1999 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Winners and nominees from the The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre.
1999 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Jennifer Rohn | How I Learned to Drive |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Sally Mercer | Lovers & Executioners |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Janis Dardaris | Orpheus Descending |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Alma Cuervo | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | M'el Dowd | Three Tall Women |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Jennifer Childs | |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Forrest McClendon, John Lumia, Deborah Block, Anthony Lawton | |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Blanka Zizka | Bed and Sofa |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jennifer Childs & Peter Pryor | Box Office of the Damned |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Tina Landau | Floyd Collins |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Bruce Lumpkin | Grand Hotel |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Terrence J. Nolen | Violet |
| Lifetime Achievement Honoree | John E. Allen, Jr. | |
| Outstanding Choreography | Karen Getz | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Choreography | Sharon Halley | Brigadoon |
| Outstanding Choreography | Quinn Bauriedel, Solveig Holum, Dan Rothenberg & Dito van Reigersberg | Cafeteria |
| Outstanding Choreography | Richard Stafford | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Choreography | Dito van Reigersberg & Dan Rothenberg | The Lorca Cycle |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Jeffrey Fender | A Flea In Her Ear |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Santo Loquasto | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Ilona Somogyi | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Margaret McCarty | Machinal |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Tazewell Thompson | A Flea In Her Ear |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | James J. Christy | Coyote on a Fence |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | James J. Christy | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Seth Rozin | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Terrence J. Nolen | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Outstanding Ensemble | The People's Light & Theatre Company | A Flea In Her Ear |
| Outstanding Ensemble | 1812 Productions | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Ensemble | Pig Iron Theatre Company | Gentlemen Volunteers |
| Outstanding Ensemble | The People's Light & Theatre Company | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Ensemble | InterAct Theatre Company | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Abe Reybold | Anything Goes |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Ron Bohmer, Jeff McCarthy | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Romain Frugé | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | David Hess | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | David Ingram | A Flea In Her Ear |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Roger Guenveur Smith | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | William Zielinski, Pearce Bunting | Coyote on a Fence |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Harry Althaus | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Ann Crumb | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Jilline Ringle | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Jill Powell | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Lee Andrews | Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Linda Pierson | Violet |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Russell Champa | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Scott Zielinski | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Trey Lyford | Gentlemen Volunteers |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Thomas C. Hase | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Jerold R. Forsythe | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Outstanding New Play | Thomas Gibbons | Bee-Luther-Hatchee |
| Outstanding New Play | Pig Iron Theatre Company with text by Solveig Holum, | Gentlemen Volunteers |
| Outstanding New Play | David Ives | Lives of the Saints |
| Outstanding New Play | Aaron Posner & Chaim Potok | The Chosen |
| Outstanding New Play | Pig Iron Theatre Company with text by Dan Rothenberg & Dito van Reigersberg | The Lorca Cycle |
| Outstanding Original Music | Marc Anthony Thompson | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Original Music | Jay Ansill | Charlotte's Web |
| Outstanding Original Music | Vince di Mura | More Grimm Tales |
| Outstanding Original Music | Adam Wernick | Séance |
| Outstanding Original Music | Jay Ansill | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | The Wilma Theater | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | 1812 Productions | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Prince Music Theater | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Walnut Street Theatre | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | Violet |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | The People's Light & Theatre Company | A Flea In Her Ear |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | Arden Theatre Company | Coyote on a Fence |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | The People's Light & Theatre Company | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | InterAct Theatre Company | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Set Design | David P. Gordon | Bed and Sofa |
| Outstanding Set Design | D. Patrick Boylen | Coyote on a Fence |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Farrell | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Set Design | David P. Gordon | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Set Design | Jerry Rojo | Orpheus Descending |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Marc Anthony Thompson | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Dan Moses Schreier | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Sound Design | James Sugg | Gentlemen Volunteers |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Robert Murphy | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Sound Design | Seth Rozin & Ron Schindlinger | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Todd Waddington | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Guy Adkins | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Tony Freeman | Grand Hotel |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Timothy Charles Johnson | Violet |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Kevin R. Free | Violet, Arden |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Harry Philibosian, Scott Greer | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Joe Guzmán | Lovers & Executioners |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | William Zielinski | Rough Crossing |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Boris McGiver | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Kimberly Rehfuss | Box Office of the Damned |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Bethe B. Austin | Brigadoon |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Kim Huber | Floyd Collins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Mary Martello | Triumph of Love |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Anah Jyoti Klate | Violet |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Evalyn Baron | Hotel Suite |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Catharine K. Slusar | Lebensraum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Hazel Bowers | Lettice & Lovage |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell | Orpheus Descending |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Isa Thomas | The Beauty Queen of Leenane |
| Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education | Delaware Theatre Company | Children at Risk |
| Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education | Montgomery County Cultural Center | Kids: The Heart of the Arts |
| Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education | AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey | Teen AIDS Prevention Drama and Dance Troupe |
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