1988 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1988 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | All's Well that Ends Well |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Heartbreak House |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Light Up The Sky |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jane Greenwood | Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Arvin Brown | All My Sons |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Harold Prince | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Daniel Sullivan | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Lloyd Richards | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Bob Fosse | Sweet Charity |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Leslie Bravman Jacobson | A...My Name Is Alice |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | All The King's Men |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Michael Kahn | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Yuri Lyubimov | Crime and Punishment |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Zelda Fichandler | Crucible |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | James C. Nicola | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | John Going | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ian McKellen | Acting Shakespeare |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Richard Kiley | All My Sons |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Derek Jacobi | Breaking The Code |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joel Grey | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Shay Duffin | Confessions of an Irish Rebel |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Judd Hirsch | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Casey Biggs | All the King's Men |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Michael Chaban | As Is |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | T J Edwards | As Is |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Bill Grimmette, Nat Benchley | Blood Knot |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Grover Gardner | Harvey |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Michael Judge | How I Got That Story |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Alyson Reed | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Ann Guilbert | Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Colleen Dewhurst | My Gene |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Donna McKechnie | Sweet Charity |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Sandra Reaves-Phillips | The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Candy Buckley | All the King's Men |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Nancy Robinette | Harvey |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Tana Hicken | Heartbreak House |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Grainne Cassidy | Savage in Limbo |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Jennifer Mendenhall | Savage in Limbo |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Elizabeth DuVall | To Clothe the Naked |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | All the King's Men |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | As Is |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Crime and Punishment |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Richard H. Young | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Entertainer |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding New Play | Roy Barber, Bari Biern, Paula Burns | A Dance Against Darkeness |
| Outstanding New Play | Fred Anzevino | A Dance Against Darkeness: |
| Outstanding New Play | Roberta Gasbarre | A Dance Against Darkeness: Living With AIDS |
| Outstanding New Play | Ron Wood | Four Men From Annapolis |
| Outstanding New Play | D.C. Cabaret | Living With AIDS |
| Outstanding New Play | T J Edwards | National Defense |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Ford's Theatre | All My Sons |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | H.M.S. Pinafore |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Arena Stage | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Sweet Charity |
| Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Karlah Hamilton | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Sandra Bowie | A ... My Name is Alice |
| Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Kathleen Goldpaugh | A ... My Name is Alice |
| Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Serge Seiden | A Dance Against Darkness: Living With AIDS |
| Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Barbara Rappaport | A...My Name Is Alice |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Harlequin Dinner Theatre | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Horizons Theatre | A ... My Name is Alice |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | All the King's Men |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Studio Theatre | As Is |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Crucible |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Round House Theatre | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Olney Theatre | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Savage in Limbo |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Jane Williams Flank | Filthy Rich |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | North Shore Fish |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Entertainer |
| Peat Marwick Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | Edward A. Fox | |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Montgomery County, for creating and sustaining the Round House Theatre | |
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