Independent Reviewers of New England
1. Winners for 1998
2. Nominees for 1998
3. Reviewers Voting in 1998
BEST ACTOR
JEFF ROBERSON in The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman @ Doll House Theater
RICHARD MAWE nin Valley Song @ The New Repertory Theatre
MARC CARVER in Jack & Jill @ The New Rep
JONATHAN EPSTEIN in both Merchant of Venice productions @ A.R.T. & Shakespeare & Co.
STEPHEN ROWE in Albee's Men @ A.R.T.
PATRICK WELSH in The Shaughran @ The Huntington Theatre
DEAN STROOP in Crazy for You @ Reagle Players
JOHN McAULIFFE in To Kill A Mockingbird @ Vokes Players
KERMIT DUNKLEBERGER in Moon Over Dock Street @ The BCA
MARK MORGAN in Assassins @ The Lyric Theatre Company of Boston
JAMES WATERSTON in Ah Wilderness @ The Huntington
PAUL SIEMENS in Lend Me A Tenor @ H/RDC Summer Theater
JAMES GRANA in M. Butterfly @ Arlington Friends of The Drama
P. WANG in M. Butterfuly @ Arlington friends
BEST ACTRESS
TODD RANDOLPH in Merchant of Venice @ Shakespeare & Company
TIA DIONNE HODGE in Valley Song @ The New Rep
KAREN CULP in Crazy for You @ Reagle Players
JACQUI PARKER in Having Our Say @ The New rep
KATHY WOODS in Having Our Say @ The New Rep
DONNA SORBELLO in Orpheus Descending @ Studio 210 Actors Ensemble Production
JUDITH McINTYRE in Molly Sweeney @ The Nora Company
KRISTIN FLANDERS in Merchant & Shrew @ A.R.T.
BARBARA BLOSSOM in Mrs. Klein @ The New Rep
CANDICE HOPKINS in The House of Blue Leaves @ The Footlight Club
JOHANNA WINFIELD in Marvin's Room @ Peabod6y House Theatre Collective
SHELLEY BROWN in Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
ANNIE SCURIA in How I Learned to Drive @ Trinity Repertory Company
DEBORAH KIPP in Collected Stories @ Huntington
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS in The Lear Project @ The Orpheum Theatre, Foxborough, a co-production with Shakespeare & Company
CHARLOTTE d'AMBOISE in Chicago @ The Colonial Theatre
CARMEL O'REILLY in Happy Days @ The BCA
FRANCES WEST in Wit @ Shakespeare Co
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBIN CHADWICK in The Shaughran @ The Huntington
JERRY KAPLAN in Glengarry Glen Ross @ The Hovey Players
GUY BUSHFAN in The Death of Bessie Smith @ Peabody House
PHILLIP PATRONE in Laughter on The 23rd Floor @ Lyric via Merrimack
MICHAEL POISSON in Laughter on 23rd @ Lyric & Merrimack
KEN BALTIN in Lost in Yonkers @ The Lyric Theatre Company of Boston
RICHARD SNEE in Mere Mortals @ The Nora Company
R. GLENN MITCHELL in Crazy for You @ Reagle Players
MICHAEL NURSE in Asylum, Asylum @ Sugan Theatre
CHRIS BURKE in Asylum, Asylum @ Sugan
DOUG STENDER in Racing Deomn @ Merrimack Repertory Company
JOHN TYRRELL in Racing Demon @ Merrimack
WILLIAM BOGERT in Racing Demon @ Merrimack
STEPHEN McKINLEY HENDERSON in Jitney @ Huntington
ARLISS HOWARD in How I Learned to Drive @ The A.R.T.
ROBERT KNOPF in Nobody Dies on Friday @ The A.R.T.
JERRY KISSEL in As You Like It @ Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.
J. C. DeVORE in Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
JOHNATHAN SILVER in Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
RONALED HUNTER in Dealer's Choice @ Gloucester Stage
BRIAN McMANAMON in Skylight @ The New Rep
WILL LEBOW in Merchant of Venice @ The A.R.T.
JOHN ARNOLD in American Daughter @ SpeakEasy Stage
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JACQUI PARKER in Pictures at An Exhibition @ CentaStage
BERNICE BRONSON in Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
JENNIFER ARNOLD in Damn Yankees @ Turtle Lane Playhouse
MICHELLE DOWD in The Death of Bessie Smith @ Peabody House
MONIQUE McINTYRE in The Good Times Are Killing Me @ Wheelock Family Theatre
MARYANN ZSCHAU in Assassins @ The Lyric Theatre Company of Boston
DENISE CORMIER ion Racing Demon @ Merrimack Rep
CAROLINE HALL in The Marriage of Bette & Boo @ The A.R.T.
SUSAN MILLER in Mrs. Klein @ The New Rep
BOBBI STEINBACH in A Little Night Music @ The Publick Theatre
MARY LOWRY in Racing Demon @ The Merrimack Rep
BEST DIRECTOR
BOB EAGLE for 42nd Street @ The Reagle Players
CYNTHIA THOLE for 42nd Street @ The REagle
BOB EAGLE for Crazy For You @ Reagle
M. J. DALY for Seascape with Sharks & Dancer @ Baobab Theatre
JERRY BIZANTS for Glengarry Glen Ross @ The Hovey Players
RHONDA RICE WINDERL for Pirates of Penzance @ Eastern Nazarene College
FRAN WEINBERG for Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
CELIA COUTURE for M. Butterfly @ Arlington Friends of The Drama
JEREMY McCARTER for Slavs & Clothes for A Summer Hotel @ H/RDC
RICK LOMBARDO for everything @ The New Rep
H. ALEX EL-ALI for Eastern Standard & Amnesty @ Theatre 7
LISSI ENGVALL for The Rainmaker @ The Hovey Players
MILTON COYKENDALL for Actors' Showcase @ Beau Jest Space
STEVE McCONNELL for THREE SISTERS @ The Boston Conservatory
LARRY CARPENTER for The Shaughran @ The Huntington
ANDRE BELGRADER for The Imaginary invalid @ The A.R.T.
ANDRE SERBAN for Merchant & Taming of The Shrew @ The A.R.T.
SCOTT EDMISTON for Molly Sweeney @ The Nora
MOLLY D. SMITH for How I Learned to Drive @ The Trinity Repertory, Providence
DAVID ZOFFOLI for Laughter on The 23rd Floor @ Lyric & Merrimack
WILLIAM PHILIP McKINLEY for Hair @ North Shore Music Theatre
DAVID WHEELER for How I Learned to Drive @ The A.R.T.
DAVID KENT for Raciong Demon @ Merrimack Rep
JASON SOUTHERLAND for Four Baboons Admiring The Sun @ Boston Theatre Works
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
JENNIFER GILLIS for West Side Story @ City Nights Dinner Theatre Pawtucket R I
KEN MATLOCK for Damn Yankees @ Turtle Lane Playhouse
CYNTHIA THOLE for 42nd Streeet @ Reagle
BOB FOSSE, ANN REINKING & GWEN VERDON for Fosse @ The Colonial *
DEIN PERRY for Tap Dogs @ The Shubert Theatre *
SAVION GLOVER for Tap Dogs @ The Shubert Theatre *
BEST SET DESIGN
WILL CABELL & DAVID FICHTRER for Alice Underground @ Underground Railway
MAUREEN LILLA & MARGO ZDRAVKOVIC for Three Sisters @ The Boston Conservatory
DOUG DESILETS for M. Butterfly @ The Arlington friends of The Drama
RON L. DION for To Kill A Mockingbird @ Vokes & Damn Yankees @ Turtle Lane
JAMES BYRNES for The Hobbit @ Wheelock Family Theatre
JAMES YOUMANS for The Shaughran @ Huntington
HENRY CELLI for Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Other Theatre
HARRY FEINER for The Importance of Being Earnest @ Worcester Foothills
JEFF GARDINER for Marvin's Room @ Peabody House & Orpheus Descending @ Studio 210
JANIE HOWLAND for Molly Sweeney @ The Nora
LOY ARCENAS for Nomathemba @ The Shubert Theatre *
MARIELLA BANCOU & WILLIAM BONNELL for Merchant @ The A.R.T.
ANITA STEWARD for The Imaginary Invalid @ The A.R.T.
NIGEL TRIFFIT for Tap Dogs @ The Shubert Theatre *
CHRISTINE JONES for The Merchant of Venice @ The A.R.T.
CARL EIGSTI for Collected Stories @ The Huntington
ROBERT PYZOCHA for In The Jungle of Cities @ The A.R.T.
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
JEFF GARDINER for Marvin's Room @ Peabody House
DAVID WILSON for Christmas Time @ Reage Players
JOHN MALINOWSKI for everything, especially Three Sisters @ Boston Conservatory
MICHAEL CHYBOWSKI for In The jungle of Cities @ The A.R.T.
KENNETH POSNER for Nomathemba @ The Shubert Theatre *
JULES FISCHER for Bring in Da Noise Bring in Da Funk @ The Shubert *
BEST COSTUMES
ANDREW POLESZAK & JEFF BURROWS for Alice undergournd @ Underground Railway
DAVID CABRAL for Three Sisters @ The Boston Conservatory
DAVID MURIN for The Shaughran @ The Huntington
NATALIE DURKIN & GAYLE SULLIVAN for Christmas Time @ Reagle Players
LISA MARTIN-STUART for Comedy of Errors @ Aquila Theatre Company of London *
CATHERINE ZUBER for shows @ The A.R.T.
BEST NEW PLAY
LANDSCAPE WITH SHARKS AND DANCER by Dan Nigro @ Baobab Theatre
THE AUDIENCE by Aiden Parkinson @ Cool Root
ALICE UNDERGROUND by The Underground Railway Theatre @ The BCA
WAR OF THE WORLDS by The Beau Jest Moving Theatre @ Emerson Brimmer Space
NOBODY'S HOME by Eli Chapman & Company @ The Other Theatre
THE TIBETYAN BOOK OF THE DEAD by Jean-Claude Van Itallie @ Pilgrim Theatre
COLLECTED STORIES by D. Margulies @ The Huntington
DEALER'S CHOICE by Patrick Marbedr @ Gloucester Stage Company
GREETINGS FROM HOLLYWOOD by Cyndi Freeman @ the BCA
TALKING TO MAYBE or THE GREAT PROMISE by David Hanbury @ Actors' Workship
THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKPORCH VAUDEVILLE REVUE by Wiorcester Foothills Theatre
THE NEW PLAYS PROGRAM @Emerson Stage
DAMN YOUR EYES by Jeffrey Herman @ Playwrights' Platform
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
JEFFREY ROBERTSON in The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman @ Doll House Theatre
JEFF SHADE in Watchin'My Hair Grow @ The BCA
JONATHAN KUNTZ in Actorz ... With A Z @ The BCA
ERIKA BATDORF in Facing East @ Boston Women on Top
ROBERT DUBAK in The Male Intellect, An Oxymoron @ Theatre 57
MELINDA STANFORD in Her Cabaret Show @ Cambridge Adult Ed
JON McGOVERN in Alter Egos @ Raven Theatricals
BEST ENSEMBLE PLAYING
THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKPORCH VAUDEVILLE REVUE @ Worcester Foothills
THE TIME OF MY LIFE @ Stage Door productions
ANNA WEISS @ Dlvena Theater Company
ORPHEUS DESCENDING @ Boston Actors Ensemble (Studio 210)
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS @ Hovey Players
MARRIAGE OF BETTE & BOO @ The A.R.T.
ROSEMARY'S BABY @ The Doll House
CONVERSATIONS @ Sugan Theatre
PORCELAIN @ Coyote Theatre
ASSASSINS @ The Lyric Theatre Company of Boston
HAIR @ North Shore Music Theatre
M. BUTTERFLY @ Arlington Friends
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM @ The Other Theatre
MARVIN'S ROOM @ Peabody House
A CHORUS LINE @ North Shore Music Theatre
THE RAINMAKER @ The Hovey Players
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST @ Worcester Foothills
JITNEY @ The Huntington
RACING DEMON @ Merrimack Rep
ABBREVIATED CHRISTMAS CAROL @ Lyric Theatre Company of Boston
TAP DOGS @ The Shubert Theatre *
BLUE MAN GROUP @ The Charles Playhouse *
BEST PRODUCTION
42ND STREET @ reagle Players
WHERE'S CHARLEY? @ The Boston Conservatory
CRAZY FOR YOU @ Reagle Players
RACING DEMON @ Merrimack Rep
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE @ The A.R.T.
MARVIN'S ROOM @ Peabody House
MOLLY SWEENEY @ The Nora
ASSASSINS @ Lyric Company of Boston
DEALER'S CHOICE @ Gloucester Stage
M. BUTTERFLY @ Arlington Friends
MRS. KLEIN @ The New Rep
FACING EAST @ Boston Women on Top
THE WILL & LIL SHOW @ Cambridge Adult ed
WEST SIDE STORY @ City Lights Dinner Theatre, Pawtucket R I
A CHORUS LINE @ North Shore Music Theatre
HE SHAUGHRAN @ The Huntington
THE IMAGINARY INVALID @ The A.R.T.
MERCHANT OF VENICE @ The A.R.T.
IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES @ The A.R.T.
JITNEY @ The Huntington
HAVING OUR SAY @ The New Rep
LOST IN YONKERS @ The Lyric of Boston
WIT @ Shakespeare & Co.
JACK & JILL @ The New Rep
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR @ The Lyric of Boston
FOUR BABOONS ADORING THE SUN @ Boston Theatre Works
FOSSE @ The Colonial *
CHICAGO @ The Coilonial *
BRING IN DA NOISE BRING IN DA FUNK @ The Shubert *
TAP DOGS @ The Shubert *
* These Broadway Productions compete in a category all their own
