hairspray gets naacp nods

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 6:49pm

Ceremony is in LA on Monday, February 21, 2005.



Best Choreography – Equity
Chicago – Gary Chryst
Hairspray – Jerry Mitchell
Rent – Marlies Yearby
Starlight Express – Arlene Phillips

Best Choreography – Local
If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story – Madonna Grimes
Looking For God – Omhmar Griffin
Passing – Nancy Renee
Rocket Science & Salsa: The Shayla Rivera Story – Debbie Allen
Sunshine For A Midnight Weary – Angela Matemotja
The Tower – Sharyn Gabriel

Best Costumes – Equity
Hairspray – William Ivey Long
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Jo Davis
Romeo & Juliet – Alex Jaeger
Starlight Express – John Napier
Topdog Underdog – Emilio Sosa

Best Costumes – Local
Daisy In The Dreamtime – Naila Aladdin Sanders
Hattie – Donna Fritsche
Passing – Joan Francis
To Kill A Mocking Bird – Zale Morris
Two Ships Passing – Fern Rose Mitchell

Best Director – Equity
Driving Miss Daisy – James O’Neil
Fried Chicken & Latkas – Bob Garrett
I Just Stopped By To See The Man – Randall Arney
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Frank X. Ford
Summertime – Michael Michetti
Topdog Underdog – George C. Wolfe

Best Director – L ocal
Misery Street – Michael Kachingwe
Robert Johnson: Trick The Devil – Robert McCollum & William Arrigon
Stage Directions – Dan Bonnell
Streamers – Leon Shanglebee
The Boys Next Door – Crystal Craft
The Tower – Barbara Kallir








Best Director of a Musical – Equity
24 Hours: A Rock Musical – Jim Taulli
Hairspray – Jack O’Brien
Like Jazz – Gordon Davidson
Rent – Michael Greif
Starlight Express – Arlene Phillips
Three Mo’ Divas – Marion J. Caffey

Best Director of a Musical – Local
If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story – Michael Ajakwe, Jr.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Claude Purdy
When Divas Were Divas – Sharon L. Graine

Best Ensemble Cast – Equity
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Starlight Express
Summertime
Topdog Underdog

Best Ensemble Cast – Local
I Sing 4 Luv
Misery Street
One World
Soldiers Don’t Cry
Stage Directions
The Tower

Best Lead Female - Equity
Yvette Freeman – Dinah Was
Alaina Reed Hall – So Long On Lonley Street
Rain Pryor – Fried Chicken & Latkas
Tessa Thompson – Romeo & Juliet
Lillias White – Like Jazz

Best Lead Female – Local
Tatyana Ali – If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story
Peggy Ann Blow – Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Carla Drew - Hattie
Pat Hodges – Bessie & Good Friends
Fylicia Renee King – Momma Was A Bad Mutha Shut Yo Mouth
Shayla Rivera – Rocket Schience & Salsa: The Shayla Rivera Story










Best Lead Male – Equity
Cleavant Derricks – Like Jazz
Lance E. Nichols – Driving Miss Daisy
Clarence Williams III – I Just Stopped By To See The Man

Best Lead Male – Local
Russell Andrews – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
James Avery – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Cedric Duplechain – Freefall
Mancini Graves – Streamers
Stephen Grove – Hattie
Anthony J. Haney – Daisy in the Dreamtime

Best Lighting – Equity
Driving Miss Daisy – Russell Pyle
I Just Stop By To See The Man – Daniel Ionazzi
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Chuck Schuman
Rent – Blake Burba
Starlight Express – Rick Belzer
Topdog Underdog – Scott Zielinski

Best Lighting - Local
Applause – David Wendell
Daisy In The Dreamtime – Kathi O’Donohue
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Joel Daavid
Passing – Nathaniel Bellamy
Stage Directions – Jeremy Pivnick
The Tower – Maxwell Ross Pierson

Best Music Director – Equity
24 Hours: A Rock Musical – Wayne Moore
Hairspray – Jim Vukovich
Like Jazz – Tom Kubis
Rent – Tim Weil
Starlight Express – Michael Duff
Three Mo’ Divas – Joseph Joubert

Best Music Director – Local
Hattie – Julio Hansen
If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story – Scott Allen
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill – Herman Jackson
Last Supper – Stafford Floyd
Looking For God – Ron Hasley
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Kathryn Bostic



Best Playwright – Equity
Fried Chicken & Latkas – Rain Pryor
I Just Stopped By To See The Man – Stephen Jeffreys
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Dale Wasserman
So Long On Lonely Street – Sandra Deer
Summertime – Charles L. Mee
Topdog Underdog – Suzan-Lori Parks

Best Playwright – Local
Acting Alone – Nat Colley
Diary of a Catholic School Dropout – Layon Gray
One World – Robert J. Litz
Stage Directions – L. Trey Wilson
Streamers – David Rabe
The Boys Next Door – Tom Griffin

Best Producer – Equity
I Just Stopped By To See The Man – Geffen Playhouse
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Santa Monica Civic Light Opera & The Viking Underground
Romeo & Juliet – The Theatre at Boston Court
Starlight Express – Troika Entertainment
Summertime – The Theatre at Boston Court
Topdog Underdog – CTG/Mark Taper Forum

Best Producer – Local
Daisy In The Dreamtime – Stephen Sachs
Hattie – Long Beach Playhouse
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill – Deborah Lawlor
Section 8 – Anthony Lovell Winters, Debra A. Winters, Carl Gilliar, & Albert J. Johnson
Stage Directions – Laura Jane Salvato, Michael C. Mahon, & Rebecca Kirkland
The Boys Next Door – Ronnie Marmo












Best Set Design – Equity
Hairspray – David Rockwell
I Just Stopped By To See The Man – John Arnone
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Mike Goode
Rent – Paul Clay
Starlight Express – John Napier
Topdog Underdog – Ricardo Hernandez

Best Set Design – Local
Civil Rites – Byron Nora
Daisy in the Dreamtime – Desma Murphy
Hattie – Vin Roca
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Joel Daavid
Ned’s Garden – Thomas Brown
Section 8 – Thomas Meleck

Best Sound – Equity
24 Hours: A Rock Musical – Darcy Wood
Fried Chicken & Latkas – Jamie Nelson
Like Jazz – Jon Gottlieb & Phillip G. Allen
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Sean Phillips
Rent – Steve C. Kennedy
Topdog Underdog – Dan Moses Schreier

Best Sound – Local
Applause – Lisa Swanson
Bessie & Good Friends – Alex Marino
Freefall – Matt Carpenter
If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story – Tony Carr
Last Supper – Ty Weems
Misery Street – Heatherly Stephens


















Best Supporting Female – Equity
Carlease Burke – Romeo & Juliet
Charolotte Crossley – Hairspray
Jonell Kennedy – I Just Stopped By To See The Man
Inger Tudor – Romeo & Juliet
Sybyl Walker – Dinah Was

Best Supporting Female – Local
Lee Oliver Boyd – Black Berry Love
Trisha Mann – If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story
Sy Smith – If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story
Bashashi Thompson – Black Berry Love

Best Supporting Male – Equity
Terron Brooks – Hairspray
David Roberson – Romeo & Juliet

Best Supporting Male – Local
Thomas Martell Brimm – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Darius Dudley – Section 8
Trevor Gordon – Haints, Conjurment & Leaving
Alex Miles, Jr. – Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Henry the III – Applause
Kosmond Russell – If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 6:52pm

they don't give a score award?!?!?!

[PleaseChangeMe]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 7:02pm

Here are my guesses for Equity (don't know much about local):

Best Choreography: Chicago or Hairspray. Both have very classy
and original choreography.

Best Costumes: As bad as I feel, I must say Starlight Express. So many tiny details!

Best Director: Topdog Underdog.

Best Director of a Musical: Michael Grief. He and Johnathon basically made Rent what it is. Not to mention dealing with the death of the creator before opening!

Best Ensemble Cast: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Best Lead Female: Lillias White.

Best Lead Male: Clarence Williams III or Cleavant Derricks

Best Lighting: Rent. Lit perfectly to reflect moods.

Best Music Director: Hairspray or Rent. Rent uses their ensemble flawlessly as many different parts. Hairspray's ensemble also uses them in different parts...in the background singing "Doo wop."

Best Playwright: Summertime or Topdog Underdog

Best Producer: Long Beach Playhouse for Hattie

Best Set Design: Rent. Definately the most innovative set of the 90's.

Best Sound: Like Jazz.

Best Supporting Female: Carlease Burke

Best Supporting Male: Terron Brooks

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 7:08pm

I hope Jim wins for hairspray's music direction.

Marc,
there is NO contest for best score. hairspray would take it hands down.

[PleaseChangeMe]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 8:07pm

Broadwayguy, Rent is a lot better than bubblegum pop!

:)

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 8:09pm

"Broadwayguy, Rent is a lot better than bubblegum pop!"

That is the score, not choreography, costumes, lighting, etc.

Is there an official web site for these awards? I have no idea what they are.

[sweetiedarlinmia]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 8:14pm

I wish they had nation-wide awards. That would be wondermus and would allow me to easily work in theatre talk in our chapter meetings.

[RumTumTugger22]

Posted: 1/25/05 at 9:18pm

yeah me too

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/26/05 at 1:40am

I'm not sure of a website. A friend with the Hairspray tour emailed me a copy of the nominee list from a press conference.