Awards & Winners

1989 Helen Hayes Award

Check winners and nominations of 1989 Helen Hayes Award. Check awards winners of The 5th Annual Helen Hayes Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

The 5th Annual Helen Hayes Awards

Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

Kim Criswell

Honored for : Side by Side by Sondheim

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Criswell Side by Side by Sondheim
Deidra L. Johnson Sanctuary D.C.
Jane Pesci-Townsend Revenge of Mrs. Foggybottom
Sharon Scruggs Elmer Gantry
Karen Akers Side by Side by Sondheim
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

William Pucilowsky

Honored for : The Constant Wife

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Pucilowsky The Constant Wife
Susan Hirschfeld The Merchant Of Venice
Martin Pakledinaz The Cocoanuts
Marjorie Slaiman Enrico IV
Smaranda Branescu Six Characters in Search of an Author
Smaranda Branescu Macbeth
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

Charles Janasz

Honored for : The Cocoanuts

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Janasz The Cocoanuts
Stephen Mellor The Cocoanuts
Robert C. Torri La Cage Aux Folles
Martin Vidnovic Side by Side by Sondheim
Casey Biggs Elmer Gantry
Mitchell Greenberg The Cocoanuts
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production

Jennifer Mendenhall

Honored for : Aunt Dan and Lemon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brigid Cleary House of Blue Leaves
Jennifer Mendenhall Aunt Dan and Lemon
Franchelle Stewart Dorn Macbeth
Shirley Knight The Cherry Orchard
Kelly McGillis The Merchant Of Venice
Grainne Cassidy Sharon and Billy
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

Victor Garber

Honored for : Wenceslas Square
(for the production at the Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sammy Cahn Words and Music
for the production at the Ford's Theatre
Tim Curry Me and My Girl
for the production at the National Theatre
Victor Garber Wenceslas Square
for the production at the Kennedy Center
John Lithgow M. Butterfly
for the production at the National Theatre
Brock Peters Driving Miss Daisy
for the production at the Kennedy Center
BD Wong M. Butterfly
for the production at the National Theatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production

Arena Stage

Honored for : Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arena Stage Six Characters in Search of an Author
Arena Stage The Cherry Orchard
Horizons Theatre Eleemosynary
Round House Theatre Baby with the Bathwater
Shakespeare Theatre Company Macbeth
Studio Theatre The Colored Museum
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production

Edward Gero

Honored for : Macbeth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Gero Macbeth
Philip Goodwin The Merchant Of Venice
Ernie Meier Baby with the Bathwater
Christopher Hurt On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning
John Michael Higgins The Butterfingers Angel
L. Peter Callender Playboy of the West Indies
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production

Sarah Marshall

Honored for : Baby with the Bathwater

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lilia Skala Les Blancs
Patricia Conolly Ring Round the Moon
June Hansen An Ideal Husband
Sarah Marshall Baby with the Bathwater
Kathryn Kelley The Glass Menagerie
Michaeleen O'Neil Safe Sex
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Bruce Norris

Honored for : Wenceslas Square
(for the production at the Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Norris Wenceslas Square
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Esther Marrow Harlem Suite
for the production at the Warner Theatre
Stephen Root Driving Miss Daisy
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Erick Devine Me and My Girl
for the production at the National Theatre
Fannie Green Abyssinia
for the production at the Arena Stage
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Allen Lee Hughes

Honored for : Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Nominee Nominated Work
Allen Lee Hughes Six Characters in Search of an Author
Nancy Schertler Aunt Dan and Lemon
Nancy Schertler Playboy of the West Indies
Stephen Strawbridge Macbeth
Daniel MacLean Wagner Eleemosynary
Daniel MacLean Wagner On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Honored for : The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
(for the production at The Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Centre Management Cirque du Soleil
for the production at the Centre Management
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
for the production at The Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Driving Miss Daisy
for the production at The Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Wenceslas Square
for the production at The Kennedy Center
National Theatre Corporation Ain't Misbehavin'
for the production at the National Theatre
National Theatre Corporation Me and My Girl
for the production at the National Theatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical

Arena Stage

Honored for : The Cocoanuts

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arena Stage The Cocoanuts
Ford’s Theatre Society Elmer Gantry
The No-Neck Monsters Theatre Company Sanctuary D.C.
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Side by Side by Sondheim
Studio Theatre Gifts of the Magi
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Resident Production

Liviu Ciulei

Honored for : Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leslie Jacobson Eleemosynary
Michael Kahn Macbeth
Kim Rubenstein Baby with the Bathwater
Douglas C. Wager The Cocoanuts
Joe Banno Tartuffe
Liviu Ciulei Six Characters in Search of an Author
The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead
The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service

WETA-TV

(for Around Town program)
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

Larry L. King

Honored for : The Night Hank Williams Died

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry L. King The Night Hank Williams Died
David Lemos More Than Names
David Henry Hwang M. Butterfly
Mel Marvin Elmer Gantry
John Bishop Elmer Gantry
Heather McDonald The Rivers and Ravines
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production

Michael Willis

Honored for : The Boys Next Door

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Nominee Nominated Work
Floyd King The Mystery of Irma Vep
Stanley Anderson Enrico IV
Brian Bedford The Merchant Of Venice
Michael Willis The Boys Next Door
Brian Hemmingsen Endgame
Tom Hewitt Ring Round the Moon
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

Russell Metheny

Honored for : Eleemosynary

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Nominee Nominated Work
Adrianne Lobel Playboy of the West Indies
Thomas Lynch The Cocoanuts
Russell Metheny Eleemosynary
Michael Yeargan Macbeth
Liviu Ciulei Six Characters in Search of an Author
KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production

Jane Wagner

Honored for : The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
(for the production at the Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Wagner The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Ron Lagomarsino Driving Miss Daisy
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Mike Ockrent Me and My Girl
for the production at the National Theatre
Tazewell Thompson Abyssinia
for the production at the Arena Stage
Jerry Zaks Wenceslas Square
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Lily Tomlin

Honored for : The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
(for the production at The Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dana Ivey Wenceslas Square
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Madeline Kahn Born Yesterday
for the production at The National Theatre
Lily Tomlin The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Tina Fabrique Abyssinia
for the production at the Arena Stage
Julie Harris Driving Miss Daisy
for the production at The Kennedy Center