Kaye, 'ADDING MACHINE' and Brochu Among 33rd Annual Carbonell Award Winners

The 33rd annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors, were bestowed in a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance which raises scholarships for South Florida arts students.

The event included a special tribute honoring Carbonell Awards co-founder and executive director Jack Zink who covered the arts for all of the region's major newspapers for nearly 40 years before his death last summer.

COMBINED (plays & musicals)
Best New Work (award to author): William Mastrosimone, Dirty Business, Florida Stage
Best Ensemble Production: (award to producing organization): Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre

PLAYS
Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization): The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Director/Play: Richard Jay Simon, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Actor/Play: Gregg Weiner, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Actress/Play: Elizabeth Dimon, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Supporting Actor/Play: Dennis Creaghan, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Supporting Actress/Play: Kim Morgan Dean, A Body of Water, Mosaic Theatre Company

MUSICALS
Best Production of a Musical: Adding Machine, GableStage
Best Director/Musical: Joseph Adler, Adding Machine, GableStage
Best Actor/Musical: Oscar Cheda, Adding Machine, GableStage
Best Actress/Musical: Maribeth Graham, Adding Machine, GableStage
Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Jim Ballard, Adding Machine, GableStage
Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Stacy Schwartz, Adding Machine, GableStage
Musical Direction/Musical: Eric Alsford, Adding Machine, GableStage
Choreography/Musical: Ron De Jesus, The Full Monty, Maltz Jupiter Theatre

DESIGN (plays & musicals)
Best Scenic Design: Sean McClelland, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Lighting Design: Sevim Abaza, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage
Best Costume Design: Erin Amico, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Sound Design: Marty Mets, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage

Stock/Road Show Awards (Touring, Independent Productions, Plays and Musicals Combined)
Best Production: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Best Actor: Jim Brochu, Zero Hour, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Best Actress: Judy Kaye, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Best Supporting Actor: Julian Gamble, Twelve Angry Men, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Best Supporting Actress: Nancy Opel, The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Previously Announced
The George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts: David Arisco

The annual award for significant contributions to the artistic and cultural development of the region has been bestowed upon David Arisco, artistic director of the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theater. Arisco's diverse career spans more than 30 years as director, actor, musical director, stage manager, symphonic conductor and instrumentalist. He has been a part of Actors' Playhouse for 21 years, where he has directed more than 100 shows including seven which received Carbonell Awards for both Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical.

Photo of Judy Kaye by DavidAllenStudio.com

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