Honoring excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2006, the 38th annual L.A.D.C.C. Awards will be presented at a ceremony at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.
Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza — the trio known as Culture Clash (Zorro in Hell, Water & Power) — will co-host with Back Stage West critic Wenzel Jones.
Joining the previously announced performers — The Troubadour Theater Company (Much ADoobie Brothers About Nothing) and the cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes — will be Kevin Earley and Camille Saviola (Zorba, The House of Bernarda Alba).
Presenters scheduled will include two-time Tony Award nominee Nancy Dussault (recently of Reprise! Sunday in the Park with George) and "Days of Our Lives" actor James Reynolds (artistic director of Fremont Centre Theatre) as well as previous winners Deidrie Henry (Yellowman), Bets Malone (On The Town), Bill Brochtrup (Pera Palas), David O (musical director The Wild Party), Daniel Henning (artistic director of The Blank Theatre Company, The Wild Party), Dakin Matthews (The Prince of L.A.), Kevin Earley (1776) and Rick Sparks (director Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange).
The nominees for the 2006 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards follow: LEAD PERFORMANCE
Tony Abatemarco, Bach at Leipzig - South Coast Repertory Dorie Barton, Lobster Alice - Blank Theatre Company Jodi Carlisle, A Hole in the Dark - Blank Theatre Company Richard Fancy, Death of a Salesman - Pacific Resident Theatre Laurence Fishburne, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse Reece Holland, A Man of No Importance - Musical Theatre Guild Salome Jens, Leipzig - West Coast Jewish Theatre and the Group at Strasberg Cherry Jones, Doubt - Ahmanson Theatre Marc Kudisch, Zorba - Reprise! Broadway's Best Dan Mailley, La Bête - Sacred Fools Theater Joel Polis, Pound of Flesh - Odyssey Theatre Erica Tazel, I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me By a Young Lady From Rwanda - Colony Theatre FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Patrick Bristow, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical - Hudson Backstage Theatre Beth Kennedy, Much ADoobie Brothers About Nothing - Troubadour Theater Company Barry Lynch, Dockers - Theatre Banshee Dakin Matthews, Water & Power - Mark Taper Forum Camille Saviola, Zorba - Reprise! Broadway's Best ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
A Marvelous Party - Laguna Playhouse Beehive - Valley Musical Theatre The Cannibals - California Repertory Company Dockers - Theatre Banshee The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company The Marvelous Wonderettes - El Portal Forum Theatre SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jim Brochu, Zero Hour - West Coast Jewish Theatre Jay Johnson, Jay Johnson: The Two & Only! - Richmark Entertainment Lynn Redgrave, Nightingale - Mark Taper Forum PRODUCTION
A Man of No Importance - Musical Theatre Guild A Marvelous Party - Laguna Playhouse Bach at Leipzig - South Coast Repertory Grace - Furious Theatre Company The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company T.H. MCCULLOH AWARD FOR REVIVAL
A Touch of the Poet - A Noise Within WRITING AND ADAPTATION
Anthony Clarvoe (adaptation), The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company Wendy Graf, Leipzig - West Coast Jewish Theatre and the Group at Strasberg Jeffrey Hatcher (adaptation), Turn of the Screw - Pacific Resident Theatre Craig Wright, Grace - Furious Theatre Company DIRECTION
Nick DeGruccio, Beehive - Valley Musical Theatre Bart DeLorenzo, The Cherry Orchard - Evidence Room John Langs, The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company Art Manke, Bach at Leipzig - South Coast Repertory Michael Michetti, A Picture of Dorian Gray - Theatre @ Boston Court Sharon Ott, Ridiculous Fraud - South Coast Repertory Dámaso Rodriguez, Grace - Furious Theatre Company CHOREOGRAPHY
Gail Conrad, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical - Hudson Backstage Theatre Lee Martino, Beehive - Valley Musical Theatre Janet Miller, The Marvelous Wonderettes - El Portal Forum Theatre MUSICAL DIRECTION
Carl Danielsen, A Marvelous Party - Laguna Playhouse Louis Durra, Play It Cool - Celebration Theatre Steven Smith, A Man of No Importance - Musical Theatre Guild Jim Vukovich, Beehive - Valley Musical Theatre MUSICAL SCORE
Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, A Man of No Importance - Musical Theatre Guild Lori Scarlett, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical - Hudson Backstage Theatre SCENIC DESIGN
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company Tom Buderwitz, Equinox - Odyssey Theatre Hugh Landwehr, Ridiculous Fraud - South Coast Repertory Donna Marquet, Nighthawks - Kirk Douglas Theatre Jeff McLaughlin, Recent Tragic Events - Theatre Tribe LIGHTING DESIGN
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company Rand Ryan, Nighthawks - Kirk Douglas Theatre Clifton Taylor, Jay Johnson: The Two & Only! - Richmark Entertainment Robert Wilson, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets - Ahmanson Theatre COSTUME DESIGN, HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP
Ann Closs-Farley (costumes), Route 99: Orange Star Dinner Show! - Evidence Room Thomas G. Marquez (hair, wigs & makeup), Beehive - Valley Musical Theatre Maggie Morgan (costumes), Bach at Leipzig - South Coast Repertory SOUND DESIGN
Robbin E. Broad, The Brothers Karamazov - Circle X Theatre Company Jon Gottlieb, iWitness - Mark Taper Forum David B. Marling, Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Fountain Theatre Robert Oriol, A Picture of Dorian Gray - Theatre @ Boston Court CGI & VIDEO PROJECTIONS
William Dudley, Hitchcock Blonde - South Coast Repertory Jan Hartley (projection design) and Alice Brooks (cinematography), iWitness - Mark Taper Forum The 2006 special award recipients follow:
The Margaret Harford Award
(for sustained excellence in theatre)
Troubadour Theater Company
The Ted Schmitt Award
(for world premiere of an outstanding new play)
Richard Montoya for Culture Clash's Water and Power
The Bob Z Award
(for career achievement in set design)
Joel Daavid
The Angstrom Award (for career achievement in lighting design)
Christian Epps
The Polly Warfield Award (for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theatre)
Chance Theater
The Joel Hirschhorn Award
(for outstanding achievement in musical theatre)
Gerald Sternbach
For tickets ($35) to the show, at the El Portal Theatre, located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA, follow instructions at L.A.D.C.C.'s website. Doors open at 6:30 PM for a catered reception (with no-host bar) and silent auction. The show starts at 7:30 PM.
