NewsDrowsy Chaperone Tops L.A. Ovation Awards; Laurie Metcalf and Harriet Harris Also WinThe Drowsy Chaperone was the big winner at the 2006 Ovation Awards with five wins, including awards for stars Sutton Foster and Bob Martin. Laurie Metcalf, Harriet Harris and Jay Johnson were also among those honored.
By
Ernio Hernandez
November 14, 2006
Sutton Foster in the L.A. production of The Drowsy Chaperone.
Photo by Craig Schwartz
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Nov. 13 ceremony at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theatre. Presenters included David Hyde Pierce, Doug Savant and Amy Brenneman.
The Ovation Awards, which are presented by the L.A. Stage Alliance, are a peer-judged award established in 1989 that honor "artistic excellence of L.A.'s theatres and theatre artists, and their continuing contribution to the vibrant cultural scene."
Composer Jerry Herman received a Career Achievement honor. California Institute of the Arts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) received the Community Outreach Award.
The complete list of nominees (*with winners in bold) follows:
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
A Magic Christmas by Dakin Matthews (Andak Stage Company)
A Picture of Dorian Gray by Michael Michetti (The Theatre @ Boston Court)
Bunbury: A Serious Play for Trivial People by Tom Jacobson (Road Theatre Company)
The Quality of Light by Richard Martin Hirsch (Long Beach Playhouse)
The Shelter by Pasha D. Lychnikoff and Lee Hubbard (Black Square Productions)
Water & Power by Richard Montoya and Culture Clash (Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum)
*Zero Hour by Jim Brochu (West Coast Jewish Theatre)WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Curtains Book by Rupert Holmes Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Additional Lyrics by Kander & Holmes (Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre, Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow and Daryl Roth)
It Came From Beyond Cornell Christianson, Stephen M. Schwartz, Norman Thalheimer (Cornell Christianson)
Lizard James Mellon, Scott DeTurk (Open at the Top Productions)
Play It Cool Book by Larry Dean Harris, Lyrics by Mark Winkler (Celebration Theatre)
*The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical Book by Patricia Cotter, Music & Lyrics by Lori Scarlett (LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza & Rose Marcario)RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Geraldine Hughes, Belfast Blues (Rubicon Theatre Company)
Sybyl Walker, Beneath Rippling Water (Company of Angels)
*Jay Johnson, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! (The Colony Theatre Company)
Heather Raffo, Nine Parts of Desire (Geffen Playhouse)
Paul Stroili, Straight Up With A Twist (Grove Theater Center) ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Bunbury: A Serious Play For Trivial People (Road Theatre Company)
Gorey Stories (Sacred Fools Theatre Company)
J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera (Job The Hip-Hopera LLC)
Swing! (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
The Brothers Karamazov (Circle X Theatre Company)
The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
*The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (Del Shores & Jason Dottley & Zephyr Theatre)DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Randall Arney, All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse)
Robert Mamman, Elizabeth Rex (Open at the Top Productions)
*Ben Bradley, Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Fountain Theatre)
Valery Belyakovich, The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
Del Shores, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Julia Rodriguez Elliott, Ubu Roi (A Noise Within)
Lisa Peterson, Water & PowerDIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Scott Ellis, Curtains
Pat Towne, Gorey Stories
*Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone (CTG: Ahmanson Theatre)
Scott Schwartz, tick... Tick... BOOM! (Rubicon Theatre Company in association with Michael Jackowitz)
David Lee, Zorba (Reprise! Broadway's Best) CHOREOGRAPHY
Hassan Christopher, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera
Lee Martino, On The Town (Reprise! Broadway's Best)
*Dana Solimando, Swing!
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone
Jane Lanier, The Wild Party (The Blank Theatre Company) MUSICAL DIRECTION
*Gerald Sternbach, On The Town
Louis Durra, Play It Cool (Celebration Theatre)
Phil Reno, The Drowsy Chaperone
David O, The Wild Party
Gerald Sternbach, ZorbaPLAY - INTIMATE THEATRE
Elizabeth Rex (Open at the Top Productions)
Fences (Jeffrey Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ron Sossi and The Odyssey Theatre)
I Capture The Castle (Hollywood Food Chain Productions)
*Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Open at the Top Productions)
The Shelter (Black Square Productions)
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Zero Hour (West Coast Jewish Theatre) PLAY - LARGE THEATRE
*All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse)
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets (CTG: Ahmanson)
The Turn of the Screw (Rubicon Theatre Company)
Ubu Roi (A Noise Within)
Water & Power (CTG: Mark Taper Forum) FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL - INTIMATE THEATRE
*Gorey Stories (Sacred Fools Theatre Company)
It Came From Beyond (Cornell Christianson)
J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera (Job The Hip-Hopera LLC)
The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical (La Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza & Rose Marcario)
The Wild Party (The Blank Theatre Company) MUSICAL LARGE THEATRE
On The Town (Reprise! Broadway's Best)
Swing! (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
*The Drowsy Chaperone (CTG: Ahmanson Theatre)
tick... Tick... BOOM! (Rubicon Theatre Company in Association with Michael Jackowitz)
Zorba (Reprise! Broadway's Best) SET DESIGN - INTIMATE THEATRE
Michael Michetti, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Joel Daavid, Bluebonnet Court
*Dana Moran Williams, Elizabeth Rex
Tom Buderwitz, Equinox
Joel Daavid & Michael Franco, Gorey Stories
Victoria Profitt, I Capture The Castle
Travis Gale Lewis, Joe Turner's Come and GoneSET DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE (tie)
Robert Blackman, All My Sons
Jonathan Christman, Belfast Blues
*James Noone, Dead End
Antje Ellerman, Nine Parts of Desire
Robert Wilson, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Valery Belyakovich & Derrick McDaniel, The Shelter
Jeremy Pivnick, Unfinished American Highwayscape #9 & 32LIGHTING DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Daniel Ionazzi, All My Sons
Jonathan Christman, Belfast Blues
Clifton Taylor, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
*Robert Wilson, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Ken Billington & Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone
Ken Booth, Ubu Roi
Alexander V. Nichols, Water & PowerSOUND DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Robert Oriol, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Jonathan Zenz & Madonna Cacciatore, Elizabeth Rex
Joe Barrucco & Martin Carrillo, Sable & Batalion, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera
David B. Marling, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
*Christopher Burns, The Lion In Winter
Drew Dalzell & Joe Patrick Ward (Music), The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
John Zalewski, Unfinished American Highwayscape #9 & 32SOUND DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE
Richard Woodbury, All My Sons
Drew Dalzell, Billy Bishop Goes To War
David Beaudry, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Steve Abbott, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Acme Sound Partners, The Drowsy Chaperone
*David O, Ubu Roi
Paul James Prendergast, Water & PowerCOSTUME DESIGN - INTIMATE THEATRE
Shon Leblanc, Bluebonnet Court
*A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Elizabeth Rex
Shon Le Blanc, Equinox
Ann Closs-Farley, Gorey Stories
Terri Lewis, I Capture The Castle
Naila Aladdin Sanders, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Dianne K. Graebner, The Brothers KaramazovCOSTUME DESIGN - LARGE THEATRE
David Kay Mickelsen, All My Sons
Debra McGuire, Boston Marriage
William Ivey Long, Curtains
Frida Parmeggiani, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
Catherine Zuber, The Cherry Orchard
Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone
*Leon Wiebers, Ubu RoiLEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Richard Fancy, Death of a Salesman
*Charlie Robinson, Fences
Aldophus Ward as Bynum, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Dan Mailley, La Bête
Larry Bryggman, Romance
Alfred Molina, The Cherry Orchard
Jim Brochu, Zero HourLEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
*Laurie Metcalf, All My Sons
Karesa McElheny, Elizabeth Rex
Elayne J. Taylor, Fences
Rebecca Mozo, I Capture The Castle
Ann Noble, Orange Flower Water
Dale Dicke, Sordid Lives
Linda Livingston, WitLEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Kevin Earley, It Came From Beyond
*Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone
Eric Anderson, The Wild Party
Marc Kudisch, ZorbaLEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jessica Sheridan, Play It Cool
*Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone
Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Valarie Pettiford, The Wild Party
Judy Kaye, ZorbaFEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
J. Todd Adams, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Granville Van Dusen, Darwin In Malibu
William S. Davis, Fences
Dig Wayne, Fences
Drake Simpson, Recent Tragic Events
Leslie Jordan, Sordid Lives
*Dakin Matthews, Water & PowerFEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Robin Riker, All My Sons
Melanie Ewbank, Elizabeth Rex
Kerry Michaels, I Capture The Castle
Nike Doukas, I Capture The Castle
Adenrele Ojo, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Sarah Hunley, Sordid Lives
*Dale Dickey, Southern Baptist SissiesFEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Edward Hibbert, Curtains
*Stephen Breithaupt, It Came From Beyond
Todd Fournier, It Came From Beyond
Larry Cedar, On The Town
Patrick Bristow, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone
Nathan Lee Graham, The Wild PartyFEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Karen Ziemba, Curtains
Megan Sikora, Curtains
Ali Spuck, It Came From Beyond
*Harriet Harris, On The Town
Christine Lakin, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Natascia Diaz, tick... Tick... BOOM!
Camille Saviola, Zorba Shows with multiple wins follow: 5 - The Drowsy Chaperone (CTG: Ahmanson Theatre) 3 - Elizabeth Rex (Open at the Top Productions) 2 - All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse) 2 - Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Fountain Theatre) 2 - Ubu Roi (A Noise Within)
