Boston's Vice Mayor, Ed Sullivan, presented Lee with a Boston Footlight Parade Award backstage at the Wilbur Theater in Boston following a performance of Agnes of God. Vice Mayor Sullivan gave Lee, a native of Boston, a traditional Paul Revere bowl.

The Paul Revere bowl is a cherished gift of sterling and pewter inspired by the original bowl made my silversmith Paul Revere. In the late 1700's, the House of Representatives sent a letter to each of the colonies criticizing King George III. The King demanded that the letter be rescinded, and 92 members of the House voted in defiance not to rescind. Fifteen members of the Sons of Liberty commissioned Paul Revere to design a gift to the House to thank them for their support, and in 1768 the Paul Revere Bowl was born. The original, engraved with the names of the Sons of Liberty, now rests in a place of honor in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.