The honors — "celebrating excellence in theatre" in Los Angeles — will take place Nov. 12 at 7:30 PM at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A. The evening will feature the presentation of the Career Achievement Award to Annette Bening.
L.A. Stage Alliance announced that attendees and presenters for this year's ceremony will include Assemblyman Mike Davis, Councilmember Jose Huizar, Senator Jenny Oropeza, Orlando Jones, Annette Bening, Dan Lauria, Michael Ritchie, Kate Burton, Fritz Coleman, Michelle Lee, Garry Marshall, Rex Lee, Alec Mapa, Vicki Lewis, Mary Jo Catlett, Bob Mackie, Stephanie Powers, Sheldon Epps, Gil Cates and Yeardley Smith.
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The nominations for the 2007 L.A. Ovation Awards follow:
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
Bad Hurt On Cedar Street - Mark Kemble
Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles, John C. Mooney Because They Have No Words - Tim Maddock & Lotti Louise Pharriss
Weirdsmobile Productions LLC, Lotti Louise Pharriss Fallujah - W. Colin McKay
Theatre East, W. Colin McKay Film Chinois - Damon Chua
Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson Gulf View Drive - Arlene Hutton
Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre Space Therapy - Justin Tanner
Zephyr Theatre, Linda Toliver & Gary Guidinger Yellow Face - David Henry Hwang
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
13 - Music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Book by Dan Elish
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert - Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, based on the music of John Denver
Rubicon Theatre Company & Harold Thau Productions Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - Book & music by Eric Whitacre, Lyrics by David Norona and Eric Whitacre
The Theatre @ Boston Court Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Music & lyrics by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre A Time For Love - Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. & Joel Silberman; Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr
Rubicon Theatre Company RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Dael Orlandersmith, The Gimmick - Fountain Theatre, Simon Levy Keo Woolford, I Land - East West Players, Co-commissioned by the Asia Society and the Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City Lynn Redgrave, Nightingale - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Jodi Long, Surfing DNA - East West Players Fritz Coleman, Tonight at 11! - Falcon Theatre & Steven Ullman ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Because They Have No Words - Weirdsmobile Productions, LLC, Lotti Louise Pharriss Beehive, The 60's Musical - Valley Musical Theatre, Ronn Goswick Jitney - Stagewalker Productions The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe The Marvelous Wonderettes Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider Plaid Tidings - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Small Tragedy - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael Matthews, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre Michael Matthews, Beautiful Thing - Celebration Theatre Claude Purdy, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions Stuart Rogers, The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe Vivian Matalon, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana Cameron Watson, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company Robin Larsen, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
David Lee, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Joel Zwick, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Joel Zwick, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty Eight Productions Roger Bean, The Marvelous Wonderettes - Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider Michael Michetti, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Jeff Calhoun, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble CHOREOGRAPHY
Lee Martino, Beehive, The 60's Musical - Valley Musical Theatre, Ronn Goswick Patti Colombo, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Cheryl Baxter, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III Lee Martino, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best Bubba Carr & Caleb Terray, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Tracy Powell, Urinetown: The Musical - Interact Theatre Company Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro, Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble MUSICAL DIRECTION
Dan Wheetman, Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert - Rubicon Theatre Company & Harold Thau Productions Steve Orich, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Hershey Felder, Monseiur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best Greg Chun, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Brendan Milburn, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum TOURING PRODUCTION
Doubt - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre In The Continuum - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre, Primary Stages and Perry Street Theatre Jersey Boys - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Twelve Angry Men - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre PLAY (INTIMATE THEATRE)
The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney Beautiful Thing - Celebration Theatre Jitney - Stagewalker Productions The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe Safety - Closet Space Theatre Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre PLAY (LARGE THEATRE)
As You Like It - A Noise Within Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana Trying - The Colony Theatre Company The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL (INTIMATE THEATRE)
The Beastly Bombing - The Secret Order of Revolutionary Operettists, Rorry Daniels & Amit Itelman The Marvelous Wonderettes - Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Urinetown: The Musical - Interact Theatre Company Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble MUSICAL (LARGE THEATRE)
Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Monseiur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Plaid Tidings - La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Eddie Jones, Death of a Salesman - Miss O Productions, Coleen Kolbacher Laurence Fishburne, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse Joe Sears, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Jaston Williams, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Tim Sullens, Taking Care - The Victory Theatre Center, Tom Ormeny Alan Mandell, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company Dan Lauria, The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Yeardley Smith, Balancing Act - Falcon Theatre Anne Gee Byrd, The Bay at Nice - Andak Stage Company Anne Gee Byrd, Death of a Salesman - Miss O Productions, Coleen Kolbacher Anna Khaja, Palace of the End - 49th Parallel Theatre Judy Kaye, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana Rebecca Mozo, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company Deborah Puette, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Kevin Bailey, Annie Get Your Gun - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III Kevin Earley, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Hershey Felder, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Jeffry Denman, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Michelle Duffy, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Misty Cotton, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III Hila Plitmann, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Valerie Vigoda, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Alexandria Wailes, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Laurence Cohen, Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney Hugo Armstrong, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court Richard Tatum, A Doll's House - Ark Theatre Company Dan Alemshah, The Fat of the Land - The New Theatre, Don Cummings, Dan Alemshah & Mary McBride Orlando Jones, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse Wendell Pierce, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse Matt Foyer, Power - Theatre Banshee FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Iris Gilad, Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney Lily Holleman, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court Sharon Johnston, Kimberly Akimbo - The Victory Theatre Center, Tom Ormeny & Maria Gobetti Judy Moreland,Miss Julie - Fountain Theatre Peggy Goss, Safety - Closet Space Theatre Bonnie Bailey-Reed, See Rock City - Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre Deborah Strang, A Touch of the Poet - A Noise Within FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Engel, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Amir Talai, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Kevin McMahon, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West John Massey, Jr., The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West Randal Keith, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company Norman Large, The Pirates of Penzance - Musical Theatre West Kevin Earley, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carol Hatchett, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III Mary Jo Catlett, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West Tami Tappan Damiano, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West Vicki Lewis, Hotel C'est L'amour - The Blank Theatre Company Yvette Tucker, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best Erika Amato, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Gina D'Acciaro, Tales of Tinseltown - Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre SET DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Two Blue Chairs, 1 to 10? - The Theatre District Brian Sidney Bembridge, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company Leonard Ogden, Film Chinois - Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson Joel Daavid, Jitney Stagewalker Productions Travis Gale Lewis, Miss Julie - Fountain Theatre Tom Buderwitz, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court Craig Siebels, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre SET DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Roy Christopher, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Thomas S. Giamario, The Diary of Anne Frank - Rubicon Theatre Company Yael Pardess, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Thomas S. Giamario, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company Francois-Pierre Couture, A Picasso - Geffen Playhouse Victoria Profitt, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company Keith Mitchell, The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre LIGHTING DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Tim Swiss, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre Brian Sidney Bembridge, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company Jeremy Pivnick, Gilgamesh - The Theatre @ Boston Court Joel Daavid, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions Luke Moyer, The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe Christopher Kuhl, Monster of Happiness - 24th St. Theatre Steven Young, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Michael Gilliam, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Michael Gilliam, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Richard Norwood, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Jeremy Pivnick, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company Michael Gilliam, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Jason H. Thompson, Sunday in the Park with George - Reprise! Broadway's Best Jared Sayeg, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company SOUND DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Cricket Myers, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre John Zalewski, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court Robbin E. Broad, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company John Zalewski, Melancholia - Latino Theater Company Richard Alger & Tina Kronis, Monster of Happiness - 24th St. Theatre John Zalewski, No Mercy - 24th St. Theatre Martin Carillo, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court SOUND DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Francois Bergeron, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Ken Huncovsky, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Jon Gottlieb, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions Eric Snodgrass, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre David Budries, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana John Zalewski, The Thousandth Night - The Colony Theatre Company Cricket Myers, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company COSTUME DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Leonard Ogden, Film Chinois - Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson Rudy Dillon, Hogan's Goat - Pacific Resident Theatre, Alley Mills, Jake Arnette & Dan Kozlowski Nanci Martin, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions JoAnna Jocelyn, Les Liaisons Dangeureses - Ark Theatre Company Soojin Lee, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Travesties - Open Fist Theatre Company Audrey Fisher, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre COSTUME DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Randy Gardell, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse Linda Fisher, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment Marcy Froehlich, Hamlet - Rubicon Theatre Company Marcy Froehlich, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company Bob Mackie & Joe McFate, No Strings - Reprise! Broadway's Best Tracy Christensen, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company LA STAGE ALLIANCE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARDS:
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Annette Bening
THE JAMES A. DOOLITTLE LEADERSHIP IN THEATRE AWARD
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARD
The Actors Fund
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