The 22nd Elliot Norton Awards
May 17, 2004 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.
Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association and Emerson College, the awards honored the season’s best work in Boston’s theaters (from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004).

 

Guest of Honor: Edward Albee, playwright
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Paula Plum, actor

Outstanding Visiting Production
As You Like It (Theatre Royal Bath, Sir Peter Hall Company, Broadway in Boston & Huntington Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Production by a Large Resident Company
The Long Christmas Ride Home (Trinity Repertory Company)

 

Outstanding Production by a Small Resident Company
Collected Stories (Gloucester Stage)

 

Outstanding Musical Production by a Large Resident Company
Pacific Overtures (North Shore Music Theatre)

 

Outstanding Musical Production by a Small Resident Company
Sweeney Todd (New Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company
Jesus Hopped the A Train (Company One)

 

Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company
Pussy on the House (The Gold Dust Orphans)

 

Outstanding Director, Large Company
Kevin Moriarty, Merry Wives of Windsor (Trinity Repertory Company)

 

Outstanding Director, Small Company
Rick Lombardo, Sweeney Todd (New Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Set Design
Yi Li Ming, Snow in June (American Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Actress, Large Company
Julie White, Bad Dates (Huntington Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Actress, Small Company
Leigh Barrett, Jacques Brel (Gloucester Stage), Sweeney Todd and The Three Penny Opera (New Repertory Theatre), Follies (Overture Productions)

 

Outstanding Actor, Large Company
Paxton Whitehead, What the Butler Saw (Huntington Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Actor, Small Company
Vincent E. Siders, Jesus Hopped the A Train (Company One), Monticel’ (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), Our Lady of 121st Street (SpeakEasy Stage)

 

Special Citations
Overture Productions, ‘Follies’ in Concert
Puppet Showplace Theatre, 30 years of productions