Nominations for the Ovation Awards, celebrating achievement in Los Angeles-area theatre, have been announced.
The Drowsy Chaperone, which premiered at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre before becoming a hit on Broadway, led the pack of shows with 12 nominations, while the Geffen Playhouse's All My Sons, Open at the Top Production's Elizabeth Rex and Fountain Theatre's Joe Turner's Come and Gone each received eight. Curtains, the new musical with a score by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb that recently opened at the Ahmanson, garnered seven nominations.
Numerous Broadway veterans were nominated for their performances this year. They include: Larry Bryggman, Alfred Molina, Laurie Metcalf, David Hyde Pierce, Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Judy Kaye, Beth Leavel, Danny Burstein, Edward Hibbert, Karen Ziemba, Harriet Harris and Natascia Diaz.
Legendary composer/lyricist Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage aux Folles) will receive the award for Career Achievement, whil California Institute of the Arts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) will be presented with the Community Outreach Award.
Presented by the L.A. Stage Alliance, the Ovation Awards will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre on November 13th.
For tickets to the ceremony and more information, visit www.lastagealliance.com.
The nominations are as follows:
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
A Magic Christmas by Dakin Matthews (Andak Stage Company)
A Picture of Dorian Gray by Michael Michetti (The Theatre @ Boston Court)
Bunbury: A Serious Play for Trivial People by Tom Jacobson (Road Theatre Company)
The Quality of Light by Richard Martin Hirsch (Long Beach Playhouse)
The Shelter by Pasha D. Lychnikoff and Lee Hubbard (Black Square Productions)
Water & Power by Richard Montoya and Culture Clash (Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum)
Zero Hour by Jim Brochu (West Coast Jewish Theatre) WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Curtains
Book by Rupert Holmes Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Additional Lyrics by Kander & Holmes
(Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre, Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow and Daryl Roth)
It Came From Beyond
Cornell Christianson, Stephen M. Schwartz, Norman Thalheimer (Cornell Christianson)
Lizard
James Mellon, Scott DeTurk (Open at the Top Productions)
Play It Cool
Book by Larry Dean Harris, Lyrics by Mark Winkler (Celebration Theatre)
The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Book by Patricia Cotter, Music & Lyrics by Lori Scarlett
(LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza & Rose Marcario) RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Geraldine Hughes, Belfast Blues (Rubicon Theatre Company)
Sybyl Walker, Beneath Rippling Water (Company of Angels)
Jay Johnson, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! (The Colony Theatre Company)
Heather Raffo, Nine Parts of Desire (Geffen Playhouse)
Paul Stroili, Straight Up With A Twist (Grove Theater Center) ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Bunbury: A Serious Play For Trivial People (Road Theatre Company)
Gorey Stories (Sacred Fools Theatre Company)
J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera (Job The Hip-Hopera LLC)
Swing! (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
The Brothers Karamazov (Circle X Theatre Company)
The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (Del Shores & Jason Dottley & Zephyr Theatre) DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Randall Arney, All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse)
Robert Mamman, Elizabeth Rex (Open at the Top Productions)
Ben Bradley, Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Fountain Theatre)
Valery Belyakovich, The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
Del Shores, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Julia Rodriguez Elliott, Ubu Roi (A Noise Within)
Lisa Peterson, Water & Power DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Scott Ellis, Curtains
Pat Towne, Gorey Stories
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone (CTG: Ahmanson Theatre)
Scott Schwartz, tick... Tick... BOOM! (Rubicon Theatre Company in association with Michael Jackowitz)
David Lee, Zorba (Reprise! Broadway's Best) CHOREOGRAPHY
Hassan Christopher, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera
Lee Martino, On The Town (Reprise! Broadway's Best)
Dana Solimando, Swing!
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone
Jane Lanier, The Wild Party (The Blank Theatre Company) MUSICAL DIRECTION
Gerald Sternbach, On The Town
Louis Durra, Play It Cool (Celebration Theatre)
Phil Reno, The Drowsy Chaperone
David O, The Wild Party
Gerald Sternbach, Zorba PLAY - INTIMATE THEATRE
Elizabeth Rex (Open at the Top Productions)
Fences (Jeffrey Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ron Sossi and The Odyssey Theatre)
I Capture The Castle (Hollywood Food Chain Productions)
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Open at the Top Productions)
The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Zero Hour (West Coast Jewish Theatre) PLAY - LARGE THEATRE
All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse)
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets (CTG: Ahmanson)
The Turn of the Screw (Rubicon Theatre Company)
Ubu Roi (A Noise Within)
Water & Power (CTG: Mark Taper Forum) FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL - INTIMATE THEATRE
Gorey Stories (Sacred Fools Theatre Company)
It Came From Beyond (Cornell Christianson)
J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera (Job The Hip-Hopera LLC)
The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical (La Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza & Rose Marcario)
The Wild Party (The Blank Theatre Company) MUSICAL LARGE THEATRE
On The Town (Reprise! Broadway's Best)
Swing! (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
The Drowsy Chaperone (CTG: Ahmanson Theatre)
tick... Tick... BOOM! (Rubicon Theatre Company in Association with Michael Jackowitz)
Zorba (Reprise! Broadway's Best) SET DESIGN - INTIMATE THEATRE
Michael Michetti, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Joel Daavid, Bluebonnet Court
Dana Moran Williams, Elizabeth Rex
Tom Buderwitz, Equinox
Joel Daavid & Michael Franco, Gorey Stories
Victoria Profitt, I Capture The Castle
Travis Gale Lewis, Joe Turner's Come and Gone SET DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE
Robert Blackman, All My Sons
Jonathan Christman, Belfast Blues
James Noone, Dead End
Antje Ellerman, Nine Parts of Desire
Robert Wilson, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone
Melissa Ficociello, Ubu Roi LIGHTING DESIGN - INTIMATE THEATRE
Steven Young, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Luke Moyer, Elizabeth Rex
Kathi O'Donohue, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Jeremy Pivnick, Mother Courage and Her Children
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Brothers Karamazov
Valery Belyakovich & Derrick McDaniel, The Shelter
Jeremy Pivnick, Unfinished American Highwayscape #9 & 32 LIGHTING DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Daniel Ionazzi, All My Sons
Jonathan Christman, Belfast Blues
Clifton Taylor, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
Robert Wilson, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Ken Billington & Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone
Ken Booth, Ubu Roi
Alexander V. Nichols, Water & Power SOUND DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Robert Oriol, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Jonathan Zenz & Madonna Cacciatore, Elizabeth Rex
Joe Barrucco & Martin Carrillo, Sable & Batalion, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera
David B. Marling, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Christopher Burns, The Lion In Winter
Drew Dalzell & Joe Patrick Ward (Music), The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
John Zalewski, Unfinished American Highwayscape #9 & 32 SOUND DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE
Richard Woodbury, All My Sons
Drew Dalzell, Billy Bishop Goes To War
David Beaudry, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Steve Abbott, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Acme Sound Partners, The Drowsy Chaperone
David O, Ubu Roi
Paul James Prendergast, Water & Power COSTUME DESIGN - INTIMATE THEATRE
Shon Leblanc, Bluebonnet Court
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Elizabeth Rex
Shon Le Blanc, Equinox
Ann Closs-Farley, Gorey Stories
Terri Lewis, I Capture The Castle
Naila Aladdin Sanders, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Dianne K. Graebner, The Brothers Karamazov COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE
David Kay Mickelsen, All My Sons
Debra McGuire, Boston Marriage
William Ivey Long, Curtains
Frida Parmeggiani, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Catherine Zuber, The Cherry Orchard
Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone
Leon Wiebers, Ubu Roi LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Richard Fancy, Death of a Salesman
Charlie Robinson, Fences
Aldophus Ward as Bynum, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Dan Mailley, La Bête
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Alfred Molina, The Cherry Orchard
Jim Brochu, Zero Hour LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Laurie Metcalf, All My Sons
Karesa McElheny, Elizabeth Rex
Elayne J. Taylor, Fences
Rebecca Mozo, I Capture The Castle
Ann Noble, Orange Flower Water
Dale Dicke, Sordid Lives
Linda Livingston, Wit LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Kevin Earley, It Came From Beyond
Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone
Eric Anderson, The Wild Party
Marc Kudisch, Zorba LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jessica Sheridan, Play It Cool
Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone
Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Valarie Pettiford, The Wild Party
Judy Kaye, Zorba FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
J. Todd Adams, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Granville Van Dusen, Darwin In Malibu
William S. Davis, Fences
Dig Wayne, Fences
Drake Simpson, Recent Tragic Events
Leslie Jordan, Sordid Lives
Dakin Matthews, Water & Power FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Robin Riker, All My Sons
Melanie Ewbank, Elizabeth Rex
Kerry Michaels, I Capture The Castle
Nike Doukas, I Capture The Castle
Adenrele Ojo, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Sarah Hunley, Sordid Lives
Dale Dickey, Southern Baptist Sissies FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Edward Hibbert, Curtains
Stephen Breithaupt, It Came From Beyond
Todd Fournier, It Came From Beyond
Larry Cedar, On The Town
Patrick Bristow, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone
Nathan Lee Graham, The Wild Party FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Karen Ziemba, Curtains
Megan Sikora, Curtains
Ali Spuck, It Came From Beyond
Harriet Harris, On The Town
Christine Lakin, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Natascia Diaz, tick... Tick... BOOM!
Camille Saviola, Zorba
