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 March 19 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. Six special awards (listed below) will also be bestowed to theatre artists for outstanding achievements.
The Troubadour Theater Company (Much ADoobie Brothers About Nothing) and the cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes are currently scheduled to perform. More performers and presenters are to be announced.
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.
