Nominations have been announced for the 39th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, to be presented on March 17 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. Jason Graae, who will receive the Joel Hirschorn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater, will host the event.
Jason Robert Brown's musical
13 received five nominations, including Best Production, Best Musical Direction, Best Ensemble Performance, and two for Brown for Writing and Score.
Jane Anderson's play
The Quality of Life will receive the Ted Schmitt Award for Outstanding World Premiere Play, and received nominations for Best Production as well as for actors Dennis Boutsakaris,
Laurie Metcalf, and
JoBeth Williams.
Other shows that received multiple nominations include
Dark Stories for Boys,
Love Loves a Pornographer,
Zanna, Dont!, In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and
Winter Wonderettes.
Among the 19 actors who received nominations were
Misty Cotton (
A Little Night Music), Gregory Itizin (
Shipwrecked: An Entertainment),
Alan Mandell (
Trying), Matt Letscher (
Anatol), and
Rex Smith (
The Pirates of Penzance).
Special awards will also be presented to theater companies Musical Theatre West and Theater Banshee, lighting designer Leigh Allen, and ASL interpreter
Jon Maher.
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