The awards ceremony will be held 7 PM May 17 at the newly restored Paramount Theatre.
Leon (Broadway's Fences) was nominated for his direction of Stick Fly for Huntington Theatre Company. Paulus (Broadway Hair) was nominated for her direction of the Boston production of The Donkey Show, her disco revision of A Midsummer Night's Dream, at American Repertory Theatre. John Collins, who directed Elevator Repair Service's Gatz at A.R.T., was also nominated. All three were in the Large Theatre category.
Karen MacDonald will receive the 2010 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence.
Here is a selection of 2010 Elliot Norton nominations; the complete list can be found at the website of the Greater Boston Theatre Alliance.
OUTSTANDING VISITING PRODUCTION
Gatz, Elevator Repair Service at American Repertory Theater
Spring Awakening, Broadway Across America
Waiting for Godot, Classical Theatre of Harlem at Institute of Contemporary Art OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Adding Machine: A Musical, SpeakEasy Stage Company
Best of Both Worlds, American Repertory Theater
Phantom of the Oprah, Gold Dust Orphans
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A LARGE COMPANY
All My Sons, Huntington Theatre Company
Fences, Huntington Theatre Company
Stick Fly, Huntington Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A MIDSIZE COMPANY
Much Ado About Nothing, Actors' Shakespeare Project Reckless, SpeakEasy Stage Company
The Savannah Disputation, SpeakEasy Stage Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A SMALL COMPANY
Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Publick Theatre Boston
4:48 Psychosis, Gamm Theatre Company
The Life of Galileo, Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT and Underground Railway Theater
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BY A FRINGE COMPANY
After the Quake, Company One
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Orfeo Group
The Overwhelming, Company One
OUTSTANDING NEW SCRIPT
Lydia R. Diamond, Harriet Jacobs
John Kuntz, The Salt Girl
Ryan Landry, Phantom of the Oprah
OUTSTANDING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Sleep No More, Punchdrunk and American Repertory Theater
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