More Awards News: Huntington Receives 12 Elliot Norton Award Nominations

The IRNE Awards were presented last night, and so now our attention turns to the Boston Theatre Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards, to be presented on Monday, May 21. The 2012 Elliot Norton Awards will honor productions that played April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012.

The Huntington received 12 nominations, second only to SpeakEasy Stage Company, our friends and neighbors in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, who recieved 13.

Outstanding Visiting Production: Richard III and The Comedy of Errors
(Propeller Theatre Company)

Richard Clothier, photo: Manuel Harlan

Outstanding Musical Production (Large Theatre): Candide

Cast of Candide, photo: T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding Production (Large Theatre): Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Yvette Freeman and Corey Allen in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, photo: T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding Production (Large Theatre): Sons of the Prophet

Dan McCabe and Joanna Gleason in Sons of the Prophet, photo: Paul Marotta

Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress (Large Theatre): Lauren Molina, Candide

Lauren Molina in Candide, photo: T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Large Theatre): Yusef Bulos, Sons of the Prophet 

Yusef Bulos in Sons of the Prophet, photo: Paul Marotta

Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Large Theatre): Richard Clothier, Richard III

Richard Clothier in Richard III, photo: Manuel Harlan

Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Large Theatre): Jason Bowen, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Glen Turner and Jason Bowen in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, photo: T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding Director (Large Theatre): Mary Zimmerman, Candide

Cast of Candide, photo by T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding Design (Large Theatre): Daniel Ostling [set], Mara Blumenfeld [costumes], T.J. Gerckens [lighting], and Richard Woodbury [sound], Candide

Cast of Candide, photo by T. Charles Erickson

Outstanding New Script: Sons of the Prophet, Stephen Karam

Jonathan Louis Dent, Dan McCabe, Kelsey Kurz, Yusef Bulos in Sons of the Prophet, photo by Paul Marotta

Read the full list of nominations. Congratulations to all nominees! Results to come in May.