'A Catered Affair' Wins 7 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards

The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards were announced at a West Coast ceremony last night and A Catered Affair, the new musical with book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by John Bucchino and directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, was the big winner with 7 awards, including Outstanding New Musical. 

The SDTCC awards honor excellence during the theatrical year in San Diego; A Catered Affair premiered at The Old Globe on September 30, 2007, inaugurating the theater's 2007-8 Season.

The complete list of awards includes:

Outstanding New Musical
Outstanding Score – John Bucchino
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical – Faith Prince
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Tom Wopat
Outstanding Direction – John Doyle
Outstanding Lighting – Brian MacDevitt
Outstanding Orchestrations – Don Sebesky

A Catered Affair was also named one of the year's best by The San Diego Union-Tribune, North County Times and San Diego Reader.

A Catered Affair begins performances on Broadway on March 25 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) with opening night set for April 17.

The production stars Tony Award-winner Prince as 'Aggie Hurley,' the mother- of-the-bride, Tony Award-nominee Wopat as 'Tom Hurley,' the father-of-the-bride, Harvey Fierstein as 'Winston,' the uncle-of-the-bride, Leslie Kritzer as 'Jane Hurley,' the bride-to-be and Matt Cavenaugh as 'Ralph Halloran,' the groom-to-be.  The featured cast includes Philip Hoffman, Katie Klaus, Heather MacRae, LORI WILNER and Kristine Zbornik.

Scenic Design is by David Gallo, Costume Design is by Ann Hould-Ward, Lighting Design is by Mr. MacDevitt, Sound Design is by Dan Moses Schreier, Projection Design is by Zachary Borovay, Hair Design is by David Lawrence and orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick.

"A Catered Affair, Broadway's newest musical, asks the question that inevitably faces every mother and daughter: Whose wedding is it anyway?  One family's dilemma is now a funny, poignant and oh, so human show of love and disaffection.  Set in the Bronx of 1953, this musical reveals a couple strained to their limits as they plan their only daughter's wedding.  Harvey Fierstein's book and John Bucchino's score explore both our need for love and the true meaning of family," describe press notes.