BY CARRIE L. KAUFMAN

The Goodman Theatre got 13 nominations for four productions in the Equity wing of the Joseph Jefferson Awards. Goodman’s The Odyssey tied with Famous Door Theatre’s Ghetto for most nominations for a single production, with six each. Other Goodman nominated shows are Boy Gets Girl (5), A Raisin in the Sun and A Moon for the Misbegotten (1 each). Famous Door also received one nomination for The Homecoming.

Apple Tree Theatre also fared well, with five nominations apiece for Once on This Island and Shakespeare’s R&J, which was a co-production with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Chicago Shakespeare also garnered nominations for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (3 ), All’s Well That Ends Well (2) and Antony and Cleopatra (1).

Four shows received four nominations: Next’s Among the Thugs, Marriott Lincolnshire’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Drury Lane Oakbrook’s 1776 and Northlight’s Side Show. Drury Lane Oakbrook and Northlight also received six more nominations.

The Equity Jeffs will be at Northshore Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 30, 2000. For ticket information, call 773/929-9087.

Mary Zimmerman faces off against Cal MacLean for best director.

NEW WORK
Rebecca Gilman, Boy Gets Girl, The Goodman Theatre
Jenny Laird, Ballad Hunter, Chicago Dramatists
Charles Smith, Knock Me a Kiss, Victory Gardens Theater (VG)
Jeffrey Sweet, Bluff, VG
Kristine Thatcher, Voice of Good Hope, VG

NEW ADAPTATION
Timothy Hendrickson, with Ann Boyd and Julia Neary, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon, Running With Scissors
Tom Szentgyorgyi, Among the Thugs, Next Theatre
Mary Zimmerman, The Odyssey, Goodman

PRODUCTION – PLAY
Boy Gets Girl, Goodman
Ghetto, Famous Door Theatre Co.
The Learned Ladies, Court Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Odyssey, The Goodman Theatre
Shakespeare’s R&J, Apple Tree Theatre in assoc. with Chicago Shakespeare Theater

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL
1776, Drury Lane Oakbrook
A Chorus Line, Drury Lane Evergreen Park
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire
My One and Only, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Once on This Island, Apple Tree

DIRECTOR - PLAY
Kate Buckley, Among the Thugs, Next Theatre
Joe Calarco, Shakespeare’s R&J, Apple Tree/Chicago Shakespeare
Abigail Deser, This Is Our Youth, Roadworks Productions
Calvin MacLean, Ghetto, Famous Door Theatre Co.
Mary Zimmerman, The Odyssey, Goodman

DIRECTOR - MUSICAL
Peter Amster, Once on This Island, Apple Tree
Ray Frewen and Gary Griffin, 1776, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Ray Frewen, My One and Only, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Kenny Ingram, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire
Marc Robin, A Chorus Line, Drury Lane Thtr Evergreen Park

ACTRESS PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Voice of Good Hope, Victory Gardens
Mary Beth Fisher, Boy Gets Girl, Goodman
Irma P. Hall, A Raisin in the Sun, Goodman
Mariann Mayberry, Hysteria, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Carmen Roman, Medea, American Theater Company (ATC)

ACTOR PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Lance Baker, This Is Our Youth, Roadworks
William Brown, Nixon’s Nixon, Writers’ Thtr
Mark Ulrich, Descent (A Darwinian Comedy), The Aardvark
Tony Mockus, God’s Man in Texas, Northlight Theatre
Frank Nall, Ghetto, Famous Door
Mike Nussbaum, Visiting Mr. Green, Northlight
Roderick Peeples, The Homecoming, Famous Door
Gary Sinise, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Steppenwolf
Larry Yando, Nixon’s Nixon, Writers’ Theatre

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Karla L. Beard, Voice of Good Hope, VG
Kirsten Fitzgerald, Mr. Bundy, A Red Orchid
Heidi Mokrycki, Closer, Steppenwolf
Julia Neary, Ghetto, Famous Door
Andrea Washburn, Ballad Hunter, Chicago Dramatists
Ann Whitney, Ballad Hunter, Chicago Dramatists

ACTOR SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY
Roy Dotrice, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Goodman
Mark Douglas-Jones, A Dybbuk, Red Hen Productions
Michael Grant, God’s Man in Texas, Northlight
Tim Grimm, Bluff, VG
Howard Witt, Boy Gets Girl, Goodman

ACTRESS PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Karla L. Beard, Once on This Island, Apple Tree
Kristen Behrendt, Side Show, Northlight
E. Faye Butler, Dinah Was, Northlight
Susie McMonagle, Side Show, Northlight

ACTOR PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Guy Adkins, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Andrew J. Lupp, My One and Only, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Roger Mueller, 1776, Drury Lane Oakbrook

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Kelly Anne Clark, Victor/Victoria, Marriott Lincolnshire
Carla J. Hargrove, Dinah Was, Northlight
Paula Scrofano, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park

ACTOR SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Nikkieli DeMone, Side Show, Northlight
Don Forston, The Pirates of Penzance, Marriott Lincolnshire
David Lively, 1776, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Lee Worthy, Stones, Bailiwick Repertory

ACTRESS IN A REVUE
La Tonya Beacham, Mahalia, Black Ensemble Theater (BET)
Catherine Curtin, Love, Janis, Reading Entertainment, Off Broadway Investments, Alan J. Schuster, Jam Theatricals and Metropolitan Group
Andra C. Mitrovich, Love, Janis, Reading Entertainment, Off Broadway Investments, Alan J. Schuster, Jam Theatricals and Metropolitan Group
Stephnie Weir, Second City 4.0, Second City

ACTOR IN A REVUE
Martin Garcia, History Repaints Itself, Second City e.t.c.
Chester Gregory II, The Jackie Wilson Story, BET

ENSEMBLE
Among the Thugs, Next Theatre
A Chorus Line, Drury Lane Evergreen Park
Ghetto, Famous Door Theatre Co.
Killer Joe, Darren Lee Cole and Scott Morfee
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Steppenwolf
Shakespeare’s R&J, Apple Tree Theatre/Chicago Shakespeare

SCENIC DESIGN
Scott Cooper, American Buffalo, ATC
Geoffrey M. Curley, [sic], Roadworks with Soho Rep
David Gropman, Hysteria, Steppenwolf
Daniel P. Ostling, Valparaiso, Steppenwolf
Michael Philippi, Boy Gets Girl, Goodman

COSTUME DESIGN
Mara Blumenfeld, The Learned Ladies, Court
Mara Blumenfeld, The Odyssey, Goodman
Michael Krass, All’s Well That Ends Well, Chicago Shakespeare
Nancy Missimi, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marriott Lincolnshire
Gregory W. Slawko, My One and Only, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Paul Tazewell, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare

LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind, Antony and Cleopatra, Chicago Shakespeare
John Culbert, Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, Court Theatre
T. J. Gerckens, The Odyssey, Goodman
Jeffrey Lowney, Shakespeare’s R&J, Apple Tree/Chicago Shakespeare
Kevin Rigdon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Steppenwolf

SOUND DESIGN
JR Conklin, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare
Lindsay Jones, Among the Thugs, Next
Lindsay Jones, Shakespeare’s R&J, Apple Tree/Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, Valparaiso, Steppenwolf
Roderick Peeples, Ghetto, Famous Door
Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman, Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, Court Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY
Randy Duncan, Once on This Island, Apple Tree
Rudy Hogenmiller, A Chorus Line, Drury Lane Evergreen Park
Kenny Ingram, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marriott Lincolnshire
Tammy Mader, My One and Only, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Marc Robin, The Pirates of Penzance, Marriott Lincolnshire

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Michael Bodeen and Willie Schwarz, The Odyssey, Goodman
Alaric Jans, All’s Well That Ends Well, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Sam Andrew, Love, Janis, Reading Entertainment, Off Broadway Investments, Alan J. Schuster, Jam Theatricals and Metropolitan Group
William Knowles, Dinah Was, Northlight
Jeff Lewis, Side Show, Northlight
Tom Murray, Once on This Island, Apple Tree
Jimmy Tillman, The Jackie Wilson Story, BET

PRODUCTION - NON-RESIDENT
Aida, Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, Peter Schneider & Thomas Schumacher
Fosse, Fosse Touring LLC, an SFX Entertainment Company
Miss Saigon, Cameron Mackintosh

ACTRESS PRINCIPAL ROLE - NON-RESIDENT
Heather Headley, Aida, Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, Peter Schneider & Thomas Schumacher
Reva Rice, Fosse, Fosse Touring LLC, an SFX Entertainment Company

ACTOR PRINCIPAL ROLE - NON-RESIDENT
Joseph Anthony Foronda, Miss Saigon, Cameron Mackintosh
Van Zeiler, Buddy, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts by arrangement with Paul Elliott, Laurie Mansfield, and Greg Smith

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