The Lyric Stage Company of Boston

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is the oldest professional theatre company in Boston.[1] Founded in 1974, the Lyric Stage Company is a non-profit organization located at 140 Clarendon Street in the YWCA building. It has been under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos since 1998.[2] The theatre produces about seven plays and musicals each season and is especially well known for its productions of Stephen Sondheim musicals.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Inside the theatre of the Lyric Stage
Address140 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
TypeNon-profit
Capacity234[3]
Opened1974[4]
Years active43
Website
https://www.lyricstage.com/

Mission

The mission of the Lyric Stage Company of Boston is to produce intimate, challenging and entertaining theatre; reflect the tastes and backgrounds of 21st century Boston; and provide a home for Boston-based theatre artists to establish and expand their careers.[5] It accomplishes this through outreach programs, employment, training, and development opportunities.

History

Building

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston was founded in 1974 by Ron Ritchell and Polly Hogan and began performances in the Community Church on Boylston Street. Two years later, the Lyric Stage moved to a theatre at 56 Charles Street.[6] The stage was less than 300 square feet and sat no more than 103 audience members. The Lyric Stage moved again 140 Clarendon Street where it currently resides. The current theatre is almost triple the original size, includes a band loft, and seats 234.[7]

Theatre

The Lyric Stage's first season consisted of Antigone and The Second Man. The Importance of Being Earnest was its first production at 54 Charles Street; the theatre at 140 Clarendon opened with a production of Red Hot & Cole.[8] In its 1995–96 season, the Lyric Stage's production of Whoop-Dee-Doo! earned the theatre its first Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Designer. The theatre's first large-scale musical production occurred in its 2001–02 season with Sunday in the Park with George. A 2014 production of Into the Woods is the highest grossing run in Lyric Stage history.[9]

Community Involvement

As part of its mission to support the Boston theatre scene, the Lyric Stage is committed to casting and hiring local playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and musicians. Since its founding, the Lyric Stage has employed over 800 actors and 160 designers.[10]

Fresh Ink Theatre Partnership

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston develops new plays through its partnership with Fresh Ink Theatre.[11] This initiative supports playwrights, actors and directors through the development of new works.

Lyric First Stage

Lyric First stage is a summer program designed for young artists to gain theatrical experience.[12] The program consists of professional mentors who teach a company of teenagers through workshops in music, text, and movement. At the end of each Lyric First Stage program, these young artists perform fully staged productions for a live audience.

Lyric First Curtain

Lyric First Curtain is an educational initiative which gives Boston educators the ability to include drama in their curriculum.[13] This program gives students the opportunity to experience theatre, which they may not otherwise have access to, and delivers theatre education to local communities. Lyric First Curtain is currently in residence at McKinley School (Boston Public Schools) and at the Dudley Public Library.

Past Productions
SeasonShow 1Show 2Show 3Show 4Show 5Show 6Show 7Show 8Show 9
1974–1975AntigoneThe Second Man
1975–1976Oedipus RexGhosts
1976–1977The Importance of Being EarnestThe Glass MenagerieA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Lady's Not for BurningThe HomecomingThe Master Builder
1977–1978Mrs. Warren's ProfessionA Child's Christmas in WalesHedda GablerThe Little Foxes
1978–1979The Autumn GardenA Child's Christmas in WalesA Moon for the MisbegottenPlayboy of the Western WorldOld TimesThe PhilandererRelatively Speaking
1979–1980Much Ado about NothingThe Show-OffA Child's Christmas in WalesA Touch of PoetYou Never Can TellAntigone
1980–1981Hedda GablerThe Glass MenagerieA Child's Christmas in WalesJuno and the PaycockArms and the ManThe PriceThe Norman Conquests
1981–1982All My SonsThe Norman ConquestsA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Master BuilderThe Little FoxesMisallianceThe Plough and the Stars
1982–1983Twain's FollyPrivate LivesA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Diary of Anne FrankA Moon for the MisbegottenStreamersMrs. Warren's ProfessionYou Can't Take It with YouThe True Irving Rifkin
1983–1984Goodly Creatures LootA Child's Christmas in WalesBlithe SpiritAwake and SingTaking StepsYou Can Never Tell
1984–1985Handy DandyAnother Part of the ForestA Child's Christmas in WalesA View from the BridgeFrench without TearsPlayboy of the Western World
1985–1986Widowers’ HousesJuno and the PaycockA Child's Christmas in WalesPainting ChurchesHarveyAbsurd Person SingularCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1986–1987And a Nightingale SangThe Norman ConquestsA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Hasty HeartA Streetcar Named DesireCandidaQuartermaine's Terms
1987–1988The PriceHay FeverHow the Other Half LovesA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Bishop's BonfireWhat the Butler SawThe Common Pursuit
1988–1989What the Butler SawThe Big KnifeA Child's Christmas in WalesArms and the ManPresent LaughterThe CaretakerNot About Heroes
1989–1990Bedroom FarceThe Autumn GardenA Child's Christmas in WalesThe VortexOtherwise EngagedA Shayna Maidel
1990–1991MisallianceWoman in MindA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Diary of Anne FrankButleyDrinking in AmericaA Thurber ReunionFallen Angels
1991–1992Red Hot and ColeA Christmas CarolGhostsYou Never Can Tell"Master Harold"...and the BoysOur Country's GoodThe Man Who Came to Dinner
1992–1993The LiarWidowers’ HousesA Child's Christmas in WalesAmerican BuffaloThe Mystery of Irma VepRodgers & Hart: A CelebrationThe PriceTales of Sholem Aleichman
1993–1994From Boston to Portland: The Fred Allen StoryThe Night Larry Kramer Kissed MeA Child's Christmas in WalesThe Substance of FireA Woman of No ImportanceMy Astonishing SelfPump Boys and Dinettes
1994–1995The PhilandererGood EveningA Child's Christmas in WalesAn Ideal HusbandMrs. Warren's ProfessionTime of My Life
1995–1996Whoop-Dee-Doo!Hay FeverLady Windermere's FanA Child's Christmas in WalesOedipus RexNot About Heroes
1996–1997Entertaining Mr. SloaneCandidaA Child's Christmas in WalesBlithe SpiritSpeed-the-PlowHow the Other Half LovesJuno and the Paycock
1997–1998Antigone PygmalionA Child's Christmas in WalesLaughter on the 23rd FloorPresent LaughterThe HeiressLost in Yonkers
1998–1999What the Butler SawAssassinsA Christmas Carol & The Night Before ChristmasThe MiserThe Baltimore WaltzNever the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb StoryWhen Pigs Fly
1999–2000Morning's at SevenThe Old SettlerShe Loves MeThe Comedy of ErrorsCommunicating DoorsThe Judas KissThe World Goes ‘Round
2000–2001Side ManA…My Name Will Always Be AliceInspecting CarolThe Complete History of America (Abridged)No Way to Treat a LadyOver the River and Through the WoodsThe Curse of the Bambino
2001–2002Sunday in the Park with GeorgeLobby HeroNuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas MusicalThe Miracle WorkerThe Lisbon TraviataGlengarry Glen RossLend Me a Tenor
2002–2003Dirty BlondeThe GigEpic ProportionsBeyond BeliefIt's All True2 LivesSide Show
2003–2004When Pigs FlyBook of DaysMeshuggah-Nuns!Private LivesThe Spitfire GrillThe Mercy SeatNoises Off
2004–2005A Little Night MusicEars on a BeatleFully CommittedThe Glass MenagerieRed HerringLiving OutShakespeare in Hollywood
2005–2006Urinetown: The MusicalA NumberCrownsThe UnderpantsThe Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?Talley's FollyKong's Night Out
2006–20071776Nine Parts of DesireSee What I Wanna SeeSouvenirMiss WitherspoonArms and The Man
2007–2008Man of La ManchaDying CityThis Wonderful LifeAdrift in MacaoThe SceneThree Tall WomenThe Importance of Being Earnest
2008–2009FolliesNovemberThe Mystery of Irma VepThe Year of Magical ThinkingCat on a Hot Tin RoofSpeech and DebateGrey Gardens
2009–2010Kiss Me, KateDead Man's Cell PhoneShipwrecked! An EntertainmentGroundswellLegacy of LightLady Day at Emerson's Bar and GrillBlithe Spirit
2010–2011The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NickelbyThe UnderstudyMy Name Is Asher LevBroke-ologyAnimal Crackers
2011–2012Big RiverOr,Ain't Misbehavin’Superior DonutsTime Stands StillThe TemperamentalsAvenue Q
2012–2013The MikadoThe ChosenChinglish33 VariationsStones in His PocketsBy the Way, Meet Vera StarkOn the Town
2013–2014One Man, Two GuvnorsWater by the SpoonfulBecky's New CarWorkingDeath of a SalesmanRich GirlInto the Woods
2014–2015Sweeney ToddDear ElizabethThe Tale of the Allergist's WifeRed Hot PatriotIntimate ApparelCity of AngelsLight Up the Sky
2015–2016My Fair LadySaturday Night/Sunday MorningBuyer & CellarSondheim on SondheimFast CompanyMr. Burns, a post-electric playPeter and the Starcatcher
2016–2017CompanyWarrior ClassMurder for TwoWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Stage KissBarbecueCamelot
2017–2018GypsySouvenirHold These TruthsRoad ShowVirginia Woolf's OrlandoAnna ChristieThe Wiz
2018–2019Kiss of the Spider WomanThe RoommateBreath & ImaginationThe WolvesThe Little FoxesTwelfth NightPacific Overtures
2019–2020Little Shop of HorrorsThe Thanksgiving PlayAgatha Christie's Murder on the Orient ExpressThe CakeThe TreasurerFabulation or, the Re-Education of UndineA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

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Awards


2019
  • IRNE Award – Best Projection Design, Small Theatre

Jonathan Carr, Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actress (Musical),  Small Theater

Yewande Odetoyinbo, Breath and Imagination

  • IRNE Award – Best Actor (Musical), Small Theater

Eddy Cavazos, Kiss of the Spider Woman [15]

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production, Midsize Theater

The Wolves

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance

Davron S. Monroe, Breath & Imagination

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director, Midsize Theater

A. Nora Long, The Wolves [16]

2018
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor

Will McGarrahan, Souvenir

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress

Leigh Barrett, Gypsy and Souvenir

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director, Musical Theater

Summer L. Williams, Barbecue[17]

2017
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress, Midsize Theatre

Paula Plum, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production, Midsize Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • IRNE Award – Best Projection Design

Seaghan McKay, Sondheim on Sondheim

2016
  • IRNE Award – Best Solo Performance

Phil Tayler, Buyer & Cellar

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress, Midsize (Drama)

Lindsey McWhorter, Intimate Apparel

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress, Musical

Jennifer Ellis, My Fair Lady

  • IRNE Award – Best Director, Musical

Scott Edmiston, My Fair Lady

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical

My Fair Lady

  • IRNE Award – Special Award for Valiant Replacement

Paula Plum, Red Hot Patriot

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Production, Midsize, Small or Fringe

My Fair Lady

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress, Midsize

Cloteal Horne, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Solo Performance

Phil Tayler, Buyer & Cellar

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director, Midsize

Scott Edmiston, My Fair Lady

  • Elliot Norton Award – Musical Performance by an Actress

Jennifer Ellis, My Fair Lady

2015
  • IRNE Award – Best Lighting Design

Franklin Meissner, Jr., Sweeney Todd

  • IRNE Award – Best Ensemble, Midsize

Into the Woods

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actress, Midsize (Drama)

Paula Plum, Death of a Salesman

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor, Midsize (Drama)

Kelby T. Akin, Death of a Salesman

  • IRNE Award – Best Director of a Musical

Spiro Veloudos, Into the Woods

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical

Into the Woods

  • IRNE Award – Best Play, Midsize

Death of a Salesman

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor, Midsize

Nael Nacer, Intimate Apparel

  • Elliot Norton Award – Best Director, Midsize

Spiro Veloudos, Into the Woods

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress

Aimee Doherty, Into the Woods

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Production

Into the Woods

2014
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress

Aimee Doherty, On the Town

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor in a Play

John Davin, One Man, Two Guvnors

2013
  • IRNE Award – Best Musical

Avenue Q

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress in a Play

Celeste Oliva, Chinglish

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress in a Musical

Erica Spyres, Avenue Q

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

David Kravitz, The Mikado

  • IRNE Award – Best Music Director

Catherine Stornetta, Avenue Q

  • IRNE Award – Best Director of a Musical

Spiro Veloudos, Avenue Q

  • IRNE Award – Best Puppet Appearance

Avenue Q

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Production

Avenue Q

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Ensemble

Avenue Q

2011
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director

Spiro Veloudos & Courtney O'Connor, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor

Johnny Lee Davenport, Broke-ology

2010
  • IRNE Award – Best Play by Midsize Company

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • IRNE Award – Best Director of a Drama

Spiro Veloudos, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor

Jason Powers, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • IRNE Award – Best Ensemble

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

  • IRNE Award – Best Lighting

Scott Clyve, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts 1 & 2

2009
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production

Speech & Debate

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director

Scott Edmiston, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical

Grey Gardens

  • IRNE Award – Best Music Director

Jonathan Goldberg, Grey Gardens and Kiss Me, Kate

  • IRNE Award – Best Director (Musical)

Spiro Veloudos, Grey Gardens and Kiss Me, Kate

2007
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production

Miss Witherspoon

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Paula Plum, Miss Witherspoon

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor

Larry Coen, Miss Witherspoon

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Design

Dewey Dellay, Miss Witherspoon

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Leigh Barrett, Souvenir

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical

Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Director of a Musical

Spiro Veloudos, Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical Director

Jonathan Goldberg, Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress in a Musical

Caroline DeLima, Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Robert Saoud, Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Lighting

Scott Clyve, Man of La Mancha

  • IRNE Award – Best Set Design

Janie E. Howland, Man of La Mancha

2006
  • Elliot Norton Award – Recipient of the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence

Spiro Veloudos

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress in a Comedy or Drama

Paula Plum, The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia?

  • IRNE Award – Best Solo Performance

Lanna Joffrey, 9 Parts of Desire

  • IRNE Award – Best Actor in a Musical

1776, Peter A. Carey

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor/Musical

1776, Timothy John Smith

2005
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Andrea Ross, A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Musical Production

Urinetown

  • IRNE Award – Best Choreography

Ilyse Robbins, Urinetown

  • IRNE Award – Best Direction

Spiro Veloudos, Urinetown

2004
  • IRNE Award – Best Musical Production

A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Director of a Musical

Spiro Veloudos, A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Music Direction

Jon Goldberg, A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Actor in a Musical

Christopher Chew, A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Actress in a Musical

Maryann Zschau, A Little Night Music

  • IRNE Award – Best Costume Design

David Cabral, A Little Night Music, Noises Off

2003
  • Theatre Hero Award –

Spiro Veloudos

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actress

Ellen Colton, Beyond Belief

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor/Musical

Steven Barkheimer, Book of Days

  • IRNE Award – Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Brian Robinson, When Pigs Fly, Side Show

2002
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Production

Sunday in the Park with George

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor

Robert Pemberton, Lobby Hero

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Costume Design

Gail Astrid Buckley, Curse of the Bambino

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Musical

Sunday in the Park with George

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Director

Spiro Veloudos, Sunday in the Park with George

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Actress

Maryann Zschau, No Way to Treat a Lady, Sunday in the Park with George

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Actor

Jason Schuchman, Lobby Hero

2001
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor

Phillip Patrone, Side Man

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Bobbie Steinbach, Over The River and Through the Woods

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Actress

Bobbie Steinbach, Over The River and Through the Woods

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Choreographer

Ilyse Robbins, She Love Me, A... My Name Will Always Be Alice

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Supporting Actor

Philip Patrone, Side Man

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Supporting Actress

Jacqui Parker, A... My Name Will Always be Alice

2000
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production

The Old Settler

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Jacqui Parker, The Old Settler

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director

Spiro Veloudos, Lost in Yonkers, Assassins, Never the Sinner

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Production

The Old Settler

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Director

Lois Roach, The Old Settler

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Actress

Jacqui Parker, The Old Settler

  • IRNE Award – Outstanding Actor

Steve McConnell, The Judas Kiss

1999
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Sheila Ferrini, Lost in Yonkers

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Direction

Spiro Veloudos, Lost in Yonkers, Assassins, Never the Sinner

  • Best of Boston – Best Theatre Artistic Director

Spiro Veloudos

1997
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Production

Speed-The-Plow

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Designer

Janie Fliegel, Speed-the-Plow/Blithe Spirit

  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actress

Dee Nelson, Blithe Spirit

1995
  • Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Designer

Howard Crabtree, Whoop-Dee-Doo

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