1ST THRU 9TH ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS: 1983-1991

 

The 9th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association, 1991.

 

Guest of Honor: Helen Hayes, actor

 

Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Julie Harris, actor

 

Outstanding Actor
Jonathan Epstein, Rat in the Skull

Outstanding Actress
Christine Estabrook (American Repertory Theatre)

Special Honors
Brian Bedford
Gerard Alessandrini
Joe Spaulding
Geraldine Guardino
Phyllis Curtin
James Spruill
Marie-Christine Mouis

 

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The 8th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theater District Association, 1990.

 

Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Robert Morse, actor (Tru)

 

Outstanding Actress
Dossy Peabody, Widow’s Blind Date (Gloucester Stage Company)

Outstanding Actor
Jeremiah Kissel

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The 7th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Friends of Boston Theatre, 1989.

 

Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Jacques Cartier, director (Don Juan, Huntington Theatre Company)

 

Citations:
Allen Koenig (President, Emerson College)
Robert Merowitz (Wilbur Theatre owner)

 

Commendations:
Michael Goodson (actor, posthumously)
Ruth Maleczech (actress)
Tina Packer (director, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching to the Somme)

 

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The 6th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1988.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Sir Ian McKellen, actor (Acting Shakespeare, Charles Playhouse)

 

The 5th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1987.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Sandra Shipley, actor

 

The 4th Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1986.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Israel Horovitz, playwright, Artistic Director, Gloucester Stage Company

The 3rd Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by League of Boston Theatres & Producers, 1985.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Peter Sellars, director, Boston Shakespeare Company

 

The 2nd Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theatre District Association, 1984.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Robert Brustein, Founding Artistic Director, American Repertory Theatre

 

The 1st Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theatre District Association, 1983.
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Peter Altman, Founding Producing Director, Huntington Theatre Company