Washington Post this morning.

'Indian Ink,' 'Sweeney Todd' Top Hayes Nominations

By Nelson Pressley
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, March 22, 2000; Page C01

Last year was a terrible one for big new musicals in Washington, and the announcement of the 1999 Helen Hayes Award nominations last night at the Canadian Embassy only confirmed the fact. Two high-profile Cameron Mackintosh productions--"Over and Over" (the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical that debuted at Signature Theatre) and "Martin Guerre" (which scrapped its spring Broadway plans after tough reviews during its Kennedy Center run this winter)--were locked out of the top awards, as was the touring production of the Tony-winning "Titanic."

Yet Signature (13 nominations) and the Kennedy Center (16 nominations) were still among the most recognized of the 60 eligible companies. Arena Stage and Studio Theatre led the way with 18 nominations apiece, and in general the established forces in local theater dominated the honors.

Four stalwart institutions--Arena Stage, Studio, the Shakespeare Theatre and Signature--earned 58 of the 127 nominations. Toss in the Kennedy Center's 16 nominations and you have five theaters accounting for well over half the field.

The front-runners among the 218 eligible productions, with eight nominations each, were Studio's "Indian Ink" and Signature's 10th-anniversary production of the show that put it on the map, "Sweeney Todd." Arena picked up six nods for its revival of "Guys and Dolls," five for Douglas Wager's staging of the Marx Brothers' "Animal Crackers" and four for Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive," including a first for Artistic Director Molly Smith, now in her second season.

The big winner at Studio, along with Tom Stoppard's "Indian Ink," was "Slam!" (six noms), writer-director Thomas W. Jones II's musical-poetic riff on race and romance. Jones-directed shows at Studio have won Outstanding Production trophies two out of the past four years. And three of this year's leading-actress nominees come from Studio productions: Isabel Keating ("Indian Ink"), Nancy Robinette ("The Beauty Queen of Leenane") and Holly Twyford ("The Desk Set").

Nominees for Outstanding Resident Play--a grim-themed category this year--include Woolly Mammoth's "The Dead Monkey" (another 10th-anniversary production); David Mamet's dark "Edmond," at Source Theatre Company; the sexual-molestation-driven "How I Learned to Drive"; "Indian Ink"; and the bruising "King John," at the Shakespeare Theatre.

The top resident musicals are somewhat lighter, as you'd expect, with Wager's "Animal Crackers" and Charles Randolph-Wright's staging of "Guys and Dolls" providing most of the froth. They are joined by Jones's "Slam!"; the American Century Theater's reimagining of the chaotic, politicized 1936 opening of "The Cradle Will Rock" (directed by Jack Marshall); the Theater of the First Amendment's family-oriented "Grimm Tales" (directed by Mary Hall Surface); and the bloody "Sweeney Todd" (directed by Eric Schaeffer). All six directors are nominated.

In the non-resident categories, the Kennedy Center spread 16 nominations among seven productions, led (with three apiece) by "Fool Moon," "Red, White and Tuna" and another 1999 Tony winner, Warren Leight's "Side Man." As often happens, the Kennedy Center provided its own stiffest competition, since the National Theatre and the Warner--the other prime venues for big touring shows--mounted few eligible productions. The National's 1999 engagement of "Chicago," for example, was ineligible because the show competed in 1998, and Hayes rules state that shows can't contend more frequently than every three years. Also, productions need to run at least 16 performances, knocking out such one-week stands as the Warner's "Annie."

One of the quirks of the Hayes Awards is that the condensed non-resident categories--where the pickings are sometimes slim--pit straight plays against musicals. (How slim are the pickings? Two shows landed their entire casts in the lead actor category: Bill Irwin and David Shiner for "Fool Moon" and Joe Sears and Jaston Williams for "Tuna.") For Outstanding Non-Resident Production, "Fool Moon," "Tuna" and "Side Man" will square off against the musicals "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Cabaret." Dramatic leads such as Julie Harris of "The Gin Game" compete head-to-head with musical stars such as Bernadette Peters of "Annie Get Your Gun."

Another apples-and-oranges oddity occurs in the musical direction category, where Kevin Campbell's live accompaniment for Oni Faida Lampley's monologue, "The Dark Kalamazoo" (an Outstanding New Play nominee), must stand against four musicals.

As always, there were a handful of David-and-Goliath surprises. Carla De La Torre, of the West End Dinner Theatre's "West Side Story," earned a nod as an Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Resident Musical, while Broadway veterans Dorothy Loudon and Jim Newman (of "Over and Over") were left out. GALA Hispanic Theatre's longtime producing director (and Hayes-winning actor) Hugo Medrano is in the running for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Play for "La Dama Boba." So are the itinerant Stanislavsky Theater Studio's Andrei Malaev-Babel and Paata Tsikurishvili for their work in Dostoevski's "The Idiot."

The rest of that category is stocked with more familiar directors and theaters--five-time Hayes winner Michael Kahn for "King John" at the Shakespeare, Source's Joe Banno (the 1998 winner in the category) for "Edmond," six-time nominee Joy Zinoman for "Indian Ink" and Molly Smith for "How I Learned to Drive."

Though "King John" is up for Outstanding Resident Play, Philip Goodwin's performance in the title role was passed over. The same fate befell Goodwin three years ago as he played the lead in "Henry VI," another Kahn-directed Outstanding Play contender. Nor was there recognition for Shakespeare Theatre company member Ted van Griethuysen's work as imperious, troubled figures in "The Dresser" (at the Folger Shakespeare Library) and "King Lear" (at the Shakespeare).

The season's longest play appears to have given the Hayes nominators their most curious challenge. As happened on Broadway, Tony Kushner's two-part "Angels in America" was regarded as separate productions. But on Broadway, the two three-hour plays--"Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika"--opened in successive seasons and therefore were never in competition with each other for awards. At Signature, they played back-to-back last summer, which means that Hayes nominators had to consider whether they would vote for a given actor's performance--as the same character in the same continuing story--in the first or the second play. Somehow, three actors survived the self-competition: Rick Hammerly in the leading actor category (for "Millennium") and supporting actors Paul Morella ("Millennium") and Craig Wallace ("Perestroika").

The 16th annual Hayes Awards--which, like the Oscars and unlike Broadway's Tonys, recognize work in the preceding calendar year--will be presented May 8 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. "Law and Order" star S. Epatha Merkerson, a Hayes Award winner last year for her performance in "The Old Settler" at Studio, will host the show.

And the Nominees Are . . .

The nominees for the 2000 Helen Hayes Awards:

Resident Play: "The Dead Monkey," Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; "Edmond," Source Theatre Company; "How I Learned to Drive," Arena Stage; "Indian Ink," Studio Theatre; "King John," Shakespeare Theatre.

Resident Musical: "Animal Crackers," Arena; "The Cradle Will Rock," American Century Theater; "Grimm Tales," Theater of the First Amendment; "Guys and Dolls," Arena; "Slam!," Studio; "Sweeney Todd," Signature Theatre.

Non-Resident Production: "Annie Get Your Gun," Kennedy Center; "Cabaret," Warner Theatre; "Fool Moon," Kennedy Center; "Red, White and Tuna," Kennedy Center; "Side Man," Kennedy Center.

Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play: "Courting Chris," Saul Schwartz, Jr., the Theater Alliance and Church Street Theater; "The Dark Kalamazoo," Oni Faida Lampley, Woolly Mammoth; "Inns & Outs," Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Source; "Hoboken Station," Chris Stezin, Charter Theatre; "The Last Orbit of Billy Mars," Robert Alexander, Woolly Mammoth; "The Sins of Sor Juana," Karen Zacaras, First Amendment.

Director, Resident Play: Joe Banno, "Edmond," Source; Michael Kahn, "King John," Shakespeare Theatre; Andrei Malaev-Babel and Paata Tsikurishvili, "The Idiot," Stanislavsky Theater Studio; Hugo Medrano, "La Dama Boba," GALA Hispanic Theatre; Molly Smith, "How I Learned to Drive," Arena; Joy Zinoman, "Indian Ink," Studio.

Director, Resident Musical: Thomas W. Jones II, "Slam!," Studio; Jack Marshall, "The Cradle Will Rock," American Century; Charles Randolph-Wright, "Guys and Dolls," Arena; Eric Schaeffer, "Sweeney Todd," Signature; Mary Hall Surface, "Grimm Tales," First Amendment; Douglas C. Wager, "Animal Crackers," Arena.

Musical Direction, Resident Production: Kevin Campbell, "The Dark Kalamazoo," Woolly Mammoth; George Fulginiti-Shakar, "Animal Crackers," Arena; Jon Kalbfleisch, "Sweeney Todd," Signature; William Knowles, "Slam!," Studio; Danny Kosarin, "Guys and Dolls," Arena.

Choreography, Resident Production: Patdro Harris, "Slam!," Studio; Ilona Kessell, "Follies," Toby's Dinner Theatre; Ilona Kessell, "State Fair," Toby's; Baayork Lee, "Animal Crackers," Arena; Mark Minnick, "West Side Story," West End Dinner Theatre; Irina Tsikurishvili, "The Idiot," Stanislavsky.

Lead Actor, Resident Play: L. Peter Callender, "Oak and Ivy," Arena; Rick Foucheux, "Edmond," Source; Edward Gero, "Nixon's Nixon," Round House Theatre; Rick Hammerly, "Angels in America, Part I: Millennium Approaches," Signature; Hal Holbrook, "The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare Theatre; Faran Tahir, "Indian Ink," Studio.

Lead Actress, Resident Play: Jane Beard, "The Turn of the Screw," Round House; Isabel Keating, "Indian Ink," Studio; Deirdre Lovejoy, "How I Learned to Drive," Arena; Sarah Marshall, "The Dead Monkey," Woolly Mammoth; Petronia Paley, "The Trojan Women," Shakespeare Theatre; Nancy Robinette, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," Studio; Holly Twyford, "The Desk Set," Studio.

Lead Actor, Resident Musical: Tim Brierley, "The Very Model of a Major Merry Music Hall," Interact Theatre Company; Anthony Cummings, "Eleanor: An American Love Story," Ford's Theatre; Frank Ferrante, "Animal Crackers," Arena; Maurice Hines, "Guys and Dolls," Arena; Norm Lewis, "Sweeney Todd," Signature.

Lead Actress, Resident Musical: Chandra Currelley, "Slam!," Studio; Alexandra Foucard, "Guys and Dolls," Arena; Anne Kanengeiser, "Eleanor: An American Love Story," Ford's; Donna Migliaccio, "Sweeney Todd," Signature; Sherie Scott, "Over & Over," Signature.

Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production: Norbert Leo Butz, "Cabaret," Warner; Charles Durning, "The Gin Game," Kennedy Center; Bill Irwin, "Fool Moon," Kennedy Center; Joe Sears, "Red, White and Tuna," Kennedy Center; David Shiner, "Fool Moon," Kennedy Center; Jaston Williams, "Red, White and Tuna," Kennedy Center.

Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production: Erin Dilly, "Martin Guerre," Kennedy Center; Julie Harris, "The Gin Game," Kennedy Center; Teri Hatcher, "Cabaret," Warner; Bernadette Peters, "Annie Get Your Gun," Kennedy Center; Angelica Torn, "Side Man," Kennedy Center.

Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production: Michael Arnold, "Martin Guerre," Kennedy Center; Marcus Chait, "Titanic," Kennedy Center; Anthony Evans, "Inspiration," Ford's; Dick Latessa, "Cabaret," Warner; Michael Mastro, "Side Man," Kennedy Center.

Supporting Performer, Resident Musical: Christopher Michael Bauer, "Slam!," Studio; John J. Kaczynski, "Sweeney Todd," Signature; Wayne W. Pretlow, "Guys and Dolls," Arena; Steve Routman, "Eleanor: An American Love Story," Ford's; Carla De La Torre, "West Side Story," West End; Peggy Yates, "Dreams From a Summer House," Rep Stage.

Supporting Actor, Resident Play: Doug Brown, "The Last Orbit of Billy Mars," Woolly Mammoth; Christopher Henley, "Entertaining Mr. Sloane," Washington Shakespeare Company; Floyd King, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare Theatre; Christopher Lane, "Equus," Olney Theatre Center; Marty Lodge, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," Studio; Paul Morella, "Angels in America, Part I: Millennium Approaches," Signature; Craig Wallace, "Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika," Signature.

Supporting Actress, Resident Play: Lee Mikeska Gardner, "Stanley," Potomac Theatre Project; Rachel Gardner, "In Good Company: The Power Edition," Horizons Theatre; June Hansen, "Indian Ink," Studio; Naomi Jacobson, "Mere Mortals," Round House; Sarah Marshall, "How I Learned to Drive," Arena; Jewell Robinson, "Inns & Outs," Source.

Sound Design, Resident Production: Mark K. Anduss, "The Last Orbit of Billy Mars," Woolly Mammoth; Scott Burgess, "The Adding Machine," Washington Jewish Theatre; David Maddox, "Grimm Tales," First Amendment; Neil McFadden, "The Dead Monkey," Woolly Mammoth; Gil Thompson and Ronobir Lahiri, "Indian Ink," Studio; Ron Ursano/The Chroma Group Ltd., "Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika," Signature.

Costume Design, Resident Production: Zack Brown, "The Royal Family," Arena; Alessandra D'Ovidio, "La Dama Boba," GALA; Helen Q. Huang, "Indian Ink," Studio; Martin Pakledinaz, "The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare Theatre; Justine Scherer, "Renard the Fox," Le Neon Theatre; Paul Tazewell, "The Women," Arena.

Lighting Design, Resident Production: Howell Binkley, "The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare Theatre; Dan Covey, "Edmond," Source; Jay A. Herzog, "Ambrosio," Rep Stage; Daniel MacLean Wagner, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare Theatre; Daniel MacLean Wagner, "Sweeney Todd," Signature; Marianne Meadows, "The Adding Machine," Washington Jewish.

Set Design, Resident Production: Tony Cisek, "Communicating Doors," Round House; Daniel Conway, "Ambrosio," Rep Stage; Daniel Conway, "The Desk Set," Studio; Ming Cho Lee, "The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare Theatre; Russell Metheny, "Indian Ink," Studio; Lou Stancari, "Sweeney Todd," Signature.

© 2000 The Washington Post Company

Congratulations Teri and the others in the Cabaret company that also received nominations

posted May 07, 2000 07:50            

This is the Balto-Wash Theatre review page run by Richard Gist,(who gave Cabaret a 5 star review and was impressed by Teri’s
performance). There is a link from this page to a list of winners of the 1999 awards. Since he has also announced the ’98 winners,
this seems to be the page to watch. There is also a link to the current nominees and from there, back to the home page of the Awards website with more background.

posted May 08, 2000 13:55            

Winners will be posted on the Helen Hayes Awards website by 11 PM May 8 at:
www.helenhayes.org.

Helen Hayes, of course, was the Washington DC-born actress who starred in plays (beginning as a child) in DC, around the country and on Broadway. She was born in 1900 and married playwright Charles MacArthur (The Front Page). She played classical roles (Shakespeare and Restoration comedy) and now-classic roles (Mrs. Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth, Amanda in The
Glass Menagerie) in a long career that also included movies.

The nominees are as listed earlier in the thread.

posted May 09, 2000 00:19            

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production:
Norbert Leo Butz, Cabaret, The Warner Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production:
Dick Latessa, Cabaret, The Warner Theatre

So Cabaret won 3 awards. I wish Teri had won, but hopefully she'll focus on making quality movies and receive recognition from that.
Les S.

posted May 09, 2000 12:24            

Studio's 'Indian Ink' Overflows With Awards

By Lloyd Rose and Nelson Pressley
Washington Post Staff Writer; Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, May 9, 2000; Page C01

From the Washington Times paper:
http://www.washtimes.com/entertainment/default-20005922281.htm

May 9, 2000

'Indian Ink' takes 6 Hayes Awards
By Sue Beving
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Studio Theatre's "Indian Ink," which proved popular with local
audiences, also captured six Helen Hayes Awards last night at the Kennedy
Center - the most of any production.
That - and Christopher Michael Bauer's award for outstanding supporting
performer in a resident musical, "Slam" - earned the Studio Theatre a total
of seven awards in Washington's local theater honors. These included
outstanding resident play for "Indian Ink."
No other theater received more than two awards each, although Arena
Stage, like Studio, had been nominated for 18. Arena Stage received two
awards, both for "Animal Crackers."
The Kennedy Center had accumulated 16 nominations and Signature Theatre
13. A Kennedy Center production got one award - Angelica Torn in "Side Man"
for outstanding lead actress, nonresident production. Signature got none.
"Indian Ink," Tom Stoppard's smoldering play set in 1930s colonial
India, was extended three times by Studio Theatre to meet audience demand.
The play, which shifted between the past and the present, told the story of a
devil-may-care British poet named Flora Crewe and a reserved Indian artist
played by Faran Tahir.
Isabel Keating, who played Crewe, won the award for outstanding lead
actress, resident play. "Indian" director Joy Zinoman was named outstanding
director of a resident play. June Hansen, who played Crewe's sister, won
outstanding supporting actress, resident play.
Other "Indian Ink" awards went to Helen Q. Huang for outstanding costume
design in a resident play or musical and to Gil Thompson and Ronobir Lahiri
for outstanding sound design, resident play or musical.
Named as outstanding lead actor in a resident play was Rick Foucheux in
Source Theatre Company's "Edmond."
Other Hayes Awards were:
Outstanding supporting performer, nonresident production: Dick Latessa,
"Cabaret," the Warner Theatre.
Outstanding supporting actor, resident play: Christopher Lane, "Equus,"
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts.
Outstanding set design, resident play or musical: Daniel Conway,
"Ambrosio," Rep Stage.
Outstanding lighting design, resident play or musical: Jay A. Herzog,
"Ambrosio," Rep Stage.
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play: "The Sins of Sor
Juana," by Karen Zacaras, Theater of the First Amendment.
Outstanding choreography, resident play or musical: Irina Tsikurishvili,
"The Idiot," Stanislavsky Theater Studio.
Outstanding musical direction, resident play or musical: Kevin Campbell,
"The Dark Kalamazoo," Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Outstanding director, resident musical: Douglas C. Wager, "Animal
Crackers," Arena Stage.
Outstanding lead actor, resident musical: Anthony Cummings, "Eleanor: An
American Love Story," Ford's Theatre.
Outstanding lead actress, resident musical: Anne Kanengeiser, "Eleanor:
An American Love Story," Ford's Theatre.
Outstanding resident musical: "Animal Crackers," Arena Stage.
The American Express Tribute: playwright August Wilson.
Outstanding lead actor, nonresident production: Norbert Leo Butz,
"Cabaret," the Warner Theatre.
Outstanding nonresident production: "Cabaret," the Warner Theatre.
The KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre
Community: Sunoco.
The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service: Winifred
and Norman Portenoy of the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

Studio Theatre stood at the head of the class at last night's Helen Hayes
Awards with seven statuettes, six of them for its production of Tom
Stoppard's "Indian Ink." The critical and popular hit won the awards for
Outstanding Resident Play as well as Outstanding Director of a Resident Play
for Studio Artistic Director Joy Zinoman, Outstanding Lead Actress for Isabel
Keating as the spirited heroine, and Outstanding Supporting Actress for June
Hansen's play-stealing performance as the heroine's acerbic sister.

Stoppard's comedy about colonialism moves frequently between past and
present. It was written as a radio play, and earlier stage productions had
received mostly lukewarm reviews. The Studio version changed that, in part
because it moved so fluidly in time on Russell Metheny's nominated but
non-winning set.

The awards were handed out at the Kennedy Center Opera House in a ceremony
hosted by S. Epatha Merkerson--last year's Outstanding Actress in a Resident
Play for Studio's "The Old Settler." She ran a tight ship: "We're going to
move right through this night," she said. "It's your night, but it's my
night, too."

The show clocked in at a tight 2 hours, 20 minutes, thanks to a string of
generally economical and gracious thank-yous from the winners. Hansen, who
had been nominated for Hayes awards seven times before, received a lusty
standing ovation from the crowd of about 2,200. "Obviously number eight is
lucky," she said.

The highlight of the evening came when Wayne W. Pretlow's pants snapped as he
and Lawrence Redmond performed the exuberant title song from "Guys and
Dolls." Pretlow finished the number, holding his pants up with one hand,
never missing a step as the crowd roared.

"I love the theater," Merkerson declared, when the laughter finally died down.

"Indian Ink" was Studio's biggest award-magnet since 1996, when its
production of "Bessie's Blues" claimed six prizes. And last night, no other
theater came close to Studio. Douglas C. Wager's revival of his '80s hit
"Animal Crackers" at Arena Stage was named Outstanding Resident Musical, and
Wager, a past winner, was cited as Outstanding Director of a Resident Musical.

Other double winners were Rep Stage's "Ambrosio," with awards for Daniel
Conway's set design and Jay A. Herzog's lights, and Ford's Theatre, where
Anthony Cummings won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Musical and Anne
Kanengeiser was named Outstanding Lead Actress in the same category, both for
"Eleanor: An American Love Story." Kanengeiser won the same prize three years
ago for Signature Theatre's "Passion."

The remaining rewards were issued democratically, one per theater.

Still, several established, accomplished theaters took no awards at all. In
spite of nine nominations and a year that included Michael Kahn's majestic
"King John" and JoAnne Akalitis's excoriating "The Trojan Women," the
Shakespeare Theatre went home empty-handed. So did the perpetually underrated
Round House Theatre, which had taken four nominations.

Signature has emerged as the awards' top winner several times in its 10-year
history, but last night wasn't one of them. Though it had a serious contender
in Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer's revival of his 1991 "Sweeney Todd"--it
garnered eight of the theater's 13 nominations--Signature came up empty.

Among the other productions that failed to win awards were Arena's "Guys and
Dolls" (six nominations) and "How I Learned to Drive" (four), the
Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" (four) and Woolly Mammoth's "The Dead
Monkey" (three).

Studio had the look of an early favorite going into last night's awards,
having pulled 18 nominations, tying it with Arena for the lead. The
nominations were spread among 56 productions, and a total of 26 theaters won
at least one nomination.

New faces appeared among the acting awards. Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Resident Play went to Rick Foucheux for his unflinchingly sordid portrayal of
the lead character in David Mamet's "Edmond" at Source Theatre. Outstanding
Supporting Actor was awarded to Christopher Lane as the young hero's
horse/god in Olney Theatre Center's "Equus." Christopher Michael Bauer was
named Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Resident Musical for his
performance as a "wigger" in Studio Theatre's "Slam!"

"Indian Ink" also won two technical awards: Outstanding Costume Design for
Helen Q. Huang and Outstanding Sound Design by Gil Thompson and Ronobir
Lahiri. Outstanding Musical Direction went to Kevin Campbell for his
African-influenced score for Woolly Mammoth's "The Dark Kalamazoo."

The relatively new Stanislavsky Theatre Studio's Irina Tsikurishvili won the
Outstanding Choreography award for that company's adaptation of Dostoevsky's
"The Idiot."

Tsikurishvili, breathlessly gushing in a heavy Russian accent, said, "Thank
you, everybody! Thank you, America!" Huang moved the crowd as she tremblingly
thanked her father; and Keating, collecting her acting award at the end of
the night, quavered, "Why does everybody cry when they get up here?"

Actually, most didn't. Even the combustible August Wilson gave a brief,
graceful speech as he accepted the American Express Tribute.

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play went to Karen Zacarias's
"The Sins of Sor Juana," which was produced by the Theater of the First
Amendment.

The big winner in the nonresident awards categories was "Cabaret" at the
Warner Theatre: Outstanding Production, Outstanding Lead Actor (for Norbert
Leo Butz) and Outstanding Supporting Performer (for Dick Latessa).

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, went to Angelica Torn as
the troubled mother in "Side Man" at the Kennedy Center. Among those she beat
out were Bernadette Peters in "Annie Get Your Gun"--a Tony-winning
performance--and Julie Harris in "The Gin Game."

Last night's awards were handed out for shows presented in calendar 1999.
More than 200 productions at more than 60 theaters were eligible for
consideration. The winners were determined by a panel of five judges from a
slate chosen by a committee of several dozen nominators.

The 2000 Helen Hayes Awards:

Resident Play: "Indian Ink," Studio Theatre.

Resident Musical: "Animal Crackers," Arena Stage.

Non-Resident Production: "Cabaret," Warner Theatre.

Director, Resident Play: Joy Zinoman, "Indian Ink," Studio.

Director, Resident Musical: Douglas C. Wager, "Animal Crackers," Arena.

Lead Actor, Resident Play: Rick Foucheux, "Edmond," Source Theatre.

Lead Actress, Resident Play: Isabel Keating, "Indian Ink," Studio.

Lead Actor, Resident Musical: Anthony Cummings, "Eleanor: An American Love
Story," Ford's Theatre.

Lead Actress, Resident Musical: Anne Kanengeiser, "Eleanor: An American Love
Story," Ford's.

Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production: Norbert Leo Butz, "Cabaret," Warner.

Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production: Angelica Torn, "Side Man," Kennedy
Center.

Supporting Actor, Resident Play: Christopher Lane, "Equus," Olney Theatre
Center for the Arts.

Supporting Actress, Resident Play: June Hansen, "Indian Ink," Studio.

Supporting Performer, Resident Musical: Christopher Michael Bauer, "Slam!,"
Studio.

Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production: Dick Latessa, "Cabaret,"
Warner.

Costume Design, Resident Play or Musical: Helen Q. Huang, "Indian Ink,"
Studio.

Set Design, Resident Play or Musical: Daniel Conway, "Ambrosio," Rep Stage.

Sound Design, Resident Play or Musical: Gil Thompson and Ronobir Lahiri,
"Indian Ink," Studio.

Lighting Design, Resident Play or Musical: Jay A. Herzog, "Ambrosio," Rep
Stage.

Choreography, Resident Play or Musical: Irina Tsikurishvili, "The Idiot,"
Stanislavsky Theatre Studio.

Musical Direction, Resident Play or Musical: Kevin Campbell, "The Dark
Kalamazoo," Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play: "The Sins of Sor Juana," by
Karen Zacarias, Theatre of the First Amendment.

American Express Tribute: Playwright August Wilson.

KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theater Community:
Sunoco.

Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service: Winifred and
Norman Portenoy of the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

posted June 27, 2000 03:42            

Does any one know if Teri ever saw the movie Cabaret, and what she thought of it? I read she was waiting until after she finished touring to see it.