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Photo Coverage: 2007 LA Ovation Awards Ceremony

By: Nov. 13, 2007
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The 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony was held November 12 at downtown's The Orpheum Theatre.  The nights big winners included Sleeping Beauty Wakes (World Premiere Musical), Film Chinois (World Premiere Play) and Jersey Boys (Touring Production).

For best direction of  musical, David Lee won for Can-Can at the Pasadena Playhouse with Stuart Rogers taking home the best direction of a play award for The Long Christmas Ride Home at Theatre Tribe.  For musical direction, both Dan Wheetman and Brendan Milburn won for the Rubicon Theatre Company's Back Home Again:  A John Denver Holiday Concert and The Center Theatre Group's Sleeping Beauty Wakes, respectively.

The Geffen Playhouse's Hershey Felder As George Gershwin Alone won best musical in a large theatre while The Marvelous Wonderettes was awarded the Franklin R. Levy Memorial Award for best musical in an intimate theatre.  Souvenir took home the award for best play in a large theatre and Jitney was honored for best play in an intimate theatre.

LA Stage Alliance Board of Governors Awards went to Annette Bening for career achievement, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles for the James A. Doolittle leadership in theatre award and The Actors Fund for the community outreach award.

Photos by ©Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.


Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty


Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty


Blank Theatre Company Artistic Director Daniel Henning and Vicki Lewis


Vicki Lewis and Blank Theatre Company Artistic Director Daniel Henning


Host Neil Patrick Harris


Neil Patrick Harris


Michele Lee


Michele Lee


Julie and Kevin Earley


Yeardley Smith


Garry Marshall and Yeardley Smith


Garry Marshall


Orlando Jones


Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty greet Daniel Henning


Jackie Seiden and Erich Bergen


Jackie Seiden, Erich Bergen, Christopher Kale Jones and Jenna Coker Jones


Mary Jo Catlett


Gil Cates and Sheldon Epps


Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Gil Cates


Neil Patrick Harris


Neil Patrick Harris


Stefanie Powers


Garry Marshall


Garry Marshall


Sheldon Epps


CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie


Michael Ritchie


Annette Bening


Annette Bening


Producer David Elzer


Christopher Kale Jones


Director of Grand Performances Michael Alexander, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty and LA Stage Alliance Executive Producer Terence McFarland


Gil Cates and Garry Marshall


Rex Lee


Christopher Kale Jones and wife Jenna Coker Jones


Jackie Seiden, Christopher Kale Jones and Erich Bergen


Sleeping Beauty Wakes' Ed Waterstreet, Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn



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