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Henry Hewes Design Awards to Be Held in Late Fall; 60 Artists Nominated
By Andrew Gans
October 6, 2009
Sixty artists have been nominated for the Henry Hewes Design Awards, which honor designers for their work on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway during the 2008-09 theatre season. The awards will be presented at a luncheon to be held later this fall.
Categories include Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Notable Effects, which encompass "sound, music, video, puppetry and other creative elements." All nominated designs must have originated in productions within the U.S.
The Hewes Awards Committee considered more than 200 productions when making its nominations.
Among the productions that received multiple nominations are Shrek (five), Guys and Dolls (four), 33 Variations (four) and Soho Rep's Blasted (three). Shrek designer Tim Hatley received nominations for scenic design, costumes and notable effects (puppetry).
Originally titled the Maharam Awards and later known as the American Theatre Wing Design Awards, the awards were renamed in 1999 to honor founder Henry Hewes.
The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee comprised theatre critics Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, chair; Dan Bacalzo; David Barbour; David Cote; Glenda Frank; Mario Fratti; and Joan Ungaro.
The nominees for the 2008 Henry Hewes Awards follow.
Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty, Accent on Youth
Beowulf Boritt, The Toxic Avenger
Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls
David Gallo, reasons to be pretty
Roger Hanna, The Glass Cage
Tim Hatley, Shrek
David Korins, Stunning
David Korins, Why Torture Is Wrong
Santo Loquasto, A Man for All Seasons
John McDermott, The Singing Forest
Derek McLane, Ruined
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Peter Meineck, Catch 22
Scott Pask, 9 to 5
Neil Patel, This Beautiful City
Tom Pye, All My Sons
Jenny Rogers, Wickets
Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms
Louisa Thompson, Blasted
Tony Walton, A Tale of Two Cities
Mark Wendland, Boys' Life
Costume Design
Marina Draghici, Fela
Tim Hatley, Shrek
Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages
Gregory Gale, The Third Story
Jane Greenwood, Accent on Youth
Toni-Leslie James, Wig Out!
William Ivey Long, 9 to 5
Carrie Robbins, White Christmas
Michael McDonald, Hair
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit
Clint Ramos, Women Beware Women
Janice Rytel, 33 Variations
Lenora Taylor and Santiago Rojo, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy
Paul Tazewell, Guys and Dolls
Paul Tazewell, Ruined
David C. Woolard, The Toxic Avenger
Catherine Zuber, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Lighting Design
Kevin Adams, Hair
Kevin Adams, Next to Normal
Christopher Akerlind, Garden of Earthly Delights
Paul Anderson, All My Sons
Howell Binkley, Guys and Dolls
Marcus Doshi, Hamlet
Herrick Goldman, Rooms
Peter Kaczorowski, Waiting for Godot
Ben Kato, Washing Machine
David Lander, 33 Variations
Jason Lyons, Clay
Jason Lyons, Rock of Ages
Tyler Micoleau, Blasted
Richard Pilbrow, A Tale of Two Cities
Hugh Vanstone, Shrek
David Weiner, reasons to be pretty
David Weiner, This Beautiful City
Notable Effects
(Notable Effects Nominations — Production Design)
Tal Yarden (projections, video) and Mark Wendland (scenery), Distracted
Jim Findlay (production design) and Jeff Sugg (production design), The Success of Failure and the Failure of Success
(Notable Effects Nominations — Individuals)
Naomi Donne (makeup), Shrek
John Gromada (sound), Shipwrecked!: An Entertainment
Tim Hatley (puppetry), Shrek
Dan Hurlin (puppetry), Disfarmer
Nathan Johnson (makeup, special effects), Beast
Elaine McCarthy (scenery, projections), Frequency Hopping
Dustin O'Neill (video), Guys and Dolls
Jeff Sugg (projections), 33 Variations
Matt Tierney (sound), Blasted
Basil Twist (puppetry), Arias With a Twist
Joshua White (projections), Farragut North
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