The Winter Hubbies 2013

Somehow the Hubbies always make us feel a little frisky.

It has been a long, hard winter, hasn't it.  (And it's been even longer since our last Hubbie Awards post!)

But spring seems finally to have sprung (if we keep our fingers crossed), so it's time to look back and hand out a few budding bouquets to the best this particular critic has seen and heard over the past few months.

So without further ado -

Best Ensembles 

Middletown - Steven Barkhimer, Marianna Bassham, Gabriel Kuttner, Paula Langton, Michael Forden Walker, Esme Allen, Grant McDermott, Margaret Lamb; directed by Doug Lockwood, Actors' Shakespeare Project

Lungs - Liz Hayes, Nael Nacer; directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary, New Repertory Theatre

Stones in His Pockets - Phil Tayler, Daniel Berger-Jones; directed by Courtney O'Connor, Lyric Stage

Dog Meets God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead - Michael Underhill, Joey C. Pelletier, Mikey DeLoreto, Nick Miller, Kiki Samko, Audrey Lynn Sylvia, Lesley Anne Moreau, and Lizette M. Morris; directed by Lizette M. Morris, Happy Medium Theatre

Vinegar Tom - Melis Aker, David Anderson, Melissa Barker, John Greene, Obehi Janice, Becca A. Lewis, Caroline Price, Jennifer Reddish, Karin Webb; directed by Mac Young, Whistler in the Dark

Best Individual Performances

Keira Keeley, Megan Byrne, Colby Chambers - Proof, Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Seana McKenna, Shakespeare's Will - Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Mark Zeisler, Red - Merrimack Repertory Theatre

LeRoy McClain, Keona Welch, Kimberly Scott, Ashley Everage - A Raisin in the Sun, Huntington Theatre Company

Teagle F. Bougere, Brian D. Coats - Invisible Man, Huntington Theatre Company

Nael Nacer - Our Town, Huntington Theatre Company

Gretchen Egolf - Betrayal, Huntington Theatre Company

Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Selma Björnsdóttir - Metamorphosis, Vesturport Theatre/ArtsEmerson

Allen Gilmore - The Servant of Two Masters, Yale Rep/ArtsEmerson

Paula Plum, Maureen Keiller - 33 Variations, Lyric Stage

Celeste Oliva, Alexander Platt - Ch'inglish, Lyric Stage

Joel Colodner - The Chosen, Lyric Stage

Paula Plum, Marvelyn McFarlane, DeLance Minefee - Clybourne Park, SpeakEasy Stage

Phil Tayler, Aimee Doherty, Erica Spyres - Marry Me a Little, New Repertory Theatre

Zach Eisenstat, Lynn Guerra - Our Country's Good, Whistler in the Dark

Phil Tayler, Harry McEnerney, Erica Spyres - Of Mice and Men, Moonbox Productions


Best Direction

Maria Aitken - Betrayal, Huntington Theatre Company

Doug Lockwood - Middletown, Actors' Shakespeare Project

Lizette M. Morris - Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Happy Medium Theatre

Rest assured, we're always on the hunt for great theatre!

Best Direction/Design

David Cromer - Our Town, Huntington Theatre Company

Allison Olivia Choat - A New Brain, Moonbox Productions

Mac Young - Vinegar Tom, Whistler in the Dark

Matthew Woods - The Death of Tintagiles, Imaginary Beasts


Best Design

Börkur Jónsson, set - Metamorphosis, Vesturport Theatre/ArtsEmerson

Katherine Akiko Day, set; Chuan-Chi Chan, lighting; and Valérie Thérèse Bart, costumes - The Servant of Two Masters, Yale Rep/ArtsEmerson

Allen Moyer, set - Betrayal, Huntington Theatre Company