Theatre Thursday :: the Tony Awards and women, part four.

This week, scenic design; as with last week, only 1960, 1961, and 2005+ have a distinction for musicals and plays.

Nominations
1971: Sally Jacobs, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1975: Tanya Moiseiwitsch, The Misanthrope
1988: Eiko Ishioka, M. Butterfly
1990: Alexandra Byrne, Some Americans Abroad
1997: (G. W. Mercer and) Julie Taymor, Juan Darien
2001: Heidi Ettinger, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2006: Klara Zieglerova, Jersey Boys
2007: (musical) Christine Jones, Spring Awakening
2007: (musical) Anna Louizos, High Fidelity
2008: (musical) Anna Louizos, In the Heights
2010: (musical) Marina Draghici, Fela!
2011: (musical) Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
2013: (musical) Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Wins
1985: Heidi Landemann, Big River
1988: Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera
1991: Heidi Landemann, The Secret Garden
2003: Catherine Martin, La bohème
2010: (musical) Christine Jones, American Idiot

18 out of 295 nominees (or 6%) have been women.

3 years (1988, 2007, 2010) have had multiple female nominees.

Five nominees (1975’s Tanya Moiseiwitsch, 1988’s Eiko Ishioka, 1988’s Maria Björnson, 2003’s Catherine Martin, 2010’s Marina Draghici) were also nominated for costume design regarding the same production.  One of said nominees, Maria Björnson, won in both categories.

Three nominees (Christine Jones, Anna Louizos, Heidi Landemann) have been nominated multiple times.  One of them, Heidi Landemann, has won multiple times.

–your fangirl heroine.

Theatre Thursday :: the Tony Awards and women, part three.

This week regarding costumes, and to note: “in 1961, and since 2005 each genre is represented in its own category.”

Nominations
1056: Helene Pons, The Diary of Anne Frank, Heavenly Twins and A View from the Bridge
1957: Dorothy Jeakins, Major Barbara and Too Late the Phalarope
1957: Irene Sharaff, Candide, Happy Hunting, Shangri La and Small War on Murray Hill
1958: Lucinda Ballard, Orpheus Descending
1958: Irene Sharaff, West Side Story
1959: Dorothy Jeakins, The World of Suzie Wong
1959: Irene Sharaff, Flower Drum Song
1961: Theoni V. Aldredge, The Devil’s Advocate
1964: Irene Sharaff, The Girl Who Came to Supper
1965: Jane Greenwood, Tartuffe
1966: Irene Sharaff, Sweet Charity
1967: Nancy Potts, The Wild Duck and The School for Scandal
1968: Jane Greenwood, More Stately Mansions
1968: Irene Sharaff, Hallelujah, Baby!
1969: Patricia Zipprodt, Zorba the Greek
1971: Jane Greenwood, Hay Fever and Les Blancs
1972: Theoni V. Aldredge, Two Gentlemen of Verona
1972: Carrie F. Robbins, Grease
1973: Theoni V. Aldredge, Much Ado About Nothing
1973: Patricia Zipprodt, Pippin
1974: Theoni V. Aldredge, The Au Pair Man
1974: Carrie F. Robbins, Over Here
1975: Willa Kim, Goodtime Charley
1975: Tanya Moiseiwitsch, The Misanthrope
1975: Patricia Zipprodt, Mack and Mabel
1976: Theoni V. Aldredge, A Chorus Line
1976: Ann Roth, The Royal Family
1976: Patricia Zipprodt, Chicago
1977: Theoni V. Aldredge, The Threepenny Opera
1977: Nancy Potts, Porgy and Bess
1978: Willa Kim, Dancin’
1979: Theoni V. Aldredge, Ballroom
1979: Ann Roth, The Crucifer of Blood
1979: Julie Weiss, The Elephant Man
1981: Theoni V. Aldredge, 42nd Street
1981: Franca Squarciapino, Can-Can
1982: Theoni V. Aldredge, Dreamgirls
1982: Jane Greenwood, Medea
1983: Lindy Hemming, All’s Well That Ends Well
1983: Rita Ryack, My One and Only
1983: Patricia Zipprodt, Alice in Wonderland
1984: Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House
1984: Anthea Sylbert, The Real Thing
1984: Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward, Sunday in the Park with George
1985: Patricia McGourty, Big River
1986: Willa Kim, Song and Dance
1986: Ann Roth, The House of Blue Leaves
1987: Ann Curtis, Me and My Girl
1987: Andreane Neofitou, Les Misérables
1988: Ann Hould-Ward, Into the Woods
1988: Eiko Ishioka, M. Butterfly
1989: Jane Greenwood, Our Town
1989: Willa Kim, Legs Diamond
1990: Theoni V. Aldredge, Gypsy
1990: Florence Klotz, City of Angels
1990: Erin Quigley, The Grapes of Wrath
1991: Theoni V. Aldredge, The Secret Garden
1991: Judy Dearing, Once on This Island
1991: Patricia Zipprodt, Shogun: The Musical
1992: Jane Greenwood, Two Shakespearean Actors
1992: Toni-Leslie James, Jelly’s Last Jam
1993: Jane Greenwood, The Sisters Rosensweig
1993: Erin Quigley, The Song of Jacob Zulu
1994: Jane Greenwood, Passion
1995: Jane Greenwood, The Heiress
1996: Jane Greenwood, A Delicate Balance
1996: Allison Reeds, Buried Child
1997: Ann Curtis, Jekyll and Hyde
1999: Catherine Zuber, Twelfth Night
2000: Constance Hoffman, The Green Bird
2001: Theoni V. Aldredge, Follies
2002: Jenny Beavan, Private Lives
2002: Susan Hilferty, Into the Woods
2002: Jane Greenwood, Morning’s at Seven
2003: Catherine Martin (and Angus Strathie), La bohème
2003: Catherine Zuber, Dinner at Eight
2005: (play) Jane Greenwood, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2005: (play) Constanza Romero, Gem of the Ocean
2005: (musical) Junko Kashino, Pacific Overtures
2006: (play) Catherine Zuber, Seascape
2006: (musical) Susan Hilferty, Lestat
2007: (play) Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House
2007: (play) Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy
2007: (musical) Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
2009: (play) Jane Greenwood, Waiting for Godot
2010: (play) Constanza Romero, Fences
2011: (play) Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday
2011: (musical) Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
2011: (musical) Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
2012: (musical) ESosa, Porgy and Bess
2012: (musical) Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
2013: (play) Soutra Gilmour, Cyrano de Bergerac
2013: (play) Catherine Zuber, Golden Boy
2013: (musical) Dominique Lemieux, Pippin

Wins
1947: Lucinda Ballard, Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary and The Chocolate Soldier
1948: Mary Percy Schenck, The Heiress
1950: Aline Bernstein, Regina
1952: Irene Sharaff, The King and I
1962: Lucinda Ballard, The Gay Life
1965: Patricia Zipprodt, Fiddler on the Roof
1966: Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Marat/Sade
1967: Patricia Zipprodt, Cabaret
1973: Florence Klotz, A Little Night Music
1974: Franne Lee, Candide
1976: Florence Klotz, Pacific Overtures
1977: Theoni V. Aldredge, Annie (apparently a tie with something else, though)
1979: Franne Lee, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1980: Theoni V. Aldredge, Barnum
1981: Willa Kim, Sophisticated Ladies
1984: Theoni V. Aldredge, La Cage aux Folles
1985: Florence Klotz, Grind
1986: Patricia Zipprodt, Sweet Charity
1988: Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera
1991: Willa Kim, The Will Rogers Follies
1993: Florence Klotz, Kiss of the Spider Woman
1994: Ann Hould-Ward, Beauty and the Beast
1995: Florence Klotz, Show Boat
1997: Judith Dolan, Candide
1998: Julie Taymor, The Lion King
2004: Susan Hilferty, Wicked
2005: (musical) Catherine Zuber, The Light in the Piazza
2006: (play) Catherine Zuber, Awake and Sing!
2007: (play) Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia
2008: (play) Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2008: (musical) Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
2010: (play) Catherine Zuber, The Royal Family
2010: (musical) Marina Draghici, Fela!
2011: (musical) (Tim Chappel and) Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
2012: (play) Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher
2013: (play) Ann Roth, The Nance

131 out of 260 nominees (50.3%) have been women.  Go costume design awards, apparently!

Every year except 1960-1964, 1969-1971, 1978, 1980, 2000-2001, 2004, 2006, and 2009 had multiple female nominees.

In years with the breakdown, 2008 was the only that had a singular nominee for play and musical.

The allotment of multiple nominations is as follows:

• 16: Theoni V. Aldredge (3 wins), Jane Greenwood (1 win)
• 11: Catherine Zuber (5 wins)
• 10: Patricia Zipprodt (3 wins)
• 7: Irene Sharaff (1 win)
• 6: Willa Kim (2 wins), Florence Klotz (5 wins)
• 5: Ann Roth (1 win)
• 4: Susan Hilferty (1 win)
• 3: Lucinda Ballard (2 wins), Ann Hould-Ward (1 win)
• 2: Franne Lee (2 wins), Dorothy Jeakins, Nancy Potts, Ann Curtis, Carrie F. Robbins, Eiko Ishioka, Erin Quigley, Constanza Romero

–your fangirl heroine.