The Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical, produced by Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables, FL, earned the most nominations of 34 productions nommed for 2003 Carbonell Awards. The show was a critical hit, but a box office dud in Florida, according to the Sept. 15 Carbonell nominations announcement.
The 28th annual Carbonell Awards ceremony was held Nov. 10 at Amaturo Theatre at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The 2002-03 South Florida theatre season ended Labor Day.
One award was announced in September: The world premiere engagement of Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics was excused from the Best New Work category to encourage consideration among other new shows.
(Tin Box Boomerang, billed as an introspective drama about trailer park trash, won the Best New Work Award.) Anna, whose world premiere was at The New Theatre in Coral Gables last fall, already has won The Pulitzer Prize and the American Theatre Critics Association's Steinberg New Play Award, and in currently playing Broadway (in a separate production that originated at McCarter Theatre in New Jersey).
Winners in the non-resident category were The Lion King and Aida actors Jeremy Kushnier and Paulette Ivory, and Lion King director Julie Taymor.
Productions in Resident Theatre categories must be "materially produced, cast, assembled and rehearsed" as well as originate at the host theatre."
A dozen theatre critics vote exclusively on Non-Resident shows; the Resident Theatre panel numbers 26, including theatre and arts community veterans and critics.
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Here are the 28th Annual Carbonell Award nominations and winners. Winners are indicated in boldface type.
RESIDENT THEATRE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
Best New Work (Play or Musical) The Last Schwartz, by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Florida Stage
Open Season, by Michael McKeever, Hollywood Playhouse
Romeo & Bernadette, by Mark Saltzman, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Tin Box Boomerang, by Ivonne Azurdia, Mad Cat Theatre Company
A Town Like Irving,by Michael McKeever, New Theatre
Best Ensemble Production (Play or Musical)
Constant Star, Florida Stage
Menopause the Musical, Glist Productions at the Broward Stage Door 26th St. Theatre
Summer Shorts, City Theatre
Three Tall Women, Public Theatre
A Town Like Irving, New Theatre
Best Production of a Play
Constant Star, Florida Stage
Crimes of the Heart, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, GableStage
The Last Schwartz, Florida Stage
Best Director (Play)
Joseph Adler, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, GableStage
Michael Hall, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Richard J. Simon, A Shayna Maidel, Mosaic Theatre Company
Rich Simone, Crimes of the Heart, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Tazewell Thompson, Constant Star, Florida Stage
Best Actor (Play)
Meshaun Arnold, Medal of Honor Rag, M Ensemble Company
John Felix, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Avi Hoffman, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, GableStage
Gordon McConnell, The Guys, GableStage
Anthony Sacco, The Food Chain, Mosaic Theatre Company
Best Actress (Play)
Lisa Bansavage, Master Class, Caldwell Theatre Company
Jennifer Lehr, Diary of Anne Frank, GableStage
Laura Turnbull, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, GableStage
Laura Turnbull, Crimes of the Heart, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Claire Tyler, Comic Potential, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Supporting Actor (Play)
Peter Haig, Diary of Anne Frank, GableStage
Terrell Hardcastle, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
David Kwiat, Dirty Blonde, GableStage
Michael Vines, Tabletop, GableStage
Geoffrey Wade, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Best Supporting Actress (Play)
Kimberly Daniel, Credeaux Canvas, New Theatre
Mayhill Fowler, The Last Schwartz, Florida Stage
Sandra Ives, Crimes of the Heart, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Lanie MacEwan, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Lisa Morgan, Sherlock's Last Case, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Production of a Musical
The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Blood Brothers, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Parade, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Best Director (Musical)
David Arisco, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
David Arisco, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Dan Kelley, Parade, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Rich Simone, Blood Brothers, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Mark Waldrop, Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Best Actor (Musical)
Ken Clement, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Andy Karl, Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Robert Koutras, Parade, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Gary Marachek, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Tally Sessions, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Actress (Musical)
Natalie Hill, Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Jennifer Hughes, The Sound of Music, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Margot Moreland, Zombie Prom, The Acting Studio, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Laura Turnbull, Blood Brothers, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Vicki White, Parade, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Best Supporting Actor (Musical)
John Paul Almon, Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
Nicholas Richberg, Blood Brothers, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Brian Charles Rooney, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Shane Tanner, Parade, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Michael Turner, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Supporting Actress (Musical)
Irene Adjan, Blood Brothers, Shores Performing Arts Theatre
Carole Cortland, A New Brain, Mosaic Theatre Company
Blythe Gouda, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Sandra Ives, The Sound of Music, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Lourelene Snedeker, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Musical Direction
Eric Alsford, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Bruce Coyle, Romeo & Bernadette, Coconut Grove Playhouse
David Halladay, Constant Star, Florida Stage (play with music)
Michael Larsen, A New Brain, Mosaic Theatre Company
David Nagy, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Choreography (Musical)
Chrissi Ardito, Sophisticated Ladies, Broward Stage Door Theatre
Barbara Flaten, The Sound of Music, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Barbara Flaten, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Ray Roderick, I Love a Piano, Florida Stage
Reggie Whitehead, Zombie Prom, The Acting Studio, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Best Scenic Design
Tim Bennett, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Kent Goetz, Constant Star, Florida Stage
Gene Seyffer, Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Gene Seyffer, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Klara Zieglerova, Bach at Leipzig, Florida Stage
Best Lighting Design
Richard Crowell, I Love a Piano, Florida Stage
Mike Martin, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, GableStage
Jeff Quinn, Diary of Anne Frank, GableStage
Stuart Reiter, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Thomas Salzman, Fortune's Fool, Caldwell Theatre Company
Best Costume Design
Mary Lynne Izzo, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Mary Lynne Izzo, Comic Potential, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Suzette Pare, Bach at Leipzig, Florida Stage
Estela Vrancovich, The Countess, Caldwell Theatre Company
Merrily Murray Walsh, Constant Star, Florida Stage
Best Sound Design
Matt Briganti Kelly, Bach at Leipzig, Florida Stage
Nate Rausch, Floyd Collins, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Anthony Reimer, Othello, New Theatre
Dan Muses Scareider, Diary of Anne Frank, GableStage
Steve Shapiro, The Big Bang, The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
NON-RESIDENT THEATRE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
Best Production
The Lion King, Disney Theatricals, presented by Clear Channel Entertainment, Broadway In South Florida Series, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Best Director
Julie Taymor, The Lion King
Best Actress
Paulette Ivory, Aida, Disney Theatricals, presented by Clear Channel Entertainment, Broadway in South Florida Series, Broward Center
Best Actor
Jeremy Kushnier, Aida
SPECIAL AWARDS
Special Achievement Award: Playwright Nilo Cruz and the New Theatre in Coral Gables for the world premiere production of Anna in the Tropics
George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts: Arts patrons and leaders Alex W. Dreyfoos, Carl L. Mayhue and Robert B. Lochie, Jr., leaders in the development of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Arts (West Palm Beach) and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Fort Lauderdale).
Howard Kleinberg Award: Elizabeth Boone, artistic and executive director of the Miami Light Project.
Ruth Foreman Award: Dorothy Willis, president and producer of Tamarac's White-Willis Theatre company.
Bill Hindman Award: David Kwiat, actor and theatre professor
