Artie Awards Archive

Date: May 13, 1991
Location: Garvey's Restaurant
Hosts: Anthony Chase & Mary Kate O'Connell 

The 1st Annual Artie Awards was a very different affair than the ceremony we witness today. 

There were a total of 17 awards given out that evening, including two now-defunct categories: Graphic Design (this being the only year it was presented) and Outstanding Season. 

Several categories did not exist as of yet: Supporting Actor in a Musical, Supporting Actress in a Musical & Choreography.

A general Ensemble award was given this year - there weren't separate categories for Musicals & Plays.

The published nominee list at the time did not list theatres for the Ensemble award and certain theatres (buildings) were listed as opposed to companies themselves.

The 1990-1991 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Bent, BET
Death of a Salesman, Kavinoky
The Dresser, BET
Equus, TOY
Long Day's Journey Into Night, Pfiefer Theatre

Production of a Musical:
Jacques Brel is Alive & Well and Living in Paris, Upstage
Nunsense, MusicalFare
Pump Boys & Dinettes, Upstage
Suds, TOY
They're Playing Our Song, Buffalo State College at Rockwell Hall

Direction of a Play:
Nancy Doherty, Bent
Vincent O'Neill, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Meg Pantera, Equus
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert Waterhouse, The Dresser

Direction of a Musical:
Jayne Freeman, Singin' in the Rain
Meg Pantera & David Jay, Suds
Michael G. Hake & David Johnston, Pump Boys & Dinettes
Randall Kramer, Nunsense
Mary Kate O'Connell, From Ragtime to Rap

Ensemble:
The cast of The Dresser
The cast of Equus
The cast of Steal Away
The cast of Venus in the Birdbath
The cast of Welfare

Actor in a Play:
Saul Elkin, Long Day's Journey Into Night
David Lamb, Present Laughter
Vincent O'Neill, Joyicity
Christopher Petit, Equus
Stewart Roth, Death of a Salesman

Actress in a Play:
Bess Brown-Kregal, American Life & Casualty
Arlene Clement, The Ditch Diggers
Rosalind Cramer, American Life & Casualty
Barbara Link LaRue, Merry Wives of Windsor
Betty Lutes DeMunn, The Dresser

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Aaron Buckwalter, Equus
Brian Fraley, Bent
Carl Kowalkowski, Rough Crossing
Bruce Moore, Death of a Salesman
Joe Natale, The Cattle Pen

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Rosalind Cramer, The Little Match Girl
Anne Gayley, The Secret Rapture
Darleen Pickering Hummert, Merry Wives of Windsor
Jeanmarie Lally, Equus
Meg Quinn, Equus

Actor in a Musical:
Peter Davis, La Cage aux Folles
Jeffry Denman, Singin' in the Rain
Marc Jon Filippone, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well...
Sean Greenan, Singin' in the Rain
Robert "Ernie" Insana, Pump Boys & Dinettes

Actress in a Musical:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Singin' in the Rain
Jeanmarie Lally, Suds
Mary Kate O'Connell, Closer Than Ever
Loraine O'Donnell, Nunsense
Heather Taylor Simpson, Pump Boys & Dinettes

Set Design:
Robert Waterhouse & Patrick Ganey, The Dresser
Neal Radice, Venus in the Birdbath
Kerry Sanders, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Patrick Shaughnessy, Hit Me Again
Carroll Simon, The Little Match Girl

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Joyicity
Patrick Fahey, Equus
Patrick Ganey, The Dresser
Gary Hughes, Closer Than Ever
Kerry Sanders, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground

Costume Design:
David Jay, Present Laughter
Rick Makowski, Bent
Loraine O'Donnell, American Life & Casualty
Mary Anne Powell,  A Christmas Carol (Studio Arena)
Roberta Taylor, Ti-Jean and His Brothers

New Play:
The Bump Foster Story by Michael Quigley
City Without Love by Tom Martin
The Ditch Diggers by Joe Agro
Father Knows Best by Darleen Pickering Hummert
Journey to Taos by Nancy Doherty & Adele Leas

Graphic Design: (no nominees announced)
Colleen Fahey, Equus

Outstanding Season:
Alleyway Theatre

Date: May 11, 1992
Location: Tralfamadore Cafe
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Jen Gurney, Richard Lambert & Loraine O'Donnell 

The 2nd Annual Artie Awards was similar to the 1st, but made a few adjustments and improvements. The Supporting categories in Musicals were added, while the Graphic Design category was eliminated. 

A general Ensemble award was given this year - there weren't separate categories for Musicals & Plays.

There was still no Choreography award.

This was also the first year that the New Play category was called the "Emanuel Fried Award for New Play."

As you'll see from the list below, Studio Arena Theatre was eligible at this point in Artie history...or at least local actors/artists in a Studio Arena production, or a production actually produced locally and presented at the theatre. 

The 1991-1992 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Faith Healer, ICTC
Fences, Studio Arena Theatre
My Children! My Africa!, UB Dept. of Theatre & Dance
The Seagull, BET
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ujima/BET

Production of a Musical:
A...My Name is Alice, BUA
Blues in the Night, Paul Robeson Theatre
Into the Woods, MusicalFare
Threepenny Opera, The Cabaret
Tommy, Cadenza Productions

Direction of a Play:
Nancy Doherty, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jerry Finnegan, My Children! My Africa!
Terry Kimmel, Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune
Meg Pantera, Henry IV, Part I
Robert Waterhouse, The Seagull

Direction of a Musical:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, A...My Name is Alice
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato & Michael G. Hake, Tommy
Randall Kramer, Into the Woods
Mary Kate O'Connell, Little Shop of Horrors
Erica Wohl, Threepenny Opera

Ensemble:
A...My Name is Alice, BUA
A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven, Paul Robeson Theatre
Dancing on the Ceiling, TOY
Far Beyond the Fringe, The Cabaret
In White America, Ujima

Actor in a Play:
Saul Elkin, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Fences
Michael Karr, Henry IV, Part I
Phil Knoerzer, The Julia Set
Vincent O'Neill, The Importance of Being Oscar

Actress in a Play:
Lorna C. Hill, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Josephine Hogan, Shirley Valentine
Mary Loftus, Lovers
Lisa Ludwig, Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune
Christina Rausa, Educating Rita

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Mark Adams, Bad Habits
Saul Elkin, Henry IV, Part I
Brian Fraley, Modern Maturity
Emanuel Fried, The Seagull
Scott Lyle, The Julia Set

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Bess Brown-Kregal, The Seagull
Beverly Dove, In White America
Eileen Dugan, Lettice & Lovage
Gail Golden, The Seagull
Maureen Porter, Agnes of God

Actor in a Musical:
John Buscaglia, Far Beyond the Fringe
Jeffry Denman, Astaire!
Marc Jon Filippone, Baby
Sean Greenan, Little Shop of Horrors
Jeff Nicoloff, Godspell

Actress in a Musical:
Mary Craig, Blues in the Night
Erika Insana, Chess
Lori Jacobs, Here's Love!
Lisa Ludwig, Into the Woods
Mary McMahon, Dames at Sea

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Jeffry Denman, Tommy
Carl Kowalkowski, Threepenny Opera
Joe Natale, The Fantasticks
Tom Owen, Into the Woods
Peter Sham, Little Shop of Horrors

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Anne Nicole Biancofiore, Tommy
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Tommy
Jeanmarie Lally, Into the Woods
Carolyn Saxon, Chess
Maggie Zindle, Threepenny Opera

Set Design:
Patrick Ganey, The Seagull
Kerry Sanders, A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven
Norman Sham, Into the Woods
Patrick Shaughnessy, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
Bruce Moore & RT Williams, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Dancing on the Ceiling
Tom Kostusiak, Into the Woods
Tom Ochs, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
Neal Radice, Over the Falls
Kerry Sanders, A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven

Costume Design:
Lee Ann Dorsey, LaRonde
David Jay, Tommy
Donna Massimo, Fences
Linda Reitberger, Into the Woods
Elsie Moody Smith, A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Dancing on the Ceiling by Theatre of Youth Company
Malpractice by Anthony Cardinale
Modern Maturity by Edna Pelonero
Over the Falls by Ariene Brent Fanale
Thriller by Penelope Prentiss

Career Achievement:
Warren Enters

Outstanding Season:
BET

Date: May 17, 1993
Location: Tralfamadore Cafe
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Claudia Catalano, Pamela Rose Mangus & Tim White
Music Direction: Theresa E. Quinn

The 3rd Annual Artie Awards continued to make adjustments.

The Outstanding Season award was eliminated completely and there was no Emanuel Fried Award for New Play given this year. 

There was still no Choreography award and the Ensemble award remained a general award. 

There were also 2 recipients of the Career Achievement award.

The 1992-1993 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
The Baby Dance, BUA
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Kavinoky
The Caretaker, ICTC/UB
Johnny Bull, BUA
Shadowlands, Kavinoky

Production of a Musical:
Jerry's Girls, BUA
Jesus Christ Superstar, MusicalFare
Side by Side by Sondheim, MusicalFare
Sweeney Todd, MusicalFare
The Ten Percent Revue, BUA

Direction of a Play:
Rosalind Cramer, The Baby Dance
Jerry Finnegan, Fen
David Lamb, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Michael Mirand, A Streetcar Named Desire
Susan Shaughnessy, Johnny Bull

Direction of a Musical:
Tom Dooney, The Ten Percent Revue
Randall Kramer, Jesus Christ Superstar
Randall Kramer, Sweeney Todd
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Jerry's Girls
Mary Kate O'Connell, Side by Side by Sondheim

Ensemble:
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Kavinoky
Jerry's Girls, BUA
Sophisticated Ladies, Paul Robeson Theatre
The Ten Percent Revue, BUA
Waiting for the Parade, BUA

Actor in a Play:
Joe Giambra, Johnny Bull
Brian Harkins, Psycho Beach Party
Phil Knoerzer, Lenny
Gerald Ramsey, Before it Hits Home
Richard Wesp, The Caretaker

Actress in a Play:
Bess Brown-Kregal, God Country
Eileen Dugan, The Baby Dance
Meghan Rose Krank, Waiting for the Parade
Mary Loftus, Johnny Bull
Meg Pantera, The Baby Dance

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Drew Butkowski, The Boys in the Band
Laverne Clay, Before it Hits Home
Bryan Hayes, The Baby Dance
Jack Hunter, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Richard Wesp, Shadowlands

Supporting Actress in a Play:
June L. Saunders Duell, Do You See What I'm Saying?
Kristen Gasser, A Streetcar Named Desire
Jennifer Hill, Johnny Bull
Lorna C. Hill, Blithe Spirit
Chrissy McDonald, American Lanes

Actor in a Musical:
James Cammarata, Jesus Christ Superstar
Marc Jon Filippone, Mack and Mabel
Bruce Gustafson, Sweeney Todd
Joseph Mahan, Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Will Minsterman, Marry Me a Little

Actress in a Musical:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Side by Side by Sondheim
Mary Craig, Sophisticated Ladies
Jeanmarie Lally, Marry Me a Little
Mary Kate O'Connell, Sweeney Todd
Loraine O'Donnell, Jerry's Girls

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
John Cronyn, Jesus Christ Superstar
Ernest Griffin, Sophisticated Ladies
Will Minsterman, Sweeney Todd
Tom Owen, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Bill Scott, Jesus Christ Superstar

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Sandra Gilliam, Sophisticated Ladies
Lisa Ludwig, Jesus Christ Superstar
Sheila McCarthy, Sweeney Todd
Ann Mosner, Jerry's Girls
Maggie Zindle, Sweeney Todd

Set Design:
Bob Ball, We Ain't What We Was
Neal Radice, Peaceful Creatures
Norman Sham, Sweeney Todd
Patrick Shaughnessy, Johnny Bull
Michael Sprada, Psycho Beach Party

Lighting Design:
Douglas Dugan, Voyage Round My Father
Bill Harden, Waiting for the Parade
Peter Jakubowski, Fen
Tom Kostusiak, Sweeney Todd
Neal Radice, Alice Again

Costume Design:
Betsey Baun, The Commedia Pinnochio
Patrick Bevilacqua, Jerry's Girls
Patrick Bevilacqua, Psycho Beach Party
Loraine O'Donnell, Sweeney Todd
Joyce Stilson, Alice Again

Career Achievement:
Blossom Cohan
Fred Keller

Date: May 16, 1994
Location: Network
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Brian Harkins, Paula Makar, Debbie Pappas & Sarah Norat Phillips
Music Direction: Don Jenczka

The 4th Annual Artie Awards were held at Jim Kelly's (yes, the Buffalo Bill) now defunct downtown nightclub, Network.

As far as awards themselves, this is the year that the Arties became the  awards we know today.  The Ensemble category was divided into Musical and Play divisions and the Choreography award was added.

This was the second year in a row where there were two Career Achievement recipients.

This year also marked the first Artie "tie" - in the Actor in a Play category.

The 1993-1994 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Conversations With My Father, Kavinoky
The Gigli Concert, ICTC
Spunk, Ujima
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, BET
Unidentified Remains and the True Nature of Love, BUA

Production of a Musical:
A Chorus Line, MusicalFare
Assassins, Cadenza Productions
Bessie & Billie's Place, Paul Robeson Theatre
Diamonds, Upstage
Hair, MusicalFare

Direction of a Play:
Lorna C. Hill, Spunk
Christopher Jenkins, Unidentified Human Remains...
Terry Kimmel, The Kathy & Mo Show
Fortunato Pezzimenti, The Gigli Concert
Robert Waterhouse, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell

Direction of a Musical:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Assassins
Randall Kramer, A Chorus Line
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato & Randall Kramer, Hair
Sheila McCarthy, The Boyfriend
Loraine O'Donnell, Diamonds

Choreography:
Anne Nicole Biancofiore, The Boyfriend
Anne Nicole Biancofiore, Fiddler on the Roof
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, A Chorus Line
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Hair
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Simply Gershwin

Ensemble of a Play:
A Soldier's Play, Paul Robeson Theatre
Conversations With My Father, Kavinoky
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, BUA
Spunk, Ujima
Unidentified Human Remains..., BUA

Ensemble of a Musical:
A Chorus Line, MusicalFare
Assassins, Cadenza Productions
The Boyfriend, MusicalFare
Hair, MusicalFare
Some of My Best Friends Are..., BUA

Actor in a Play: (tie)
Saul Elkin, Conversations With My Father
David Lamb, Jeffery Bernard is Unwell
Richard Lambert, Unidentified Human Remains...
Vincent O'Neill, Sea Marks
Richard Wesp, The Gigli Concert

Actress in a Play:
Arlene Clement, Eleemosynary
Lorna C. Hill, Medeia
Pamela Karlin, Statements After an Arrest...
Sarah Norat Phillips, Spunk
Maureen Porter, The Baltimore Waltz

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Peter Davis, The Lisbon Traviata
Drew Kahn, The Baltimore Waltz
Sydney Bernard Smith, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
Roosevelt Tidwell III, Spunk
Irving Vogel, Conversations With My Father

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Kristin Gasser, The Streets of Dublin
Josephine Hogan, Dancing at Lughnasa
Mary Loftus, Answering Neptune
Anne Hartley Pfohl, Unidentified Human Remains...
Irene Tassiopulos, Babies on Ice

Actor in a Musical:
Marc Jon Filippone, Romance/Romance
Michael Galante, Groucho: A Life in Revue
John Masse, Hair
Fred Rueck, Hair
Tom Zindle, Assassins

Actress in a Musical:
Jeanmarie Lally, Romance/Romance
Pamela Rose Mangus, A Little Night Music
Janien Nola, Hair
Loraine O'Donnell, Tell Me on a Sunday
Kathy Weese, The Boyfriend

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
David Butler, Some of My Best Friends Are...
Brian Harkins, A Little Night Music
Bill Lovern, Groucho: A Life in Revue
Will Minsterman, A Chorus Line
Tom Zindle, Fiddler on the Roof

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Sheila McCarthy, Assassins
Mary Kate O'Connell, A Little Night Music
Debbie Pappas, Fiddler on the Roof
Carolyn Saxon, Hair
Maggie Zindle, A Little Night Music

Set Design:
David Butler, Unidentified Human Remains...
David Lamb, Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Nikita Polyansky, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
Neal Radice, Rattus Rattus
Michael Sprada, Hair

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Hair
Brian Cavanagh, The Streets of Dublin
Peter Jakubowski, Statements After an Arrest...
Bruce G. Kyle, Spunk
Harry Mandris, Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Costume Design:
Betsey Baun, Julius Caesar
Patrick Bevilacqua, A Little Night Music
Maureen Carr, The Baltimore Waltz
Geraldine Duskin, The Streets of Dublin
Joyce Stilson, Babies on Ice

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Babies on Ice by Edna Pelonaro
Darrow for the Defense by Fred Keller
The Gratz Delusion by Rebecca Ritchie
Medeia, by Lorna C. Hill & Michele Ninacs
Old Lovers by Richard Lambert

Career Achievement:
Rosalind Cramer
Neal DuBrock

Date: May 15, 1995
Location: Network
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Kelli Bocock-Natale, Kristen Gasser & Don Jenczka
Music Direction: Eric Alsford

At the 5th Annual Artie Awards, there were again two Career Achievement award recipients.

The Emanuel Fried Award for New Play category consisted of a total of 3 nominees, as opposed to the usual 5.

The 1994-1995 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Flyin' West, Paul Robeson Theatre
Playboy of the Western World, ICTC
Poor Super Man, BUA
Speed of Darkness, BET
Two Trains Running, Ujima/Paul Robeson

Production of a Musical:
Ain't Misbehavin', Upstage/Paul Robeson
Falsettos, MusicalFare
My Fair Lady, Kavinoky
Quilt, BUA
The Rocky Horror Show, MusicalFare

Direction of a Play:
Christopher Jenkins, Poor Super Man
Michele Ninacs, Speed of Darkness
Vincent O'Neill, Playboy of the Western World
Sarah Norat Phillips, Two Trains Running
June L. Saunders Duell, Flyin' West

Direction of a Musical:
Mary Craig, Ain't Misbehavin'
Randall Kramer, Falsettos
Randall Kramer & Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, The Rocky Horror Show
Anne Hartley Pfohl, Quilt
Neal Radice, Acting a Romance

Choreography:
Anne Nicole Biancofiore, Gypsy
Matthew Clark, Ain't Misbehavin'
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Broadway 1960
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, My Fair Lady
Kathy Weese, Sound of Music

Ensemble of a Play:
Flyin' West, Paul Robeson Theatre
Jeffrey, BUA
Playboy of the Western World, ICTC
Poor Super Man, BUA
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, ICTC

Ensemble of a Musical:
Ain't Misbehavin', Upstage/Paul Robeson
Broadway 1960, MusicalFare
Falsettos, MusicalFare
Quilt, BUA
The Rocky Horror Show, MusicalFare

Actor in a Play:
Jack Hunter, Speed of Darkness
Chris Kelly, Jeffrey
Richard Lambert, Poor Super Man
Gerald Ramsey, Two Trains Running
Shaun Sheley, Playboy of the Western World

Actress in a Play:
Alicia Banner, Flyin' West
Rosalind Cramer, 'night, Mother
Kristen Gasser, Playboy of the Western World
Barbara Link LaRue, Lion in Winter
Pamela Rose Mangus, Speed of Darkness

Supporting Actor in a Play:
David Butler, Poor Super Man
Saul Elkin, The Price
Brian LaTulip, Playboy of the Western World
Paul O'Hearn, Speed of Darkness
Roosevelt Tidwell III, Two Trains Running

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Jeanne Cairns, Over the Tavern
Arlene Clement, Same Old Moon
Josephine Hogan, Playboy of the Western World
N. Regina Jackson, Two Trains Running
Anne Hartley Pfohl, Jeffrey

Actor in a Musical:
David Butler, Quilt
John Fredo, Falsettos
David Lamb, My Fair Lady
John Masse, The Rocky Horror Show
Dwight Simpson, Ain't Misbehavin'

Actress in a Musical:
Katy Clancy, Acting a Romance
Loraine O'Donnell, Sound of Music
Debbie Pappas, Falsettos
Syndi Starr, Quilt
Maggie Zindle, My Fair Lady

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Steven Cooper, My Fair Lady
John Fredo, Funny Girl
Brian Harkins, The Rocky Horror Show
Clay Hulsey, My Fair Lady
Daniel McDonald, Falsettos

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Rosalind Cramer, Funny Girl
Sheila McCarthy, Gypsy
Mary Moebius, Divorce Me, Darling
Janien Nola, Broadway 1960
Elizabeth M. Polito, Animal Crackers

Set Design:
David Butler, Poor Super Man
David King, Redwood Curtain
David King, Playboy of the Western World
Kerry Sanders, Flyin' West
Norman Sham, The Rocky Horror Show

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, The Rocky Horror Show
Harry Mandris, Redwood Curtain
Neal Radice, Upstream, Downstream
Kerry Sanders, Flyin' West
Q. Brian Sickles, The Price

Costume Design:
Caitlin Coleman, Jeffrey
Geraldine Duskin, The Mousetrap
Geraldine Duskin, Playboy of the Western World
Lynne Hinman, Gypsy
Loraine O'Donnell, The Rocky Horror Show

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Acting a Romance by Bryan D. Leys & James Campodonico
Crusoe's Island by Jamie Moses
Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick

Career Achievement:
Saul Elkin
Anne Gayley