The 24th annual Elliot Norton Awards, recognizing excellence in Greater Boston theater, will be presented at the Cutler Majestic Theatre on Monday, May 22. A reception will follow.

For the first time, nominees are being announced in advance. They include:

Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company
"My Heart and My Flesh" - Coyote Theatre
"P. S. Page Me Later" - Alarm Clock Theatre Company
"The Possibilities" - Whistler in the Dark

Outstanding Production by a Large Resident Company
"Hamlet" - Trinity Repertory Theatre
"No Exit" - American Repertory Theatre
"Olly's Prison" - American Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Production by a Midsized Resident Company
"Five By Tenn" - SpeakEasy Stage Company
"The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia" - Lyric Stage Company
"King Lear" - Actors' Shakespeare Project

Outstanding Production by a Small Resident Company
"Arcadia" - Publick Theatre
"Gargarian Way" - Sugan Theatre Company
"Othello" - Boston Theater Works

Outstanding Design
Janie Howland - "Urinetown," "True West," "Five By Tenn" and "Tally's Folly"
Eric Levenson - "Take Me Out"
Adam Stockhausen - "The Hopper Collection"

Outstanding Visiting Production
"Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit" - Huntington Theatre Company
"Monty Python's Spamalot" - Broadway in Boston
"700 Sundays" - Broadway in Boston

Outstanding Musical Production
"Falsettos" - Huntington Theatre Company
"On The Twentieth Century" - Overture Productions
"Urinetown" - Lyric Stage Company

Outstanding Director, Large Company
Brian McEleney - "Hamlet," Trinity Rep
Jerry Mouawad -- "No Exit," A.R.T
Robert Woodruff - "Olly's Prison, "A.R.T

Outstanding Director, Small / Midsized Company
Diego Archiniegas - "Arcadia," Publick Theatre
Scott Edmiston - "Five By Tenn," SpeakEasy Stage
Spiro Veloudous - "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia," "Lyric Stage

Outstanding Solo Performance
Billy Crystal - "700 Sundays," Broadway in Boston
Aidan Dooley - "Tom Cream, Antarctic Explorer," Sugan Theatre
Jefferson Mays - "I Am My Own Wife," Broadway in Boston

Outstanding Actor, Large Company
Bill Camp - "Olly's Prison"
Jeremiah Kissel - "Hamlet" & "The Sisters Rosenweig"
Will Lyman - "Hamlet"

Outstanding Actor, Midsized Company
Allyn Burrows - "The Homecoming," "King Lear" and "Five By Tenn"
Alvin Epstein - "King Lear"
Jonathan Epstein and Tony Molina - "Othello"

Outstanding Actress, Large Company
Leslie Lyles - "The Hopper Collection"
Karen MacDonald - "Olly's Prison" and "No Exit"
Molly Ward - "Three Sisters"

Outstanding Actress, Midsized Company
Veronica J. Kuehn - "Into The Woods" and "Urinetown"
Paula Plum - "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?"
Sandra Shipley - "Long Day's Journey Into Night"

Tickets to the awards presentation, available beginning April 18, will be priced at $30 through May 14 and $35 thereafter. For information, stop by the Cutler box office in the Theater District, call 800-233-3123 or visit www.telecharge.com.

-- OnStage Boston

04/14/06