Awards & Recognition
Transport Group was the proud recipient of 20 nominations in the 2011-2012 season!
Frederick Loewe Award
Michael John LaChiusa - Queen of the Mist
Read more about it here.
Tony
Douglas Carter Beane - Best Book of a Musical - Lysistrata Jones
Drama Desk
Mary Testa - Special Achievement Award
Douglas Carter Beane - Outstanding Book of a Musical - Lysistrata Jones
Michael John LaChiusa - Outstanding Book of a Musical - Queen of the Mist
Michael John LaChiusa - Outstanding Lyrics - Queen of the Mist
Michael John LaChiusa - Outstanding Music - Queen of the Mist
Michael Starobin - Outstanding Orchestrations - Queen of the Mist
Jack Cummings III - Outstanding Director of a Musical - Queen of the Mist
Andrew Samonsky - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Queen of the Mist
Queen of the Mist - Outstanding Musical
Lucille Lortel
Mary Testa - Outstanding Lead Actress
Queen of the Mist - Outstanding Musical
Off-Broadway Alliance
Queen of the Mist - Best New Musical
The Patsy - Best Special Event
Drama League
Queen of the Mist - Distinguished Production of a Musical
Mary Testa - Distinguished Performance Award
Outer Critics Circle
Queen of the Mist - Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical (WIN)
Queen of the Mist - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Queen of the Mist - Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
David Greenspan - Outstanding Solo Performance - The Patsy
Henry Hewes Design Award
Sandra Goldmark - Scenic Design - Queen of the Mist
David C. Woolard and Thomas Charles LeGalley - Costume Design - Lysistrata Jones
R. Lee Kennedy - Lighting - Queen of the Mist
2011
* OFF-BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARD (2011) for Best Musical Revival for Hello Again
* DRAMA DESK AWARD (2011) for Best Book of a Musical for Adam Mathias for See Rock City & Other Destinations
Adam Mathias's acceptance speech for the Drama Desk Award, presented by Tom Wopat
* 11 DRAMA DESK AWARD nominations received in 2011, including Best Revival of a Musical for Hello Again and Best New Musical for See Rock City & Other Destinations
* OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD nomination for Best Revival of a Musical for Hello Again
* DRAMA LEAGUE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD nomination for the Ensemble of Hello Again
* AMERICAN THEATRE WING Henry Hewes Design Award nomination for Michael Rasbury's Sound Design for Hello Again
* Queen of the Mist is the 3rd Transport Group production to be filmed for The New York Performing Arts Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Lincoln Center
AWARD HISTORY
TRANSPORT GROUP is the proud recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007 for its "breadth of vision and presentation of challenging productions."
Jack Cummings III's acceptance speech for the Drama Desk Award presented by legendary actor Jim Dale
22 Drama Desk Award Nominations:
Hello Again
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Director of a Musical - Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Sound Design - Michael Rasbury
Outstanding Orchestrations - Mary Mitchell Campbell
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Bob Stillman
See Rock City & Other Destinations
Outstanding New Musical
Outstanding Director of a Musical - Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Lyrics - Adam Mathias
Outstanding Music - Brad Alexander
Outstanding Lighting Design - R. Lee Kennedy
Outstanding Book of a Musical - Adam Mathias - WINNER
The Boys in the Band
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play - Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Featured Actor- Nick Westrate
Outstanding Set- Sandra Goldmark
Outstanding Lighting - Dane Laffrey
Bury the Dead
Outstanding Lighting Design - R. Lee Kennedy
First Lady Suite
Outstanding Musical Revival
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Mary Testa
The Audience
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Jack Cummings III
Outstanding Lighting Design – R. Lee Kennedy
OBIE Awards:
The Boys in the Band
Performance - Jonathan Hammond
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Performance - Donna Lynne Champlin
OBIE Award Grant
Presented by Cynthia Nixon, Transport Group received an Obie Award Grant for continued excellence in the New York theatre scene: "Rejuvenating the past and challenging the future, this company is nothing if not ambitious, equally unfazed by the challenges of giving a forgotten play a startling new life or creating a new musical with a cast as large as the audience. In the coming years, they plan to revisit the entire 20th century, commissioning a new work and reviving an old one to stand for every decade. For the excitement of what they've done and what's to come, the judges have voted an Obie Award Grant of $2,500 to Transport Group."
Other Honors:
The Boys in the Band
Drama League Distinguished Performance Award - Jonathan Hammond
The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Award - Dane Laffrey, Oustanding Scenic Design
Crossing Brooklyn
Edward Kleban Award - Laura Harrington, most promising librettist
The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination - Sandra Goldmark, Outstanding Scenic Design
Nora Brennan, Transport Group's resident Casting Director, received an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America (2009)
First Lady Suite (2004) and Bury the Dead (2008) - filmed for The New York Performing Arts Library’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Lincoln Center
Grants:
Transport Group has received grants from the following foundations:
The American Theatre Wing
The Dramatists Guild Fund
The Friars Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
JP Morgan/Chase Fund for Small Theatres
The Lucille Lortel Foundation
The Dorothy Loudon Foundation
The Frederick Lowe Foundation
The Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund
The National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department for Cultural Affairs
The New York State Council of the Arts
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
The Shen Family Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
The Geraldine Stutz Family Trust
The Village Voice/OBIE Awards
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation