"Independent Reviewers of New England Final Cut Nominees 2002"

THE THEATER MIRROR, New England's's LIVE Theater Guide

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Monday, 27 March, 7:30 till ??? p m

NOTE:
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DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS

BEST SET DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

JANIE E. HOWLAND for both
"Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage of Boston & "True West" @ New Repertory Theatre
EUGENE LEE for "Top Dog/Underdog" @ New Repertory Theatre & Trinity Repertory Theatre
ERIC LEVENSON for "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company
WEN-TI TSEN for "103 Within The Veil" @ Company One
DAVID ZINN for "The Kreutzer Sonata" @ Merrimack Repertory Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

JOHN LEE BEATTY for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
ALEXANDER DODGE for "The Rivals" @ Huntington Theatre Company
RICARDO HERNANDEZ for "Desire Under The Elms" @ American Repertory Theatre Company
DAVID KORINS for "Sisters Rosensweig" @ The Huntington Theater Company
ADAM STOCKHAUSEN for "36 Views" @ The Huntington Theater Company
DEREK McLANE for "I Am My Own Wife" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

KEN LOEWIT for both "Pride's Crossing" & "Pride & Prejudice" @ Wellesley Summer Theatre
JOHN R. MALINOWSKI for "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage
KAREN PERLOW for "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston
ROBERT WEIRZEL for "Constant Star" @ Merrimack Repertory Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

DAVID LANDER for "I Am My Own Wife" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT for "The Syringa Tree" @ American Repertory Theatre
JACK MEHLER for "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ The Shubert Theatre
CHRIS PARRY for "36 Views" @ Huntington Theatre Company

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

SETH BODIE for "Kiss of the Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage
KURT S. HULTGREN for "The It Girl" @ Worcester Foothills Theatre
RAFAEL JAEN for "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston
NANCY LEARY or "Into The Woods" @ New Repertory Theatre
NANCY STEVENSON for "Pride's Crossing" @ Wellesley Summer Theatre "Kiss of the Spider Woman"

LARGE COMPANY

MICHAEL KRASS for "The Rivals" @ Huntington Theatre Company
PAMELA SCOFIELD for "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ The Shubert Theatre
TERESA SNIDER-STEIN for "36 Views" @ Huntington Theatre Company
TONY WALTON & RACHEL NAVARRO for "The Boy Friend" @ The Wang Center's Shubert Theatre

BEST SOUND DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

DEWEY DELLAY for "Permanent Whole Life" @ Boston Playwrights' Theatre
MARGARET PINE for "The Kreutzer Sonata" @ Merrimack Repertory Theatre
MATT O'HARE for "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage
FRANK SHEFTON for "103 Within The Veil" @ Company One

LARGE COMPANY

LAURIE ANDERSON for "Far Side of The Moon" @ American Repertory Theatre
LAURA JEPPESEN for "Dido" @ American Repertory Theatre
DAVID REMEDIOS for "Desire Under The Elms" & "Olly's Prison" @ American Repertory Theatre

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

SMALL COMPANY

MIKE ALBO in "My Price Point" @ Theare Offensive
JACKIE HOFFMAN in "The Kvetching Continues" @ Theatre Offensive
JOHN O'NEIL in "Not That You Asked" @ Cambridge Center for The Arts' Blacksmith House
PAULA PLUM in "Dressed Up/Wigged Out" @ Blackbird Productions & DUWO Sisters Partnership

LARGE COMPANY

BILLY CRYSTAL in "700 Sundays" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
BEN GAZARRA in "Nobody Don't Like Yogi" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
PAM GIEN in "The Syringa Tree" @ American Repertory Theatre
YVES JACQUES in "Far Side of The Moon" @ American Repertory Theatre
JEFFERSON MAYS in "I Am My Own Wife" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY

RAMONA ALEXANDER in "103 Within The Veil" @ Company One
MICHELLE DOWD in "Story" @ Zeitgeist Stage Company
KELLY GALVIN in "Book of Hours" & Pride & Prejudice" & "Pride's Crossing"
@ Wellesley Summer Theater
CHERYL McMAHON in "The Moonlight Room" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company

LARGE COMPANY

MIREILLE ENOS in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
GEORGIA HATZIS in "Hamlet" @ Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
KAREN MacDONALD in "Dido" @ American Repertory Theatre
DEBRA OFFNER in "The Sisters Rosensweig" @ The Huntington Theater Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

SMALL COMPANY

CHRISTOPHER BROPHY in "Take Me Out" @ SpeakEasy Stage/ Boston Theatre Works
KEN CHEESEMAN in "Twelfth Night" & "Lear" @ Actors' Shakespeare Project
DAVID CURTIS in "A Streetcar Named Desire" @ Emerson College/Roxbury Community College
RICARDO ENGERMANN in "Take Me Out" @ SpeakEasy Stage/ Boston Theatre Works
JAMES MILORD in "103 Within The Veil" @ Company One
JOE PLUMMER in "Romeo & Juliet" @ New Repertory Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

SEAN DUGAN in "Three Sisters" @ American Repertory Theatre
JEREMIAH KISSEL in "Hamlet" @ Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
WILL LEBOW in "The Rivals" @ The Huntington Theater Company
WILL LYMAN in "Hamlet" @ Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
WILLIAM THOMPSON in "The Real Thing" @ The Huntington Theater Company

BEST ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY

ELLEN ADAIR in "Arcadia" @ The Publick Theatre
CHANTEL BIBB in "The Story" @ Zeitgeist Satge Company
MARIELA LOPEZ-PONCE in "Living Out" @ The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
SANDRA SHIPLEY in "Long Day's Journey into Night" @ Gloucester Stage Company
MELISSA SINE in "Five Women Wearing The Same Dress" @ The Hovey Players

LARGE COMPANY

MAUREEN ANDERMAN in "The Sisters Rosensweig @ The Huntington Theater Company
DIANE D'AQUILLA in "Dido" @ American Repertory Theatre
DEBRA MONK in "Laughing Wild" @ The Huntington Theater Company
KATHLEEN TURNER in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre

BEST ACTOR

SMALL COMPANY

ALVIN EPSTEIN in "Lear" @ Actors' Shakespeare Project
JEFF GILL in "Ascension" @ Our Place Theatre Company
TODD ALAN JOHNSON in "True West" @ New Repertory Theatre
PHILIP PLEASANTS in "The Homecoming" @ Merrimack Repertory Theatre
LEWIS D. WHEELER in "Arcadia" @ The Publick Theatre
JOE WILSON JR. in "Top Dog/Underdog" @ Trinity Repertory Theatre & New Repertory Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

BILL CAMP in "Olly's Prison" @ American Repertory Theatre
BRIAN DENNEHY in "Trumbo" @ Huntington Theatatre Company
HAROLD GOULD in "Tuesdays with Morrie" @ Broadway in Boston's Colonial Theatre
BILL IRWIN in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbur Theatre
JOHN KELLY in "Dido" @ American Repertory Theatre

BEST ENSEMBLE PLAYING

SMALL COMPANY

"CONSTANT STAR" @ Merrimack Repertory Theatre
"FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS" @ The Hovey Players
"FOR COLORED GIRLS ... " Animus Ensemble
"PRIDE & PREJUDICE" & "PRIDE'S CROSSING" @ Wellesley Summer Theatre
"TAKE ME OUT" @ SpeakEasy Stage/ Boston Theatre Works

LARGE COMPANY

"ABYSSINIA" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ The Shubert Theatre
"CRAZY FOR YOU" @ Reagle Players
"THE FULL MONTY" @ North Shore Music Theatre
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" @ Broadway in Boston's Wilbut Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR

SMALL COMPANY

DIEGO ARCINIEGAS for "Arcadia" @ The Publick Theatre
PAUL DAIGNEAULT for "Take Me Out" @ SpeakEasy Stage/Boston Theatre Works
KENT GASH for "Top Dog/Underdog" @ New Repertory Theatre/Trinity Repertory Theatre
VICTORIA MARSH for "103 Within The Veil" @ Company One
ROBERT WALSH for both
"True West" @ New Repertory Theatre & "Twelfth Night" @ Actor's Shakespeare Project

LARGE COMPANY

NICHOLAS MARTIN for "The Rivals" & "The Sisters Rosensweig" @ The Huntington Theater Company
MOISES KAUFMAN for "I Am My Own Wife" @ Broadway In Boston's Wilbur Theatre
ANTHONY PAGE for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" @ Broadway In Boston's Wilbur Theatre
ROBERT WOODRUFF for "Olly's Prison" @ American Repertory Theatre

BEST NEW PLAY

SMALL COMPANY

"ASCENSION" by Cynthia Robinson @ Our Place Theatre Company
"103 WITHIN THE VEIL" by Company One
"PERMANENT WHOLE LIFE" by Zayd Dorn @ Boston Playwrights' Theatre
"RED ELM" by Dan Hunter @ Boston Playwrights' Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

"CARMEN" by Bradley Greenwald @ Theatre de la Jeune Lune & American Repertory Theatre
"CULTURE CLASH IN AMERIccA" by Culture Clash
"YOU NEVER KNOW" by Charles Strouse @ Trinity Repertory Theater

BEST PRODUCTION (DRAMA/COMEDY)

SMALL COMPANY

"ARCADIA" @ The Publick Theatre
"THE HOMECOMING" @ Merrimack Repertory' Theatre
"103 WITHIN THE VEIL" @ Company One
"TOP DOG/UNDERDOG" @ Trinity Repertory Theatre/New Repertory Theatre
"TAKE ME OUT" @ @ SpeakEasy Stage/ Boston Theatre Works

LARGE COMPANY

"I AM MY OWN WIFE" @ Broadway In Boston's Wilbur Theatre
"OLLY'S PRISON" @ American Repertory Theatre
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING" @ Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
"THE RIVALS" @ The Huntington Theater Company
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" @ Broadway In Boston's Wilbur Theatre

MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

SMALL COMPANY

ROBERT BIANCA for "The It Girl" @ Worcester Footholls Theatre
JOSIE BRAY for "Promises, Promises" @ Animus Ensemble
MICHELLE PETRUCCI for "Pal Joey" @ Stoneham Theatre
ILYSE ROBBINS for "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston

LARGE COMPANY

EILEEN GRACE for "Crazy for You" @ The Reagle Players
GEMZE de LAPPE for "Carousel" @ The Reagle Players
JOHN deLUCA for "The Boy Friend" @ The Shubert Theatre
BARRY IVAN for "The Full Monty" @ North Shore Music Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY

JENNIFER CONDON in "Promises, Promises" @ Animus Ensemble
JACKIE DAVIS in "Promises, Promises" @ Animus Ensemble
KERRY DOWLING in "Pal Joey" @ Stoneham Theatre
VERONICA J. KUEHN in "Urinetown" @ The Lyric Stage of Boston
MERLE PERKINS in "Crowns" @ The Lyric Stage of Boston

LARGE COMPANY

TERRY BURRELL in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" @ North Shore Music Theatre
CHERYL McMAHON for "Carousel" & Crazy for You" @ Reagle Players
SHIRLEY JONES in "Carousel" @ Reagle Players
LINDA MUGLESTON in "Falsettos" @ Huntington Theatre
JENNY LYNN STEWART in "The Sound of Music" @ Reagle Players

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

SMALL COMPANY

JERRY BISANTZ in "Promises, Promises" @ Animus Ensemble
JAY BODIN in "Beauty & The Beast" @ Worcester Foothills Theatre
CHRISTOPHER CHEW in "Urinetown" @ The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
TODD ALAN JOHNSON in "Into The Woods" @ New Repertory Theatre
SEAN McGUIRK in both "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage of Boston &
"Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company

LARGE COMPANY

JACOB BRANDT in "Falsettos" @ Huntington Theatre Company
DAVID COFFEE in "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ Shubert Theatre
SCOTT MIKITA in "Crazy for You" @ Reagle Players
MILTON CRAIG NEALY in "The Full Monty" @ North Shore Music Theatre
DENIS O'HARE in "Sweet Charity" @ Broadway in Boston's Colonial Theatre
NATHAN TROUP in "Carousel" @ Reagle Players

BEST ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY

LEIGH BARRETT in both
"Into The Woods" @ New Repertory Theatre & "Pal Joey" @ Stoneham Theatre
KAREN Q. CLARK in "The It Girl" @ Worcester Foothills Theatre
DEE CRAWFORD in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" @ Turtle Lane Playhouse
MEGAN LOVE in "Cinderella Rocks" @ The Gold Dust Orphans
CHRISTINE MAGLIONE in "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company

LARGE COMPANY

NILI BASSMAN in "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ Shubert Theatre
SARAH PFISTERER in "Carousel" & "Sound of Music" @ Reagle Players
KATHY RIGBY in "Peter Pan" @ WangTheatre
KEALA SETTLE in "Hairspray" @ Broadway in Boston's Opera House
BEVERLY WARD in "Crazy for You" @ Reagle Players

BEST ACTOR

SMALL COMPANY

PETER ADAMS in "Miss Saigon" @ Turtle Lane Playhouse
MIGUEL CERVANTES in "Into The Woods" @ New Repertory Theatre
JONATHAN COLBY in "Thrill Me" @ Stoneham Theatre
MARK MEEHAN in "Cinderella Rocks" @ The Gold Dust Orphans
ANDRE de SHIELDS in "Ambassador Satchmo" @ Cape playhouse
JOHN KING in "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage

LARGE COMPANY

JOHN DAVIDSON in "The Sound of Music" @ Reagle Players
JOSEPH DELLGER in "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ Shubert Theatre
J. P. DOUGHERTY in "Hairspray" @ Broadway in Boston's Opera House
BEN STEINFELD in "You Never Know" @ Trinity Repertory Theatre
KIRBY WARD in "Crazy for You" @ Reagle Players

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

SMALL COMPANY

JOHN AMBROSINO for "Promises, Promises" @ Animus Ensemble
PAUL DAIGNEAULT for "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company
RICK LOMBARDO for "Into The Woods" @ The New Repertory Theatre
CAITLIN LOWANS for "Thrill Me" @ Stoneham Theatre
B. T. McNICHOL for "The It Girl" @ Worcester Foothills Theatre
SPIRO VELOUDOS for "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston

LARGE COMPANY

JULIE ANDREWS for "The Boy Friend" @ The Shubert Theatre
ROBERT EAGLE for "Carousel" @ The Reagle Players
DANIEL GOLDSTEIN for "Falsettos" @ Huntington Theatre Company
BARRY IVAN for "The Full Monty" @ North Shore Music Theatre
FRANK ROBERTS for "The Sound of Music" @ Reagle Players
KIRBY WARD for "Crazy for You" @ The Reagle Players

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION

SMALL COMPANY

JOSE DELGADO for "Pal Joey" @ Stoneham Theatre
JONATHAN GOLDBERG for "Urinetown" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston
TODD GORDON for "Into The Woods" @ The New Repertory Theatre
JUDY HAYWARD for "Thrill Me" @ Stoneham Theatre
PAUL S. KATZ for "Kiss of The Spider Woman" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company

LARGE COMPANY

` MICHAEL FRIEDMAN for "Falsettos" @ Huntington Theatre Company
JENNIFER HONEN GALEA for "Crazy For You" @ Reagle Players
PAUL S. KATZ for "Sound of Music" @ Reagle Players
DALE RIELING for "The Full Monty" @ North Shore Music Theatre
BILL STANLEY for "Camelot" @ North Shore Music Theatre @ Shubert Theatre

BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION

SMALL COMPANY

"CINDERELLA ROCKS" @ The Gold Dust Orphans
"INTO THE WOODS" @ The New Repertory Theatre
"KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN" @ SpeakEasy Stage Company
"PROMISES, PROMISES" @ Animus Ensemble
"THRILL ME" @ Stoneham Theatre
"URINETOWN" @ Lyric Stage Company of Boston

LARGE COMPANY

"THE BOY FRIEND" @ The Shubert Theatre
"CAROUSEL" @ Reagle Players
"CRAZY FOR YOU" @ The Reagle Players
"FALSETTOS" @ Huntington Theatre Company
"THE FULL MONTY" @ North Shore Music Theatre
"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" @ Reagle Players

BEST VISITING PRODUCTION

SMALL COMPANY

"FROGZ" @ Imago Theatre @ Zero Arrow Theatre
"SLANGUAGE" @ Universes (Company One) BCA
"THE UNPOSSESSED" @ Double edge Theatre@ Zero Arrow Theatre

LARGE COMPANY

"CIRQUE DREAMS" @ Shubert Theatre
"CULTURE CLASH IN AMERIccA" @ BCA (Huntington)
"FAR SIDE OF THE MOON" @ Yves Jacques (ART)

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
No one reviewer can see All the Plays produced every year, and to make the cut to the IRNE Final Ballot THREE Different Reviewers must cast their one-man/one-vote nominations for an Award as "The Best This Year"; thus, every year, many reviewers fume because some of their Favorites could not get enough Nominations to make the cut. (Reviewers Cannot Nominate shows they Have Not Seen!)
SO, individual reviewers may contact people to explain that, " ...were I elected God this year, Your show/performance would be recognized for the excellence you and I know it demonstrates!"
If a play's done in the woods and only ONE Reviewer gets sent to see it, whose to say but That One Reviewer that it was, nevertheless, the best thing done all year?

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