1990 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1990 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Peat Marwick Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | Marcus Cohn and David Lloyd Kreeger | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jane Schloss Phelan | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee-Holz | Lucky Stiff |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | On the Town |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Ellen McCartney | The Beggar's Opera |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | The Man Who Came To Dinner |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Don Scardino | A Few Good Men |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Arthur Laurents | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Bill Irwin | Laregly/New York (The Further Adventures of a Post-Modern Hoofer) |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Athol Fugard | Road to Mecca |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Lloyd Richards | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Edward Morgan | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | John Going | Lucky Stiff |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | On The Town |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Howard Shalwitz | The Dead Monkey |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | The Man Who Came To Dinner |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Michael Kahn | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Tom Hulce | A Few Good Men |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joe Sears, Jaston Williams | A Tuna Christmas |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | David Hurst | Incommunicado |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Avery Brooks | Paul Robeson |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Charles S. Dutton | Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Edward Gero | Beggar's Opera |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Evan Pappas | Lucky Stiff |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Paul Binotto | On the Town |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | A Walk in the Woods |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Harry R. Tate | Bluesman |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | David Marks | Briar Patch |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Jerry Whiddon | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Return of Herbert Bracewell |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Tyne Daly | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Margo Martindale | Steel Magnolias |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Nancy Marchand | The Cocktail Hour |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | S. Epatha Merkerson | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Nan Martin | The Road To Mecca |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | Beggar's Opera |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Queen Esther Marrow | Don't Let This Dream Go |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Debra Tidwell | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Tia Speros, Lorraine Serabian | Lucky Stiff |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Adriane Lenox | On The Town |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Lily Knight | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Marissa Copeland | Briar Patch |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Carolyn Swift | Talking Things Over With Chekov |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | The Dead Monkey |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Kelly McGillis | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | On The Town |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Beggar's Opera |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | The Glass Menagerie |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | A Few Good Men |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | A Tuna Christmas |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Gypsy |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Largely/New York (The Further Adventures of a Post-Modern Hoofer) |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Road to Mecca |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Shakespeare Theatre | Beggar's Opera |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Don't Let This Dream Go (A Musical Celebration of Mahalia Jackson) |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Olney Theatre | Lucky Stiff |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | On the Town |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Washington Jewish Theatre | Pins and Needles |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Source Theatre Company | Bluesman |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Day Room |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Dead Monkey |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Round House Theatre | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone | Nothing Sacred |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | On the Town |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | Principia Scriptoriae |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Common Pursuit |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Return of Herbert Bracewell |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Derek McLane | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Susan R. White | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Mark Menna | Bluesman |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Neil McFadden | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Susan R. White | On The Town |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Crandall | Stick Wife |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | David Marks | A Lie of the Mind |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Ted van Griethuysen | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Grover Gardner | Dead Monkey |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Timmy Ray James | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Louis Lotorto | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Philip Goodwin | Twelfth Night |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | June Hansen | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | Briar Patch |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Lynnie Raybuck | Happy Birthdays |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Kaia Calhoun | Heathen Valley |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Jennifer Mendenhall | The Common Pursuit |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Stephen Lang | A Few Good Men |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Tracy Katz | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Kandis Chappell | Rumors |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Carole Cook | Steel Magnolias |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Holland Taylor | The Cocktail Hour |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Rocky Carroll | The Piano Lesson |
| The American Express Tribute | Angela Lansbury | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Aaron Sorkin | A Few Good Men |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Nick Olcott | A Turn of the Screw |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Bruce Clarke | Bluesman |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Deborah Pryor | Briar Patch |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Queen Esther Marrow | Don't Let This Dream Go |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Stephen Wade | On The Way Home |
| The Governor's Award | Zelda Fichandler | |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Michael Kahn, Abel Lopez | |
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