Is it too early for another round of Hubbies?

Not really; I think the last round I did was back in July! That's months ago. True, there are a few shows left to open this season, but I won't forget them, don't worry; there will no doubt be another round of Hubbies before the IRNE nominations are due. And I've even managed to dig up a new photo of Michael Phelps - still our choice to model for the actual prize, should one ever materialize (at left)!

So without further ado, and with congratulations of course to the honorees:

Best Productions

The Savannah Disputation, SpeakEasy Stage

The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame LeMonde - Provincetown Tennesee Williams Festival at Charlestown Working Theater

Sins of the Mother - Gloucester Stage

The Seafarer - Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Little Black Dress - Boston Playwrights' Theatre


Robert Walsh in Sins of the Mother.

Best New Plays

Sins of the Mother (above) - Israel Horowitz, Gloucester Stage

Truth Values - Gioia De Cari, Central Square Theater

Best Performances

Karen MacDonald - Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Gloucester Stage

Anne Gottlieb - The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Gloucester Stage

Maureen Brennan, Troy Costa - Mame, Reagle Players

David Engel - La Cage aux Folles, Reagle Players

John Rubinstein - The Torch-Bearers, Williamstown Theatre Festival

Betty Gilpin - What is the Cause of Thunder?, Williamstown Theatre Festival

Gioia De Cari - Truth Values, Central Square Theater

Nancy E. Carroll, Paula Plum, Carolyn Charpie - The Savannah Disputation, SpeakEasy Stage

Larry Coen, Jordan Harrison - The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame LeMonde, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival

Crystal Fox, Eugene Lee - Fences, Huntington Theatre



Marianna Bassham, Jeremiah Kissel (above), Alex Pollock, Karl Baker Olson (entire cast) - Little Black Dress, Boston Playwrights' Theatre

John Kuntz - The Caretaker, Nora Theatre

Adrianne Krstansky - 2.5 Minute Ride, New Rep

Jessica D. Turner, Neil McGarry - Dead Man's Cell Phone, Lyric Stage

Kate Donnelly - Bash, Theatre on Fire

Gabriel Kuttner - Speed-the-Plow, New Rep

David Adkins, Gordon Joseph Weiss - The Seafarer, Merrimack Rep

Ben DiScipio, Shana Dirik - Sweeney Todd, Metro Stage Company

Dillian Arrick, Jonathan Popp, Ilyse Robbins - The Sparrow, Stoneham Theatre

Christian Rummel, Glenn Gordon - Waiting for Godot, Classic Theatre of Harlem/ICA

Tory Bullock, Obehi Janice - The Overwhelming, Company One

Robert Walsh, Christopher Whalen - Sins of the Mother, Gloucester Stage

Mary Callanan, Timothy John Smith - Kiss Me, Kate, Lyric Stage

Best Direction

Israel Horowitz - Sins of the Mother, Gloucester Stage

David Zoffoli - Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Gloucester Stage

Paul Daigneault - The Savannah Disputation, SpeakEasy Stage

Ari Edelson - Little Black Dress, Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Davis Robinson - The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame LeMonde, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival

Charles Towers - The Seafarer, Merrimack Rep


Kiss Me, Kate at the Lyric Stage.

Best Design

Rafael Jean, costumes - Kiss Me, Kate, Lyric Stage, The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame LeMonde, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival

Janie E. Howland, set - Kiss Me, Kate, Lyric Stage

Cristina Todesco, set - Dead Man's Cell Phone, Lyric Stage

Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, set - Fences, Huntington Theatre

Frances Nelson McSherry, costumes - Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Gloucester Stage

Eric Levenson, set - The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Gloucester Stage