1969 through 1997

LADCC Past Recipients
1969

PRODUCTION
Arturo Ui, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
The Company Theatre, For consistent high quality

DIRECTION
Stephen Kent, The Emergence and Such as We Are for as Long as It Lasts
Robert Moore, Boys in the Band

PLAYWRITING
Mart Crowley, Boys in the Band
Harvey Perr, Rosebloom

PERFORMANCE
Susan Batson, Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God
Michael Lipton, Boys in the Band

SET DESIGN
Peter Harvey, Boys in the Band
Russell Pyle, For consistent high quality

1970

PRODUCTION
Dream on Monkey Mountain, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Private Lives, Greek Theatre Assn. & James A. Doolittle
Story Theater, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
The Three Sisters, National Theatre Company of Great Britain

DIRECTION
Paul Sills, Story Theater

PLAYWRITING
Lonne Elder III, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Charles Gordone, No Place to Be Somebody

PERFORMANCE
Brian Bedford, Private Lives
Roscoe Lee Browne, Dream on Monkey Mountain
Lou Gossett, Murderous Angels
Maggie Smith, The Three Sisters

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tharon Musser, Dream on Monkey Mountain

SET DESIGN
Harry Horner, Idiots Delight
Josef Swoboba, The Three Sisters

1971

PRODUCTION
Major Barbara, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Metamorphoses, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
School for Wives, The Phoenix Theatre

DIRECTION
Gordon Davidson, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Edward Parone, Major Barbara
Stephen Porter, School for Wives
Paul Sills, Metamorphoses

PLAYWRITING
Paul Zindel, And Miss Readon Drinks a Little

DRAMATIC TRANSLATION
Richard Wilbur, School for Wives

ADAPTATION
Saul Levitt, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, Company

PERFORMANCE
Brian Bedford, School for Wives
Hume Cronyn, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Avery Schreiber, Metamorphoses

COSTUME DESIGN
Cecil Beaton, Coco

LIGHTING DESIGN
H.R. Poindexter, Metamorphoses

SET DESIGN
Boris Aronson, Company
Mago, Design for Living

1972

PRODUCTION
Follies, Shubert Theatre
Yerma, Nuria Espert Company at UCLA

DIRECTION
Vinnette Carroll, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, Follies
Michael Road, Come Slowly Eden

PLAYWRITING
John Guare, House of Blue Leaves

PERFORMANCE
Victor Buono, Henry IV, Part I
Betty Garrett, Spoon River Anthology
Katherine Helmond, House of Blue Leaves
Paula Kelly, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Karen Koranye, Come Slowly Eden
Jack Macgowran, The Works of Beckett

COSTUME DESIGN
Jean-Pierre Dorleac, Marat/Sade
Florence Klotz, Follies

LIGHTING DESIGN
Rick Davis, Come Slowly Eden
Tharon Musser, Follies

SET DESIGN
Boris Arons, Follies
Victor Garcia and Fabian Puigserver, Yerma
Carl Toms, Sleuth

CHOREOGRAPHY
Claude Thompson, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

MUSICAL DIRECTION & ARRANGEMENT
H.P. Barnum, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Russell Pyle

1973

PRODUCTION
Bus Stop, MET Theater
Cyrano de Bergerac, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
Dominus Marlowe, ProVisional Theater Foundation

DIRECTION
Gil Dennis, In Celebration
James Gammon, Bus Stop
Steve Kent, Dominus Marlowe

PLAYWRITING
Jason Miller, That Championship Season
David Storey, In Celebration

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Margaret Avery, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Richard Chamberlain, Cyrano de Bergerac
Michael Cristofer, The Tooth of the Crime
William Hunt, Dominus Marlowe
Deborah Kerr, The Day After the Fair
Ron Thompson, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
John Ashton, A Flea in Her Ear
Belinda Balaski, Bus Stop
Frederic Downs, Bus Stop
Joan Van Ark, As You Like It

COSTUME DESIGN
Lewis Brown, Cyrano de Bergerac
Victoria Carroll and Victoria DeKay, A Flea in Her Ear

LIGHTING DESIGN
Donald Harris and H.R. Poindexter, Cyrano de Bergerac
Russell Pyle, The Hashish Club

SET DESIGN
Richard McGuire, Bus Stop
H.R. Poindexter, Cyrano de Bergerac

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Theatre Vanguard and its Judith S. Thomas Foundation

1974

PRODUCTION
The Taming of the Shrew, American Conservatory Theatre

DIRECTION
Michael Bennett, Seesaw
Gordon Davidson, Savages

PLAYWRITING
Gardner McKay, Sea Marks
Christopher Hampton, Savages

MUSIC & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Colleen Dewhurst, Moon for the Misbegotten
James Gammon, Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Betty Garrett, Betty Garrett and Other Songs
Marc Singer, The Taming of the Shrew

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Andra Akers, A Little Night Music
John Savage, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

COSTUME DESIGN
Florence Klotz, A Little Night Music

LIGHTING DESIGN
John Gleason, Savages
H.R. Poindexter, The Time of the Cuckoo

SET DESIGN
Tim Scott and Patrick McFadden, Picnic
Robert W. Zentis, The New Bijou Soft Shoe

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Robert W. Zentis

1975

PRODUCTION
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?,  CAST Theatre
Cyrano de Bergerac, Shakespeare Society of America
The Dybbuk, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Edward II, The Acting Company
The Kitchen, Los Angeles Actors Theatre
Small Craft Warnings, Callboard Theatre

DIRECTION
Gwen Arner, The Kitchen
DeVeren Bookwalter, Cyrano de Bergerac
William Devane, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
John Hirsch, The Dybbuk
Gordon Davidson, The Shadow Box

PLAYWRITING
Michael Cristofer, The Shadow Box

LEAD PERFORMANCE
DeVeren Bookwalter, Cyrano de Bergerac
Hume Cronyn, Noel Coward in Two Keys
Charles Cyphers, The Caretaker
Shay Duffin, Brendan Behan
Dorothy McGuire, Night of the Iguana
Jonathan McMurtry, Uncle Vanya
Jessica Tandy, Noel Coward in Two Keys

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Frank Langella, Seascape
Nehemiah Persoff, The Dybbuk
Carole Shelley, The Norman Conquests
David Spielberg, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Bill McSwain, Look Homeward, Angel

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, The Kitchen

COSTUME DESIGN
Jean-Pierre Dorleac, A Doll's House
Anthony Powell, Ring Round the Moon

LIGHTING DESIGN
Pat Collins, The Dybbuk

SET DESIGN
Garvin Eddy, The Caretaker
Anthony Powell, Ring Round the Moon
Robert W. Zentis, The Kitchen

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Gary Davis

1976

PRODUCTION
A Chorus Line, Shubert Theatre
Equus, Huntington Hartford Theatre

DIRECTION
John Allison, Medea
Michael Bennett, A Chorus Line
William Devane, The Changing Room
John Dexter, Equus
Danny Goldman and Julia Steiny, Skyjack '76: Entebbe

PLAYWRITING
Peter Shaffer, Equus

BOOK FOR MUSICAL
James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, A Chorus Line

MUSIC & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Brian Bedford, Equus
Mary Jo Catlett, Come Back, Little Sheba
Carole Shelley, The Royal Family

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Barbara Lang, The Robber Bridegroom
Tamara Long, The Great American Backstage Musical

COSTUME DESIGN
Geoffrey Holder, The Wiz
Florence Klotz, Pacific Overtures

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tharon Musser, A Chorus Line
Tharon Musser, Pacific Overtures

SET DESIGN
Boris Aronson, Pacific Overtures
David Lukas and James Riddle, Come Back, Little Sheba

CHOREOGRAPHY
Michael Bennett and Bob Avian, A Chorus Line

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Los Angeles Actors Theatre

1977

PRODUCTION
And the Soul Shall Dance, East/West Players
Chapter Two, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson and Emanuel Azenberg
The Martian Chronicles, Colony Studio Theatre Playhouse
Porgy and Bess, Houston Grand Opera and Sherwin M. Goldman
Streamers, Westwood Playhouse

DIRECTION
Paul Aaron, The Tenth Man
Milton Katselas, Streamers
Mako and Alberto Isaac, And the Soul Shall Dance

PLAYWRITING
David Rabe, Streamers
Neil Simon, Chapter Two

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Julie Cobb, After the Fall
Bruce Davison, Streamers
David Dukes, Travesties
Anthony Hopkins, Equus
Richard Lawson, Streamers
Barbra Rae, In the Boom Boom Room

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Coral Browne, The Importance of Being Earnest
Charles Durning, Streamers
Shizuko Hoshi, And the Soul Shall Dance

COSTUME DESIGN
Edguard Johnson, In Good King Charles' Golden Days
Patrick Duffy Whitbeck, Conrad Wolff and Don Woodruff, The Martian Chronicles

LIGHTING DESIGN
Terrence Shank, The Martian Chronicles

SET DESIGN
James J. Agazzi, In Good King Charles' Golden Days
Keith Hein, A Loss of Roses
Terrence Shank, The Martian Chronicles

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Edward Weston

1978

PRODUCTION
The Gin Game, Huntington Hartford
Zoot Suit, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

DIRECTION
Elaine Moe, Another Part of the Forest
Sydney May Morrison, The Corn Is Green
Mike Nichols, The Gin Game
Dennis Rosa, Dracula

WRITING
Dick Shawn, The 2nd Greatest Entertainer in the World

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Lucie Arnaz, They're Playing Our Song
Hume Cronyn, The Gin Game
Fionnula Flanagan, James Joyce's Women
Robert Klein, They're Playing Our Song
Karen Kondazian, The Rose Tattoo
Elaine Moe, The Corn Is Green
Edward James Olmos, Zoot Suit
Dick Shawn, The 2nd Greatest Entertainer in the World
Jessica Tandy, The Gin Game

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Mark Blankfield, Bullshot Crummond
Logan Ramsey, Luther

COSTUME DESIGN
Edward Gorey, Dracula
Geoffrey Holder, Timbuktu

SET DESIGN
Edward Gorey, Dracula
David Mitchell, Annie

1979

PRODUCTION
Chicago Conspiracy Trial, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Evita, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera
Children of a Lesser God, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

DIRECTION
Frank Condon, Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Hal Prince, Evita

WRITING
Frank Condon and Ron Sossi, Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Barbara Perry, Monday Afternoon at the Pink Pussycat

MUSIC & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, Evita

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Judy Kaye, On the Twentieth Century
Jack Lemmon, Tribute
George Murdoch, Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Mandy Patinkin, Evita
Barbara Perry, Monday Afternoon at the Pink Pussycat
John Rubinstein, Children of a Lesser God

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Imogene Coca, On the Twentieth Century
Martin Vidnovic, Oklahoma!

COSTUME DESIGN
Robert Morgan, A Man For All Seasons
Noel Taylor and Jean Blanchette, Dear Antoine

LIGHTING DESIGN
Jules Fisher, Dancin'
David Hersey, Evita
Tharon Musser, Terra Nova

SET DESIGN
Jon Lee Beaty, Talley's Folly
Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth, Evita

CHOREOGRAPHY
Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, Dancin'
Larry Fuller, Evita

COMBAT STAGING
Lanny Broyles, Two Noble Kinsmen

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Santa Monica Playhouse

1980

PRODUCTION
Eden, Los Angeles Actors Theatre
The Elephant Man, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
The Grapes of Wrath, Colony Studio Theatre Playhouse

DIRECTION
Yurek Bogayevica, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Edmund J. Cambridge, Eden
Jack Hoffsis, The Elephant Man
Terrence Shank, The Grapes of Wrath
Warner Shook, Philadelphia, Here I Come

PLAYWRITING
Steve Carter, Eden
John Gray and Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Philip Anglim, The Elephant Man
Georgia Brown, An Evening with Gerogia Brown & Her Friends
Julie Harris, On Golden Pond
Carl Lumbly, Eden
Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War
Ford Rainey, Home

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Mary Jo Catlett, Philadelphia, Here I Come
Marilyn Coleman, Eden
Harold Gary, The Price

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Tracers, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

COSTUME DESIGN
Garland Riddle, The Barretts of Wimpole Street

SET DESIGN
John Lee Beatty, Holiday
Gene Mazzanti, The Grapes of Wrath
James Riddle, The Barretts of Wimpole Street
John Wulp, The Crucifer of Blood

CHOREOGRAPHY
Tommy Tune, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

SPECIAL VISUAL & SOUND EFFECTS
Bran Ferren, The Crucifer of Blood

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Diane White

1981

PRODUCTION
Chekhov in Yalta, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
The Hasty Heart, Catalina Production Group Ltd.
Peter Pan, Pantages Theatre
Sweeney Todd, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera

DIRECTION
Allan Miller, The Fox
Harold Prince, Sweeney Todd
Martin Speer, The Hasty Heart

PLAYWRITING
John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow, Chekhov in Yalta
William Mastrosimone, The Woodgatherer

MUSIC & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Karen Austin, Nuts
Barbara Beckley, Getting Out
Sandy Duncan, Peter Pan
Gregory Harrison, The Hasty Heart
George Hearn, Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Ed Harris, Prairie Avenue
Edward Edwards, The Hasty Heart

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Hasty Heart

COSTUME DESIGN
John Conklin, Chekhov in Yalta
Esther Kashkin, Fantod: A Victorian Reverie

LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Billington, Sweeney Todd
Michael Lincoln, Dandelion Wine

SET DESIGN
A. Clark Duncan, The Hasty Heart
Christopher M. Idoine, Fantod: A Victorian Reverie
Gene Mazzanti, Dandelion Wine
William Ritman, Morning's at Seven

CHOREOGRAPHY
Graciela Daniela, The Pirates of Penzance

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Willim Elliot, The Pirates of Penzance

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Flying by Foy, Peter Pan

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Ron Sossi

1982

PRODUCTION
Betrayal, Matrix Theatre
Creeps, Theatre/Theater
Greek,  L.A. Theatre Works

DIRECTION
Steven Berkoff, Greek
Jeff Murray, Creeps
Sam Weisman, Betrayal

PLAYWRITING
Stephen Berkoff, Greek
Harold Pinter, Betrayal

MUSIC & LYRICS
William Finn, March of the Falsettos

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Matthew Broderick, Brighton Beach Memoirs
Graham Brown, Nevis Mountain Dew
Bill Erwin, Old Friends
Penny Fuller, Betrayal
Elizabeth Huddle, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
Ian McShane, Betrayal
Laurie O'Brien, Mary Barnes

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Carmen Argenziano, A Prayer for My Daughter

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Greek

COSTUME DESIGN
Sam Kirkpatrick, The Misanthrope
Bob Mackie, Movie Star

LIGHTING DESIGN
Gerry Hariton and Vicki Baral, Betrayal
Gerry Hariton and Vicki Baral, Greek
Russell Pyle, Journey's End
Tom Ruzika, Henry IV, Part I

SET DESIGN
A. Clark Duncan, Journey's End
Gerry Hariton and Vicki Baral, Betrayal

SOUND DESIGN
Jon Gottlieb, Journey's End

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Russell Pyle, Journey's End

MOVEMENT CONSULTANT
Karen Dick, Creeps

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Joseph Stern

1983

PRODUCTION
Cloud Nine, L.A. Stage West
Playboy of the Western World, South Coast Repertory

DIRECTION
Don Amendolia, Cloud Nine
Martin Benson, Playboy of the Western World
Michael Peretzian, A Life

PLAYWRITING
Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
John Kostmayer, On the Money

MUSICAL SCORE
Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Jeffrey Combs, Playboy of the Western World
Donald Corren, Torch Song Trilogy
Barbara Rush, A Woman of Independent Means
Jean Smart, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
Ray Stricklyn, Vieux Carre

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Megan Cole, Playboy of the Western World
Laurie Walters, Playboy of the Western World

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Cloud Nine

CREATION PERFORMANCE
Ian McKellen, Acting Shakespeare
Bill Irwin, M.C. O'Connor, Doug Skinner, The Regard of Flight

COSTUME DESIGN
Robert Blackman, A Month in the Country
Barbara Cox, Playboy of the Western World

LIGHTING DESIGN
Martin Aronstein, A Month in the Country
Cameron Harvey, Playboy of the Western World

SET DESIGN
D. Martyn Bookwalter, On the Money
Mark Donnelly, Playboy of the Western World
Ralph Funicello, A Month in the Country

CHOREOGRAPHY
Michael Bennett and Michael Peters, Dreamgirls

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Stephen Smith, Merrily We Roll Along

VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Cleavant Derricks, Dreamgirls

PUPPET CREATION
Martin P. Robinson, Little Shop of Horrors

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Ted Schmitt

1984

PRODUCTION
In the Belly of the Beast, Center Theatre Group/Taper Too
In Trousers, Catalina Production Group Ltd.
Tamara, Maple Interactive Entertainment Ltd.

DIRECTION
Matt Casella, In Trousers
Richard Rose, Tamara
Robert Woodruff, In the Belly of the Beast

LITERARY ADAPTATION
Adrian Hall and Robert Woodruff, In the Belly of the Beast

MUSICAL SCORE
William Finn, In Trousers
Randy Newman, Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong

CONCEPT
John Krizanc and Richard Rose, Tamara

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Elizabeth Huddle, Solo Flights
Andrew Robinson, In the Belly of the Beast

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Joan Copeland, Brighton Beach Memoirs
Edith Fields, Like One of the Family
Karen Hensel, Top Girls
Kenneth Tigar, The Coming of Stork

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Tamara

CREATION PERFORMANCE
Penn Gillette and Teller, Penn and Teller

COSTUME DESIGN
Theoni V. Aldridge, La Cage aux Folles
Gianfranco Ferre and Diana Eden, Tamara

LIGHTING DESIGN
Martin Aronstein, Passion Play
Paulie Jenkins, In the Belly of the Beast
Russell Pyle, Billy Budd

SET DESIGN
D. Martyn Bookwalter, Passion Play
Robert Checchi, Tamara
Bo Welsh, Steaming

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Roy Leake, Jr., In Trousers

MUSICAL ORCHESTRATION
Michael Starobin, In Trousers

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Susan Albert Loewenberg

1985

PRODUCTION
Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill,  Zephyr Theatre
Blue Window, South Coast Repertory
My One and Only, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera

DIRECTION
Paul Hough, Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill
Norman Rene, Blue Window
Kristoffer Siegel-Tabori, Inadmissable Evidence

WRITING
Craig Lucas, Blue Window

MUSICAL SCORE
Bob Telson, The Gospel at Colonnus

CONCEPT
Lee Breuer and Bob Telson, The Gospel at Colonnus

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Hume Cronyn, Foxfire
Ian McShane, Inadmissible Evidence
Dick Shawn, The 2nd Greatest Entertainer in the Whole Wide World
Ray Stricklyn, Confessions of a Nightengale
Jessica Tandy, Foxfire

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
John Anderson, In the Sweet Bye and Bye
Bruce Davison, The Normal Heart

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Andrea's Got Two Boyfriends
Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill
Blue Window

COSTUME DESIGN
Sam Kirkpatrick, Undiscovered Country
John Napier, Cats

LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Billinton, Foxfire
David Hersey, Cats

SET DESIGN
A. Clark Duncan, Inadmissible Evidence
Ming Cho Lee, Traveler in the Dark
John Napier, Cats

SOUND DESIGN
John Gottlieb, Nanwatai

CHOREOGRAPHY
Martha Clark, The Garden of Earthly Delights

MUSICAL DIRECTION
John Elton

FIGHT STAGING
John Robert Beardsley and Robert Bouchey, Romeo and Juliet

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Mako

1986

PRODUCTION
Bouncers, L.A. Theatre Works
The Iceman Cometh, UCLA James A. Doolittle Theatre
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, UCLA James A. Doolittle Theatre

DIRECTION
Ron Link, Bouncers
Jose Quintero, The Iceman Cometh
Sam Weisman, The Common Pursuit

WRITING
John Godbar, Bouncers
Simon Gray, The Common Pursuit
Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

MUSICAL SCORE
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Charles Hallahan, Rat in the Skull
Brian Kerwin, Strange Snow
Esai Morales, Tamer of Horses
Jason Robards, The Iceman Cometh
Lily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Dana Hill, Picnic
Marie Windsor, The Bar Off Melrose

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Asinimali
Bouncers

COSTUME DESIGN
Nicole Morin, Spain '36
Nicole Morin, Tartuffe

LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Peter Jampolis, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Thomas R. Skelton, The Iceman Cometh
Peter Maradudin, Bouncers

SET DESIGN
John Lee Beatty, Picnic
Ben Edwards, The Iceman Cometh

SOUND DESIGN
Bruce D. Cameron, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Nathan Wang, Bouncers

CHOREOGRAPHY
Jeff Calhoun, Bouncers

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Corey Allen, Nite Club Confidential

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Scott Kelman/Pipeline Productions

1987

PRODUCTION
Largo Desolato, Center Theatre Group/Taper Too
Master Class, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Misalliance, South Coast Repertory

DIRECTION
Martin Benson, Misalliance
John C. Fletcher,  A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard Jordan, Largo Desolato

WRITING
John Patrick Shanley, Savage in Limbo
August Wilson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Peter Erskine, A Midsummer Night's Dream

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Georgia Brown, Roza
Gene Dynarski, Master Class
Robin Gammell, Largo Desolato
John Glover, The Traveler
I.M. Hobson, Misalliance
Richard Lawson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Joseph Maher, Loot
Laurie O'Brien, Savage in Limbo
Elizabeth Ruscio, Savage in Limbo
Diane Salinger, Standing on My Knees

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Peter Frechette, Bent
Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

COSTUME DESIGN
Mary Sam Fleming, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Susan Dennison Geller, Misalliance

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tom Ruzika, Misalliance
Marty Schiff, Slaughterhouse on Tanner's Close
Greg Sullivan, A Midsummer Night's Dream

SET DESIGN
Loy Arcenas, Three Postcards
Gerry Hariton and Vicki Baral, Mail

SOUND DESIGN
Jon Gottlieb, Bent

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
ITP of Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper


1988

PRODUCTION
The Crucible, South Coast Repertory
El Salvador, Gnu Theatre
Fences, James A. Doolittle Theatre

DIRECTION
Martin Benson, The Crucible
Victor Pappas, South Central Rain
Jeff Seymour, El Salvador

WRITING
Jules Feiffer, Carnal Knowledge
Rafael Lima, El Salvador
August Wilson, Fences

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Les Miserables

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Danny Aiello, Hurlyburly
Kathy Bates, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
James Earl Jones, Fences
James Morrison, El Salvador
Lynne Thigpen, Fences
Chloe Webb, The Model Apartment
Paxton Whitehead, How the Other Half Loves

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Kandis Chappell, The Crucible
Vincent J. Isaac, Distant Fires
Scott Lincoln, South Central Rain
Deirdre O'Connell, Stars in the Morning Sky

CREATION PERFORMANCE
Jude Narita, Coming Into Passion/Song for a Sansei

COSTUME DESIGN
Andreane Neofitou, Les Miserables
Shigeru Yaji, The School for Scandal

LIGHTING DESIGN
Margaret Anne Dunn, Stone Wedding
David Hersey, Les Miserables
Tom Ruzika, The Crucible

SET DESIGN
Don Llewellyn, Distant Fires
Deborah Raymond and Dorian Vernacchio, Breaking the Silence

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Lies and Legends

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
The Actors Gang

1989

PRODUCTION
Cloud Nine, West Coast Ensemble
Stand-Up Tragedy, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

DIRECTION
Allison R. Liddi, Cloud Nine
Ron Link, Stand Up-Tragedy

WRITING
Bill Cain, Stand-Up Tragedy
Larry Shue, Wenceslas Square
Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Raymond J. Barry, Once in Doubt
Roscoe Lee Browne, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Michael Crawford, The Phantom of the Opera
Tyne Daly, Gypsy
Michael DeLorenzo, Stand-Up Tragedy
Julie Harris, Driving Miss Daisy
John Lithgow, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Joe Spano, American Buffalo

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Raymond Cruz, Buck
I.M. Hobson, You Never Can Tell
Nancy Lenehan, Wenceslas Square

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Cloud Nine

COSTUME DESIGN
Maria Bjornson, The Phantom of the Opera
Ann Hould-Ward, Into the Woods

LIGHTING DESIGN
Andrew Bridge, The Phantom of the Opera
Peter Maradudin, You Never Can Tell

SET DESIGN
Maria Bjornson, The Phantom of the Opera
Michael Devine, The Road to Mecca
Cliff Faulkner, You Never Can Tell

SOUND DESIGN
John Gottlieb, Minamata

CHOREOGRAPHY
Shabba-Doo, Stand-Up Tragedy

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Eric Stern, Gypsy

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
The Back Alley Theatre

1990

PRODUCTION
The Beggar's Opera, Pacific Theatre Ensemble
The Illusion, Los Angeles Theatre Center
Present Laughter, Melrose Theatre

DIRECTION
Martin Benson, Holy Days
Lisa James, Palladium is Moving
Richard Kline, Present Laughter
Stephanie Shroyer, The Beggar's Opera

WRITING
Athol Fugard, My Children! My Africa!

MUSIC & LYRICS
Brian Shucker, Babes

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Richard Doyle, Holy Days
Charles S. Dutton, The Piano Lesson
Ian Ogilvy, Present Laughter
Jeanne Paulsen, Holy Days
Brock Peters, My Children! My Africa!
Gordana Rashovich, A Shayna Maidel

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
John Fleck, The Illusion
Nathan Lane, The Lisbon Traviata

CREATION PERFORMANCE
Sheri Glaser, Family Secrets

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Beggar's Opera

COSTUME DESIGN
John Brandt, Lori Martin, Sarah Zinsser & Betsy Berenson, The Beggar's Opera
Marianna Elliott, The Illusion
Shigeru Yaji, Man and Superman

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tom Ruzika, Holy Days
Douglas D. Smith, The Illusion

SET DESIGN
D. Martyn Bookwalter, The Crucible
Steve Markus, Kevin McKeon & Kurt Wahlner, The Beggar's Opera
Douglas D. Smith, The Illusion

SOUND DESIGN
Jon Gottlieb, The Illusion

MASK DESIGN
Xander Berkeley, The Good Woman of Setzuan

MAKE-UP DESIGN
Elena Maluchin Breckenridge, The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Colony Studio Theatre

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Howard Korder, Search and Destroy

1991

PRODUCTION
Avenue A, CAST-at-the-Circle
Heartbreak House, South Coast Repertory
The Most Happy Fella, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson

DIRECTION
Martin Benson, Heartbreak House
Gerald Gutierrez, The Most Happy Fella
Jim Holmes, Avenue A

WRITING
David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Eileen Atkins, A Room of One's Own
Jeff Doucette, Rage!
Richard Frank, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jane Krakowski, Henceforward...
Robert Morse, Tru

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Loretta Devine, The Rabbit Foot
David Steen, Avenue A

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Forever Plaid

COSTUME DESIGN
Ann Bruice, You Can't Take It with You
Florence Klotz, City of Angels
Shigeru Yaji, Happy End

LIGHTING DESIGN
James F. Ingalls, Jelly's Last Jam

SET DESIGN
John Iacovelli, Heartbreak House
Robin Wagner, City of Angels

SOUND DESIGN
Jon Gottlieb, Henceforward...

CHOREOGRAPHY
Tommy Tune, Grand Hotel
Gregory Scott Young, Club Indigo

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Steven Freeman, Forever Plaid
Tim Stella, The Most Happy Fella
Linda Twine, Jelly's Last Jam

MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS
Robert Page and Frank Loesser, The Most Happy Fella
James Raitt, Forever Plaid

HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGN
Kevin Haney, Tru

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Paul Verdier and his Stages Theatre Center

TED SCHMITT AWARD
David Steen, Avenue A

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Paulie Jenkins

1992

PRODUCTION
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
The Kentucky Cycle, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Melody Jones, CAST Theatre

DIRECTION
Julie Cobb, Twelve Angry Men
Oskar Eustis and Tony Taccone, Angels in America
Ron Link, Melody Jones

WRITING
Tony Kushner, Angels in America
Robert Schenkkan, The Kentucky Cycle

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Kandis Chappell, Woman in Mind
Trevor Goddard, Cock & Bull Story
Charles Hallahan, The Kentucky Cycle
Ed Harris, Scar
Nan Martin, Odd Jobs
Bebe Neuwirth, Chicago
Mark Sheppard, Cock & Bull Story
Morgan Weisser, Being at Home with Claude

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The World Goes 'Round

CREATION PERFORMANCE
John Fleck, A Snowball's Chance in Hell
Charlayne Woodard, Pretty Fire

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Djimbe West African Dancers and Drummers, Twelfth Night

COSTUME DESIGN
Cara Varnell, Alex Jaegar and Lori Martin, Under the Gaslight
Ann Bruice, The Philadelphia Story

LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Booth, Melody Jones
Peter Maradudin, The Kentucky Cycle

SET DESIGN
Michael Olich, The Kentucky Cycle

SOUND DESIGN
Scott Watson, Melody Jones

CHOREOGRAPHY
Ann Reinking, Chicago
Susan Stroman, The World Goes 'Round

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Steven Applegate, Candide
John McDaniel, Chicago

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
West Coast Ensemble

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Tony Kushner, Angels in America

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Peter Maradudin

1993

PRODUCTION
Crazy for You, Shubert Theatre
The Tavern, Matrix Theatre

DIRECTION
Jules Aaron, Equus
Marilyn Fox, Ondine
Tony Giordano, The Tavern

WRITING
Roger Rueff, So Many Words

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Ron Campbell, Monsieur Shaherazad
Kandis Chappell, Shadowlands
Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard
Harold Gould, Incommunicado
Dakin Matthews, Shadowlands
Jack Noseworthy, Equus
Cotter Smith, The Tavern
Juliet Stevenson, Scenes From an Execution

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
J.D. Daniels, Conversations with My Father
Tony Maggio, La Bete

CREATION PERFORMANCE
John Robert Hoffman, Northern Lights
Anna Deavere Smith, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

SET DESIGN
Cliff Faulkner, Hay Fever
Gerard Howland, Great Day in the Morning
John Napier, Sunset Boulevard

LIGHTING DESIGN
Andrew Bridge, Sunset Boulevard
Peter Maradudin, Great Day in the Morning

COSTUME DESIGN
Walker Hicklin, Great Day in the Morning
Anthony Powell, Sunset Boulevard

SOUND DESIGN
Martin Levan, Sunset Boulevard

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Paul Gemignani, Crazy for You

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Tom Gerou, Ondine

MUSIC ORCHESTRATON
William D. Brohn, Crazy for You

CHOREOGRAPHY
Susan Stroman, Crazy for You

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Roger Rueff, So Many Words

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
J. Kent Inasy

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble

1994

PRODUCTION
Counsellor-At-Law, Interact Theatre
The Seagull, Matrix Theatre
The Visit, Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble

DIRECTION
Alan Johnson, 1940's Radio Hour
Stephanie Shroyer, The Visit
Milton Katselas, The Seagull
John Rubinstein & Anita Khanzadian, Counsellor-At-Law

WRITING
Scott McPherson, Marvin's Room

MUSIC & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, Assassins

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Nancy Linehan Charles, The Visit
Pat Destro, Dylan
Dave Higgins, Dylan
Marilyn Fox, Awake & Sing
John Rubinstein, Counsellor-At-Law

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Mary Carver, Counsellor-At-Law
Jane Lanier, Counsellor-At-Law
Marilyn McIntyre, Counsellor-At-Law

CREATION PERFORMANCE
Colin Martin, Virgins & Other Myths

SET DESIGN
John Arnone, The Who's Tommy
Matthew C. Jacobs, The Visit
Bradley Kaye, Counsellor-At-Law,

LIGHTING DESIGN
Deena Lynn Mullen, The Visit
Chris Parry, The Who's Tommy

COSTUME DESIGN
Jonathan Bixby, Sayonara
Cara Varnell, The Visit

SOUND DESIGN
Alan Faulkner, 1940's Radio Hour

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Brian Miller, 1940's Radio Hour
Louis St. Louis, Smokey Joe's Cafe

CHOREOGRAPHY
Wayne Cilento, The Who's Tommy

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Tom Gerou, The Visit

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Justin Tanner, Pot Mom

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Ken Booth

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Theatre 40

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Betty Garrett

1995

PRODUCTION
Beauty and the Beast, Shubert Theatre
The Homecoming, Matrix Theatre
Wit, South Coast Repertory

DIRECTION
Martin Benson, Wit
Andrew J. Robinson, Endgame
Andrew J. Robinson, The Homecoming

WRITING
Margaret Edson, Wit
Brad Fraser, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love

ADAPTATION
Deborah Rogin, The Woman Warrior

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Zoe Caldwell, Master Class
Megan Cole, Wit
Julie Hagerty, Raised in Captivity
Charles Hallahan, Endgame
Gregory Itzin, The Homecoming
Marcia Miztman, Chess
W. Morgan Sheppard, The Homecoming
Sean Smith, Chess

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Jane Carr, She Stoops to Folly
Tsai Chin, The Woman Warrior
Jane Kaczmarek, Raised in Captivity
Douglas Sills, She Stoops to Folly

SET DESIGN
Ralph Funicello, She Stoops to Folly
Stan Meyer, Beauty and the Beast

LIGHTING DESIGN
Paulie Jenkins, Wit
Natasha Katz, Beauty and the Beast

COSTUME DESIGN
Ann Hould-Ward, Beauty and the Beast
Shigeru Yaji, She Stoops to Folly

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Ron Abel, Twist of Fate

CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Marshall, Damn Yankees

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Ron Abel, Twist of Fate

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Margaret Edson, Wit

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Robert W. Zentis

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
A Noise Within

NATALIE SCHAFER AWARD
Bonita Friedericy

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Carol Channing

1996

PRODUCTION
Breaking the Code, Blank Theatre
Eleemosynary, West Coast Ensemble
Great Expectations, A Noise Within

DIRECTION
Peter Grego, Eleemosynary
Mark Rucker, The Taming of the Shrew

WRITING
Lee Blessing, Eleemosynary
Donald Margulies, Collected Stories

ADAPTATION
Barbara Field, Great Expectations

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Meredith Bishop, Eleemosynary
Kandis Chappell, Collected Stories
Dennis Christopher, Breaking the Code
Cherry Jones, The Heiress
Donald Sage Mackay, Great Expectations
Julia Sweeney, God Said, Ha!

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Ellia English, Dinah Was
Tom Hillman, She Loves Me
Deborah Strang, Great Expectations
Tamara Zook, Homefires

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Mad Forest

SET DESIGN
John Arnone, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Yael Pardess, Blade to the Heat

LIGHTING DESIGN
Rick Fisher, An Inspector Calls

COSTUME DESIGN
Jane Greenwood, The Heiress
Martin Pakledinaz, Changes of Heart
Shigeru Yaji, The Taming of the Shrew

SOUND DESIGN
Jon Gottlieb, Blade to the Heat

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Kevin Farrell, Carousel
Perry Hart, The All Night Strut

CHOREOGRAPHY
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Carousel
Chris Salmon, She Loves Me

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Donald Margulies, Collected Stories

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Martin Aronstein

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Actors Co-Op

NATALIE SCHAFER AWARD
Laurel Green

THE BOB Z AWARD
Deborah Raymond & Dorian Vernacchio

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jack Lemmon

1997

PRODUCTION
Arcadia, Mark Taper Forum
The Winter's Tale, A Noise Within

DIRECTION
Seth Barish, Old Wicked Songs
Dan Kern, Juno and the Paycock
Art Manke, The Winter's Tale

WRITING
Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

MUSICAL SCORE
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, Ragtime

LEAD PERFORMANCE
Nancy Boykin, Juno and the Paycock
Gar Campbell, The Quick-Change Room
Michael David Edwards, He Who Gets Slapped
Marilyn Fox, The Quick-Change Room
Dan Kern, The Winter's Tale
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime
Hal Robinson, Old Wicked Songs
Michael Rothaar, Ardele
John Slattery, Three Days of Rain

FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Lisa Barnes, The Quick-Change Room
Jenna Cole, The Winter's Tale
Gail Godown, He Who Gets Slapped

SET DESIGN
Tim Farmer and Mark Henderson, Fighting Over Beverley
Bradley Kay, Juno and the Paycock
Scott Storey, Steaming

LIGHTING DESIGN
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Ragtime
Ray Thompson, Steaming

COSTUME DESIGN
Marianna Elliott, Arcadia
Kevin King, The Winter's Tale
Santo Loquasto, Ragtime

SOUND DESIGN
Red Ramona, Old Wicked Songs

CHOREOGRAPHY
Matthew Bourne, Swan Lake

TED SCHMITT AWARD
Richard Greenberg, Three Days of Rain

ANGSTROM LIGHTING AWARD
Tom Ruzika

MARGARET HARFORD AWARD
Ron Link

NATALIE SCHAFER AWARD
Jodi Carlisle

THE BOB Z AWARD
Cliff Faulkner

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
John Raitt