Nominees — Helen and Morris Zoren World Theater Award 2018-2019
Two awards are issued a year.
At the beginning of each year, the Philadelphia Theater Critic’s Award is bestowed to productions and performers appearing between New Brunswick, N.J. and Wilmington, Del.
Mid-year, more in keeping with the way seasons work, a diary of any show seen anywhere in the world is distilled into the Helen and Morris Zoren World Theater Awards.
This year, more than 140 productions were ranked. These include performances seen in New York and London. The top five in each category graduates to nominee status. Today the nominees are listed. At the end of the way, the recipients will be revealed, along with the list of the Top 40 is each category.
The nominees for the 2018-2019 Helen and Morris Zoren World Theater Awards are:
BEST PRODUCTION
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by William Shakespeare, Royal National Theatre, London
COME FROM AWAY by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York
THE FERRYMAN by Jez Butterworth, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
HADESTOWN by Anaïs Mitchell, Royal National Theatre, London
NETWORK by Lee Hall after Paddy Chayefesky, Belasco Theatre, New York
BEST ACTOR
BRYAN CRANSTON, Network, Belasco Theatre, New York
RALPH FIENNES, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal National Theatre, London
BRIAN D’ARCY JAMES, The Ferryman, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
AUSTIN NEDROW, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia
MATTEO SCAMMELL, Romeo and Juliet, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia; Sweat, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia
BEST ACTRESS
ANNETTE BENING, All My Sons, American Airlines Theatre, New York
ROSALIE CRAIG, Company, Gielgud Theatre, London
TATIANA MASLANY, Network, Belasco Theatre, New York
ELAINE MAY, The Waverly Gallery, John Golden Theatre, New York
SOPHIE OKONEDO, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal National Theatre, London
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
TONY GOLDWYN, Network, Belasco Theatre, New York
ANDY GROTELUESCHEN, Tootsie, Marquis Theatre, New York
PATRICK PAGE, Hadestown, Royal National Theatre, London
ALLEN LEWIS RICKMAN, The Sunshine Boys, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol, Pa.
GREG WOOD, Twelfth Night, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Center Valley, Pa.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MICHE BRADEN, Nina Simone: Four Women, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Malvern, Pa.
FIONNULA FLANAGAN, The Ferryman, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
AMBER GRAY, Hadestown, Royal National Theatre, London
MERCEDES RUEHL, Torch Song, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York
SARAH STILES, Tootsie, Marquis Theatre, New York
BEST DIRECTOR
RACHEL CHAVKIN, Hadestown, Royal National Theatre, London
SIMON GODWIN, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal National Theatre, London
SAM MENDES, The Ferryman, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
IVO VAN HOVE, Network, Belasco Theatre, New York
BLANKA ZIZKA, Romeo and Juliet, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia
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