Has there ever been a bad season in Houston theater? Not one we can think of. Certainly not the 2016-17 season, which we honor now. Read our full coverage in print and online.
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It’s Alas Poor Yorick Time! Presenting the 2017 Houston Theater Awards. -
Best Play/Production: Lobby Hero (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Joseph “Joe P” Palmore and Adam Gibbs. -
Best Play/Production: Lobby Hero (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Drake Simpson and Adam Gibbs. -
Best Play/Production: Lobby Hero (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy and Adam Gibbs. -
Best Musical: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Musical: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Musical: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Actor: Kyle Sturdivant as Trevor in Trevor (The Catastrophic Theatre) -
Best Actor: Kyle Sturdivant as Trevor in Trevor (The Catastrophic Theatre) -
Best Actor: Kyle Sturdivant as Trevor in Trevor (The Catastrophic Theatre). Shown: Kyle Sturdivant and Elizabeth Marshall Black -
Best Actress: Carolyn Johnson as Caroline in Luna Gale (Stages Repertory Theatre). Shown: Carolyn Johnson and Tanith Albright -
Best Actress: Carolyn Johnson as Caroline in Luna Gale (Stages Repertory Theatre). Shown: Carolyn Johnson and Kevin Crouch -
Best Actress: Carolyn Johnson as Caroline in Luna Gale (Stages Repertory Theatre). -
Best Supporting Actress: Bree Welch as Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists (Main Street Theater) -
Best Supporting Actress: Bree Welch as Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists (Main Street Theater). Shown are Callina Situka, Shannon Emerick, Molly Searcy and Bree Welch. -
Best Supporting Actress: Bree Welch as Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists (Main Street Theater). Shown are Callina Situka, Shannon Emerick, Molly Searcy and Bree Welch. -
Best Supporting Actor: Jeremy Gee as Peter in Luna Gale (Stages Repertory Theatre). Shown are Tanith Albright and Jeremy Gee -
Best Supporting Actor: Jeremy Gee as Peter in Luna Gale (Stages Repertory Theatre). Shown are Jeremy Gee, Carolyn Johnson and Tanith Albright -
Best Breakthrough: Blake Jackson as Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Breakthrough: Blake Jackson as Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Breakthrough: Blake Jackson as Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Obsidian Theater with Standing Room Only Productions). Shown: Blake Jackson and Rachel Landon -
Best Trouper: Allen Titel as Winston Smith in 1984 (Obsidian Theater) -
Best Trouper: Allen Titel as Winston Smith in 1984 (Obsidian Theater) -
Best Costumes: Margaret Crowley for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Main Street Theater). Shown Joel F. Grothe in Wolf Hall -
Best Costumes: Margaret Crowley for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Main Street Theater). Kara Greenberg in Wolf Hall. -
Best Costumes: Margaret Crowley for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Main Street Theater) -
Best Set Design: Claire A. “Jac” Jones for Native Gardens (Main Street Theater) -
Best Lighting: Clint Allen for Richard III (Houston Shakespeare Festival). Shown: Jack Young -
Best Lighting: Clint Allen for Richard III (Houston Shakespeare Festival). Shown: Carlton Warnberg, Jack Young and Meg Rodgers -
Best Sound: Anthony Barilla for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Stages Repertory Theatre) -
Best Director: Kim Tobin-Lehl for True West (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Drake Simpson and Nick Farco -
Best Director: Kim Tobin-Lehl for True West (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Drake Simpson and Nick Farco -
Best Director: Kim Tobin-Lehl for True West (4th Wall Theatre Company). Shown: Drake Simpson and Nick Farco -
Best Visiting Production: Let the Right One In (The National Theatre of Scotland at the Alley Theatre) -
Best Visiting Production: Let the Right One In (The National Theatre of Scotland at the Alley Theatre) -
Best Visiting Production: Let the Right One In (The National Theatre of Scotland at the Alley Theatre) -
Best Touring Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (BBVA Compass Broadway at the Hobby Center) -
Best Touring Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (BBVA Compass Broadway at the Hobby Center) -
Best Touring Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (BBVA Compass Broadway at the Hobby Center) -
Best Cabaret: It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (Queensbury Theatre) -
Best Choreography for a Musical: Krissy Richmond for Godspell (A.D. Players). Shown: Andrew Carson and Joey Watkins -
Best Choreography for a Musical: Krissy Richmond for Godspell (A.D. Players). Shown: Teresa Zimmerman -
Best Choreography for a Musical: Krissy Richmond for Godspell (A.D. Players). Shown: Brooke Wilson and ensemble -
Best Risk: Strange Bird Immersive for The Man From Beyond. Shown: Haley E.R. Cooper -
Best Special Effects: The Air Raid Sequence in Much Ado About Nothing (Main Street Theater / Prague Shakespeare Company) -
Happiest Theater News: The Jeannette & L. M. George Theater (A.D. Players) -
Happiest Theater News: The Jeannette & L. M. George Theater (A.D. Players) -
Happiest Theater News: The Jeannette & L. M. George Theater (A.D. Players) -
Saddest Theater News: As of mid-December, Stark Naked Theatre will close up shop as a theater company. Shown: Founders Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin-Lehl -
Saddest Theater News: On June 12, the board of directors of Bayou City Concert Musicals called it quits. Shown: Artistic Director Paul Hope -
Best Ensemble Cast: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater and Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Ensemble Cast: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater and Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Ensemble Cast: Passing Strange (Obsidian Theater and Standing Room Only Productions) -
Best Utility Player: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy as Ben in Matt & Ben, as Barbie/Sofia/Gretchen/Rosalina/Kitty in Five Course Love, as Dawn in Lobby Hero, and in Godspell. Shown: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy in A.D. Players’ production of Godspell -
Best Utility Player: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy as Ben in Matt & Ben, as Barbie/Sofia/Gretchen/Rosalina/Kitty in Five Course Love, as Dawn in Lobby Hero, and in Godspell. Shown: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy and Adam Gibbs in 4th Wall Theatre Company’s Lobby Hero. -
Best Utility Player: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy as Ben in Matt & Ben, as Barbie/Sofia/Gretchen/Rosalina/Kitty in Five Course Love, as Dawn in Lobby Hero, and in Godspell. Shown: Dylan C. Godwin and Chelsea Ryan McCurdy in Stages Repertory Theatre’s Five Course Love. -
Best Utility Player: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy as Ben in Matt & Ben, as Barbie/Sofia/Gretchen/Rosalina/Kitty in Five Course Love, as Dawn in Lobby Hero, and in Godspell. Shown: Chelsea Ryan McCurdy in Rogue Productions’ Matt & Ben -
Best New Play/Musical: Syncing Ink by NSangou Njikam (Alley Theatre). Shown: Robyn “DJ Reborn” Rodgers -
Best New Play/Musical: Syncing Ink by NSangou Njikam (Alley Theatre). Shown: Kara Young and Elisha Lawson -
Best New Play/Musical: Syncing Ink by NSangou Njikam (Alley Theatre). Shown: Playwright and lead performer NSangou Njikam -
Best Artistic Director: Jason Nodler (The Catastrophic Theatre) -
Best Season: The Catastrophic Theatre. Shown: Candice D’Meza, Rutherford Cravens, Charlie Scott, Kyle Sturdivant and Carolyn Houston Boone in Sam Shepard’s Buried Child -
Best Season: The Catastrophic Theatre. Shown: Tamarie Cooper, Jovan Jackson and Noel Bowers in Mickle Maher’s Song About Himself -
Best Season: The Catastrophic Theatre. Shown: Greg Dean, Patricia Duran and Paul Menzel in Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner -
Best Season: The Catastrophic Theatre. Shown: Kyle Sturdivant and Elizabeth Marshall Black in Nick Jones’s Trevor -
Best Season: The Catastrophic Theatre. Shown: Courtney Pomelo in Donald Barthelme’s Snow White -
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