Christiane Noll, Cate Blanchett, Stacy Keach & More Win DC's 2010 Helen Hayes Awards

Christiane Noll, Cate Blanchett and Stacy Keach were among the winners of the 2010 Helen Hayes Awards, honoring the best in DC-area theater. The Kennedy Center’s production of Ragtime, which transferred to Broadway in October 2009, received a total of four awards, including Best Resident Musical. The awards were presented on April 5 at the Warner Theatre. A complete list of winners is as follows:

Outstanding Resident Musical: Ragtime, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Resident Play: King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding New Play or Musical: Eclipsed by Danai Gurira, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Antebellum by Robert O’Hara, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Non-Resident Production: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences: The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish, Synetic Family Theater

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production: Cate Blanchett, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical: Christiane Noll, Ragtime, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play: Holly Twyford, The Little Dog Laughed, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production: Jim Brochu, Zero Hour, Theater J

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical: Parker Drown, Rent, The Keegan Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play: Stacy Keach, King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Karl Miller, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Forum Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical: Eleasha Gamble, The Civil War, Ford’s Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play: Erin Weaver, Arcadia, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production: Robin McLeavy, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical: Laurence O’Dwyer, The Fantasticks, Arena Stage

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play: Eric Hissom, Arcadia, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical: Rent, The Keegan Theatre

Outstanding Ensembl, Resident Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Synetic Theatre; Heroes, MetroStage

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical: Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime, Kennedy Center

Outstanding Director, Resident Play: Robert Falls, King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production: William Knowles, Cool Papa’s Party, MetroStage

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production: Maurice Hines, Cool Papa's Party, MetroStage

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production: James Noone, Design for Living, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production: Jimm Halliday and Santo Loquasto, Ragtime, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production: Colin K. Bills, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Forum Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production: Tom Teasley, Crazyface, Constellation Theatre Company

Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company: 1st Stage

Helen Hayes Tribute: Edward Albee