Among theatre groups, Ebony Repertory Theatre and Center Theatre Group tied with 14 nominations each, followed by Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with 13, and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and Sacred Fools Theater Company, tied with 10 each.
The production of Spring Awakening that transferred to Broadway and opens Sept. 27, earned 16 nominations overall, three for the downtown L.A. original production and 13 more for the production at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
A selection of this year's nominees, celebrating Los Angeles theatre, follows:
Best Season:
La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts
Los Angeles Lgbt Center
Rubicon Theatre Company
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts
Best Production Of A Play (Intimate Theatre):
A Permanent Image, Rogue Machine
Edward Albee‘s The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia?, Los Angeles Lgbt Center
Failure: A Love Story, Coeurage Theatre Company
Proof, Moth Theatre Company
The Day Shall Declare It, Los Angeles Performance Practice
The Temptation Of St. Antony, Four Larks
Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
Best Production Of A Play (Large Theatre):
August: Osage County, Theatricum Botanicum
Bad Jews, Geffen Playhouse
Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, Center Theatre Group
Last Train To Nibroc, Rubicon Theatre Company
Trying, International City Theatre
Best Production Of A Musical (Intimate Theatre):
Scary Musical The Musical, Noho Arts Center Ensemble
Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre
The Behavior Of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-Op
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Doma Theatre Co.
Best Production Of A Musical (Large Theatre):
Carrie The Musical, La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts
Memphis, Cabrillo Music Theatre
Ragtime, 3-D Theatricals
Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre, And Cody Lassen
The Gospel At Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre
Best Presented Production:
Andre & Dorine, The Los Angeles Theatre Center (Latc)
Luna Gale, Center Theatre Group
The Trip To Bountiful, Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble Of A Play:
A Permanent Image, Rogue Machine
Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, Center Theatre Group
Failure: A Love Story, Coeurage Theatre Company
The Temptation Of St. Antony, Four Larks
Theatre Movement Bazaar‘s Big Shot, Bootleg Theater & Theatre Movement Bazaar
Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
What Of The Night?, The Vagrancy
Acting Ensemble Of A Musical:
Memphis, Cabrillo Music Theatre
Ragtime, 3-D Theatricals
Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre, And Cody Lassen
The Behavior Of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company
The Gospel At Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre
For a full list of nominees, click here.
The 2015 Ovation Awards will take place Nov. 9 at the Ahmanson Theatre.
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