The 37th Annual Joseph Jefferson Awards Announced in Chicago

The 37th Annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremony was held on November 7 at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place in Chicago. At the ceremony, 29 Jeff Awards were spread among 20 productions and 13 theaters.

The Porchlight Music Theatre mounting of Sweeney Todd received the most Jeff Awards with four. It was followed by Beauty and the Beast at the Marriott Theatre which received the most nominations with seven and Seven Guitars at the Congo Square Theatre Company, which each received three Jeff Awards. Despite five nominations, the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Wicked did not pick up any awards.

Here is a complete list of the Jeff Recipients:

Production -- Play
Seven Guitars, Congo Square Theatre Company

Production -- Musical
Beauty and the Beast, Marriott Theatre

Ensemble
Seven Guitars, Congo Square Theatre Company

New Work tie
Bruce Norris, The Pain and the Itch, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Adam Rapp, Red Light Winter, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

New Adaptation tie
Rebecca Gilman, Dollhouse, Goodman Theatre
Andrew White, 1984, Lookingglass Theatre Company

Director -- Play
Derrick Sanders, Seven Guitars, Congo Square Theatre Company

Director -- Musical
Marc Robin, Beauty and the Beast, Marriott Theatre

Director -- Revue
Marc Robin, Swing! , Marriott Theatre

Actor in a Principal Role -- Play
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife, Goodman Theatre

Actor in a Principal Role -- Musical
Michael Aaron Lindner, Sweeney Todd, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Actress in a Principal Role -- Play
Barbara E. Robertson, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , Court Theatre

Actress in a Principal Role -- Musical
Rebecca Finnegan, Sweeney Todd, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Actor in a Supporting Role -- Play
Tom Aulino, Take Me Out, About Face Theatre

Actress in a Supporting Role -- Play
Jayne Houdyshell, The Pain and the Itch, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Actor in a Supporting Role -- Musical
Peter Pohlhammer, Sweeney Todd, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Actress in a Supporting Role -- Musical
Renee Matthews, The Full Monty, Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place

Actor in a Revue
"Mississippi" Charles Bevel, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, Northlight Theatre

Actress in a Revue
Rebecca Finnegan, Closer Than Ever, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Choreography
Mark Stuart Eckstein, Beverly Durand, and Marc Robin, Swing!, Marriott Theatre

Scenic Design
Scott Bradley, Silk, Goodman Theatre

Costume Design
Nancy Missimi, Beauty and the Beast, Marriott Theatre

Sound Design
Lindsay Jones, Kid-Simple, American Theater Company

Lighting Design
Michael Rourke, Kabuki Lady Macbeth, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Musical Direction
Eugene Dizon, Sweeney Todd, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Original Incidental Music
Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman, Red Herring, Northlight Theatre

Other
John Boesche, Sunset Boulevard, Marriott Theatre -- Special Achievement in Projection Design
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Lookingglass Alice, Lookingglass Theatre Company and Actors Gymnasium -- Special Achievement in Circus Choreography