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Helen Hayes Awards crown ‘A Chorus Line,’ ‘Fame’ as local theater champs

The 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards were supposed to be May 18 at The Anthem.

However, due to the pandemic, the winners were announced virtually on Friday.

Winners were divided into “Hayes” for Equity casts and “Helen” for non-Equity casts.

On the Equity side, Signature Theatre’s “A Chorus Line” won Outstanding Production in a Musical (Hayes), while 1st Stage’s “The Brothers Size” won Outstanding Production in a Play (Hayes).

On the non-equity side, GALA Theatre’s “Fame, the Musical” won Outstanding Production in a Musical (Helen), upsetting Constellation Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” which entered the night with the most total nominations with 11.

Theater Alliance’s “Blood at the Root” won Outstanding Production in a Play (Helen).

“The Band’s Visit” at the Kennedy Center won Outstanding Visiting Production.

See the full list of winners on the Theatre Washington website.

Some Tupac Shakur family members step out of courtroom while others stay to face autopsy photos

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some members of Tupac Shakur's family stepped out of the courtroom Tuesday before prosecutors showed photos from his autopsy at the Las Vegas trial of the man charged in the killing of the rap giant. Others remained in the courtroom to face the grim facts of what happened to his body. The grisly photos came on the second day of testimony in the trial of 63-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyer in opening statements called the prosecution's narrative “fiction.” Dr. Lisa Gavin, a forensic pathologist and medical examiner for Clark County, Nevada, described Shakur's injuries and explained his cause of death. Jurors were shown photos of his body. Some relatives who remained in the courtroom looked away.
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