2005 HELEN HAYES AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Pictured (L to R in foreground): Charles Hagerty as Warrant Officer Michael Sandberg and Stephen Gregory Smith as Specialist Fourth Class Billy “Spanky” Bridges in One Red Flower.

Signature Theatre, always an industry leader, earned the highest number of 2005 Helen Hayes Award nominations amongst all the resident theatres. As announced in The Washington Post on March 1, "Among the locally produced musicals, Signature Theatre's revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro leads the pack with seven nominations." The Washington Post article went on to state how Signature stands in good company, "With 17 nods, the Kennedy Center tops the list of nominated theatres this year, followed by Signature with 15, the Shakespeare Theatre with 14 and Arena Stage with 10." Of all the nominees who received multiple nods — including Eric Schaeffer for Outstanding Director, Resident Musical for Allegro and One Red Flower — Signature's Resident Musical Director Jon Kalbfleisch "trumps them all with three nominations" for Allegro, Elegies: A Song Cycle, and The Highest Yellow.

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Signature Theatre's 2005 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

Harry A. Winter as Joseph Taylor Sr. in Allegro.	Sherri L. Edelen in Elegies: A Song Cycle
Will Gartshore as the everyman hero Joseph Taylor Jr. in Allegro.	Jason Danieley as Dr. Felix Rey in The Highest Yellow.
Marc Kudisch as Vincent van Gogh in The Highest Yellow.	Tracy Lynn Olivera as Joseph Taylor Jr’s college sweatheart Sally. in Allegro.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL
Harry A. Winter — Allegro

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS, RESIDENT MUSICAL
Tracy Lynn Olivera — Allegro

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL
Gregg Barnes — Allegro

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL
Jon Kalbfleisch — Allegro
Jon Kalbfleisch — Elegies: A Song Cycle
Jon Kalbfleisch — The Highest Yellow

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL
Jason Danieley — The Highest Yellow
Will Gartshore — Allegro
Marc Kudisch — The Highest Yellow

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS, RESIDENT MUSICAL
Sherri L. Edelen — Elegies: A Song Cycle

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL
Eric Schaeffer — Allegro
Eric Schaeffer — One Red Flower

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL
Allegro
Elegies: A Song Cycle
One Red Flower

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