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1776, La Bohème, Intimate Apparel Top 2004 Los Angeles Ovation Awards
By Ernio Hernandez
16 Nov 2004
Performance Riverside's revival of 1776 was the big winner at the 2004 annual Los Angeles Ovation Awards, beating out Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre presentation of La Bohème, five awards to four.
Hector Elizondo and Garry Marshall hosted the Nov. 15 ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre honoring artistic excellence in L.A. theatres.
The Mark Taper Forum-Roundabout Theatre Company L.A. staging of Intimate Apparel took home honors for actress Viola Davis and her director Daniel Sullivan while Baz Luhrmann's staging of La Bohème earned awards — similarly to its Tony Award-honored Broadway run — for its ensemble and designers Catherine Martin and Nigel Levings, but not for director.
Fountain Theatre's staging of Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances, The Theatre @ Boston Court's Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836, Rubicon Theatre Company's All My Sons and International City Theatre's Caught in the Net were also among the productions with multiple wins.
Producer Paula Holt received a special James A. Doolittle Award for Leadership in the Theatre. The Career Achievement Award went to Betty Garrett, Broadway actress of Call Me Mister and Hollywood musicals "On the Town," "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "My Sister Eileen." The Cornerstone Theatre Company was also honored with the Community Outreach Award.
The complete list of nominees (with winners marked with an asterisk and in boldface) follows. Some categories allowed for multiple winners.
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
A Safe Distance by Maurice Chauvet - Apartment A
*Exits and Entrances by Athol Fugard - Fountain Theatre
Jonna's Body, please hold by Jonna Tamases & Nicholas de Wolff - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Red Light, Green Light by Erik Patterson - Theatre of NOTE
Stage Directions by L. Trey Wilson - Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA Project
WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Focus Today by Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard, Albert Dayan, Selina Woolery Smith - Burglars of Hamm
It's A Stevie Wonderful Life by Matt Walker & the Troubadour Theatre Company - Falcon Theatre
Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues by Amanda McBroom and Joel Silberman - Rubicon Theatre Company
Peach Blossom Fan by Edward Mast, adapted from Kung Shang-Ren, music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt - Center for New Theater
*The Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World by Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen - Powerhouse Theatre
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jack Axelrod, Visiting Mr. Green - International City Theatre
George Ball, All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
David Heymann, Visiting Mr. Green - International City Theatre
*Morlan Higgins, Exits and Entrances - Fountain Theatre
Lance E. Nichols, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Adam Stein, Nocturne - Black Dahlia Theatre
Clarence Williams III, I Just Stopped By to See the Man - Geffen Playhouse
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
*Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Linda Emond, Homebody/Kabul - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
Marilyn Fox, Orpheus Descending - Pacific Resident Theatre
Karen Kondazian, Master Class - Fountain Theatre
Michael Learned, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Robin Pearson Rose, All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
Jonna Tamases, Jonna's Body, please hold - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Engel, La Cage Aux Folles - Musical Theatre West
*Steve Glaudini, 1776 - Performance Riverside
Norman Large, La Cage Aux Folles - Musical Theatre West
Wade McCollum, Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Celebration Theatre
Jamie Torcellini, Hot Mikado - Musical Theatre West
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carol Dennis, Hot Mikado - Musical Theatre West
*Yvette Freeman, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Christa Jackson, Always... Patsy Cline - Musical Theatre West
Amanda McBroom, Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues - Rubicon Theatre Company
Sally Struthers, Always... Patsy Cline - Musical Theatre West
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Larry Cedar, Around the World in 80 Days - The Colony Theatre Company
Scott Cummins, Lobby Hero - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
*Joseph Fuqua, All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
Eric Lange, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Len Lesser, The Price - A Noise Within
Jeff Marlow, Around the World in 80 Days - The Colony Theatre Company
Corey Stoll, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Faline England, All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
Mariette Hartley, Enchanted April - Pasadena Playhouse
*Carolyn Hennesy, The Fan Maroo - Theatre of NOTE
Marilyn McIntyre, The Credeaux Canvas - The Victory Theatre Center
Deborah Strang, The Price - A Noise Within
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
*Nils Anderson, 1776 - Performance Riverside
Stan Chandler, 1776 - Performance Riverside
Mark Eckstein, Swing! - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Norman Large, Phantom - Performance Riverside
Darryl Alan Reed, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Jeffrey Rockwell, Gunmetal Blues - The Colony Theatre Company
Peter Van Norden, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Desiree Duarte, Swing! - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Amy Pietz, Company - Reprise! Broadway's Best
Debbie Prutsman, Phantom - Performance Riverside
*Jill Van Velzer, 1776 - Performance Riverside
Sybyl Walker, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
SOLO PERFORMANCE
*Gigi Bermingham, Non-Vital Organs (redux) - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Steven Hack, Willie's Son - Interact Theatre Company
Clinton Leupp, Miss Coco Peru Is Undaunted - LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza
Sandra Tsing Loh, Sugar Plum Fairy - Geffen Playhouse
Rain Pryor, Fried Chicken & Latkas - Canon Theatricals
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
*Baz Luhrmann's production of La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
*Caught in the Net - International City Theatre
Eleemosynary - Fremont Centre Theatre
Forever Plaid - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Elephant Stageworks
Side by Side by Sondheim - Rubicon Theatre Company
Stage Directions - Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA Project
DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
*Ray Cooney, Caught in the Net - International City Theatre
caryn desai, Visiting Mr. Green - International City Theatre
Simon Levy, Master Class - Fountain Theatre
James O'Neil, All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
*Stephen Sachs, Exits and Entrances - Fountain Theatre
Matt Shakman, Nocturne - Black Dahlia Theatre
*Daniel Sullivan, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Stan Chandler, Forever Plaid - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
*Nick DeGruccio, 1776 - Performance Riverside
caryn desai, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Paul Hadobas, Jekyll & Hyde -Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Baz Luhrmann, La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lee Martino, Brigadoon - Reprise! Broadway's Best
Lee Martino, Phantom - Performance Riverside
Lee Martino, Side by Side by Sondheim - Rubicon Theatre Company
Sean McKnight, Hot Mikado - Musical Theatre West
*Dana Solimando, Swing! - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Brian Baker, Always... Patsy Cline - Musical Theatre West
Lanny Hartley, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Don LeMaster, 1776 - Performance Riverside
*Dean Mora, Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues - Rubicon Theatre Company
Gerald Sternbach, Company - Reprise! Broadway's Best
PRODUCTION FROM A TOURING COMPANY
Little Shop of Horrors - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
*The Phantom of the Opera - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Thoroughly Modern Millie - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
PLAY (SMALLER THEATRE)
Eleemosynary - Fremont Centre Theatre
Holy Days - Theatre Forty
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Elephant Stageworks
*Master Class - Fountain Theatre
Nocturne - Black Dahlia Theatre
PLAY (LARGER THEATRE)
*All My Sons - Rubicon Theatre Company
Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
The Price - A Noise Within
Visiting Mr. Green - International City Theatre
MUSICAL (SMALLER THEATRE)
24 Hours: A Rock Musical - Make The Call Productions
Fleetwood Macbeth - Troubadour Theater Company
Guys and Dolls - Interact Theatre Company
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Celebration Theatre
The Spitfire Grill - Actors Co-Op/Crossley Theatre
MUSICAL (LARGER THEATRE)
*1776 - Performance Riverside
Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Baz Luhrmann's production of La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Forever Plaid - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Side by Side by Sondheim - Rubicon Theatre Company
Always... Patsy Cline - Musical Theatre West
Hot Mikado - Musical Theatre West
SET DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)
Tom Buderwitz, Summertime - The Theatre @ Boston Court
*Joel Daavid, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Elephant Stageworks
Rob Howeth, The Trial - Write Act Repertory Company
Desma Murphy, The Pagans - Road Theatre Company
Yevgenia Nayberg, A Winter People - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Craig Siebel, Nocturne - Black Dahlia Theatre
Scott Siedman, The Big Knife - Elephant Stageworks
SET DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)
Christopher Barreca, Peach Blossom Fan - Center for New Theater
D. Martyn Bookwalter, Talley's Folly - Pasadena Playhouse
Tom Buderwitz, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Tom Buderwitz, The Ladies of the Camellias - The Colony Theatre Company
*Catherine Martin, La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Derek McLane, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
Douglas W. Schmidt, The Royal Family - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)
*Mike Durst, Nocturne - Black Dahlia Theatre
Jose Lopez, A Winter People - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Kathi O'Donohue, Daisy in the Dreamtime - Fountain Theatre
Dan Weingarten, Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836 - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Steven Young, Summertime - The Theatre @ Boston Court
LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)
Shaun Fillion, Peach Blossom Fan - Center for New Theater
Allen Lee Hughes, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
*Nigel Levings, La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Jeremy Pivnick, Clutter - The Colony Theatre Company
Jeremy Pivnick, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Russell Pyle, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Scott Zielinski, Topdog/Underdog - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
SOUND DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)
Kathryn Bostic and Michael Sena, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Elephant Stageworks
Robbin Broad, The Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World - Powerhouse Theatre
*Julie Ferrin, Martin Carrillo and Paul Hepker, Romeo and Juliet... - The Theatre @ Boston Court
*Steve Goodie, Cold/Tender - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Bill Levine, Home or The Quest For the Lost Tablet of Ur - Zoo District
Nick Omana and Terence Davis, Side Man - Malibu Stage Company
John Zalewski, Summertime - The Theatre @ Boston Court
SOUND DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)
*Acme Sound Partners, La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Steven Cahill, Defying Gravity - Rubicon Theatre Company
Steven Cahill, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Paul Fabre, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
Marc Gwinn, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
COSTUME DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)
Audrey Eisner, Orpheus Descending - Pacific Resident Theatre
*Alex Jaeger, Romeo and Juliet... - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Scott Lane, Summertime - The Theatre @ Boston Court
Shon LeBlanc and A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Blithe Spirit - Cowardice Theatre Company
Dori Quan, A Winter People - The Theatre @ Boston Court
*A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, The Devils - Open Fist Theatre Company
Lisa Tomczeszyn, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Elephant Stageworks
COSTUME DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)
Ann Bruice, Driving Miss Daisy - Rubicon Theatre Company
Robert Blackman, The Royal Family - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie, La Bohème - CTG: Ahmanson Theatre
Garry Lennon, Dinah Was - International City Theatre
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, The Ladies of the Camellias - The Colony Theatre Company
Alejo Vietti and Jess Goldstein, Enchanted April - Pasadena Playhouse
*Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel - CTG: Mark Taper Forum
The peer-judged Ovation Awards, established in 1989, honor "artistic excellence of L.A.’s theatres and theatre artists, and their continuing contribution to the vibrant cultural scene."
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