1998 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1998 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 | Marie C. Johns, Bell Atlantic | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jule Emerson | Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jane Greenwood | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Patricia Zipprod | Sunday In the Park With George |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee | The Rehearsal |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jane Shafer | The Wizard of Oz |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | Down at the Old Bull & Bush |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Keith Alan Baker | Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scandal at the D'Oyly Carte |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Michael Kahn | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Ethan McSweeny | Never the Sinner |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Serge Seiden | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Mark A. Rhea | Translations |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kasi Campbell | Travels With My Aunt |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Joe Banno | Romeo and Juliet |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joe Sears, Jaston Williams | A Tuna Christmas |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Derick Grant | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | John Scherer | By Jeeves |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ezra Knight | The Darker Face of the Earth |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Gregory Henderson | Whirlwind! |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Jason Gilbert | Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Steven Cupo | Harvey Milk Show |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond | No Way to Treat a Lady |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Tim Brierley | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scandal at the D'Oyly Carte |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Sal Viviano | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen F. Schmidt | It's a Wonderful Life |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Bill Largess | An Ideal Husband |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Richard Thompson | Look Back in Anger |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Peter Goldfarb | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Patrick Stewart | Othello |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | Skylight |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ted van Griethuysen | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jason Patrick Bowcutt | Never the Sinner |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Belle Calaway, Belle Calaway | Chicago |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Anna Deavere Smith | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | LisaGay Hamilton | Valley Song |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Tracie Nicole Thoms | Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Carole Lehan | It's A Wonderful Life |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Cathy Mundy | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Stephanie Waters | The Wizard of Oz |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Liz Larsen | Sunday In the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Cam Magee | An Ideal Husband |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | Ghosts |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jenny Bacon | Molly Sweeney |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Kelly McGillis | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | Romeo and Juliet |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | Sylvia |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Jeff Hill | Never The Sinner |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Marianne Meadows | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Tempest |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Buck Brown | Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Douglas Lawler | It's A Wonderful Life |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Dan Sticco | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Chicago |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Rent |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Ford's Theatre | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center and the Mark Taper Forum | Valley Song |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre Secondstage | Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | No Way to Treat a Lady |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | oseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Interact Theatre Company | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scandal at the D'Oyly Carte |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage and Signature Theatre | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Signature Theatre | and Rep Stage Never the Sinner |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Shakespeare Library | Romeo and Juliet |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Tempest |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Rep Stage | Travels With My Aunt |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Ming Cho Lee | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone | Tempest |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Love! Valour! Compassion! |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Things That Break |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Mitch Finegold | Fall of the House of Usher |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Maddox | Never the Sinner |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Gil Thompson | Old Wicked Songs |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Romeo and Juliet |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Maddox | Things That Break |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Travels With My Aunt |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Gregory Brian | Fall of the House of Usher |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Christopher Henley | Bent |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Christopher Lane | Romeo & Juliet |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | J. Fred Shiffman | Sylvia |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Marty Lodge | The Rehearsal |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | James Brown-Orleans | A Saroyan Celebration |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Robert Sella | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Rana Kay | 5th of July |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Laurena Mullins | Anna Karenina |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | Othello |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Lisa Newman-Williams | Psychopathia Sexualis |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Obba Babatunde | Chicago |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Trazana Beverley | Darker Face of the Earth |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Tsai Chin | Golden Child |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | L. Scott Caldwell | Proposals |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Stephan Alexander | Rent |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Albert Coia | Down at the Old Bull & Bush |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Kit Halliday | Harvey Milk Show |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Donna Migliaccio | No Way To Treat A Lady |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Kate Kiley | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scadal at D'Oyly Carte |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | David James | The Wizard of Oz |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond | Working |
| The American Express Tribute | Robert Prosky | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | James A. Petosa, Carole Lehan | Look! We Have Come Through! |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Norman Allen | Melville Slept Here |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Nick Olcott | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience or The Scandal at the D'Oyly Carte |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Regina Porter | Tripping Through the Car House |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Sherry Kramer | Things That Break |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Signature in the Schools | |
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