1989 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1989 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Enrico IV |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Smaranda Branescu | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Smaranda Branescu | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Kim Rubinstein | Baby With the Bathwater |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Leslie Bravman | Jacobson Eleemosynary |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Michael Kahn | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Liviu Ciulei | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Joe Banno | Tartuffe |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | The Cocoanuts |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Brock Peters | Driving Mrs. Daisy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Brock Peters | Driving Mrs. Daisy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | John Lithgow, B. D. Wong | M. Butterfly |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Tim Curry | Me and My Girl |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Victor Garber | Wenceslas Square |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Sammy Cahn | Words and Music |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Mitchell Greenberg | 0bable Frequency |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Casey Biggs | Elmer Gantry |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Robert C. Torri | La Cage Aux Folles |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Martin Vidnovic | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Charles Janasz | The Cocoanuts |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen Mellor | The Cocoanuts |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Brian Hemmingsen | Endgame |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | Enrico IV |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Brian Bedford | Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Tom Hewitt | Ring Round the Moon |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Michael Willis | The Boys Next Door |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | The Mystery of Irma Vep (A Penny Dreadful) |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Tina Fabrique | Abyssinia |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Madeline Kahn | Born Yesterday |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Julie Harris | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In The Universe |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Dana Ivey | Wencelas Square |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Sharon Scruggs | Elmer Gantry |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jane Pesci-Townsend | Revenge of Mrs. Foggybottom |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Deidra L. Johnson | Sanctuary D.C. |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Kim Criswell | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Karen Akers | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Jennifer Mendenhall | Aunt Dan and Lemon |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Brigid Cleary | House of Blue Leaves |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | MacBeth |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Grainne Cassidy | Sharon and Billy |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Shirley Knight | The Cherry Orchard |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Kelly McGillis | The Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding New Play | Ford's Theatre | |
| Outstanding New Play | John Bishop, Mel Marvin | Elmer Gantry |
| Outstanding New Play | David Henry Hwang | M. Butterfly |
| Outstanding New Play | David Lemos | More Than Names |
| Outstanding New Play | Larry L. King | The Night Hank Williams Died |
| Outstanding New Play | Heather McDonald | The Rivers and Ravines |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | Eleemosynary |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Michael Yeargan | MacBeth |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Adrianne Lobel | Playboy of the West Indies |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Liviu Ciulei | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Thomas Lynch | The Coocanuts |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Ernie Meier | Baby With the Bathwater |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Edward Gero | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Philip Goodwin | Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Christopher Hurt | On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | L. Peter Callender | Playboy of the West Indies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | John Michael Higgins | The Butterfingers Angel |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | June Hansen | An Ideal Husband |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | Baby With the Bathwater |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Lilia Skala | Les Blancs |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Patricia Conolly | Ring Round the Moon |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Michaeleen O'Neil | Safe Sex |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Kathryn Kelley | The Glass Menagerie |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Arena Stage, Fannie Green | Abyssinia |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Stephen Root | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Queen Esther Marrow | Harlem Suite |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Erick Devine | Me and My Girl |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Bruce Norris | Wenceslas Square |
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