LA Stage

ALLIANCE

 

644 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90017  web: theatrela.org

 

 

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2003 OVATION WINNERS

and

COMPLETE NOMINEE LIST

(Red indicates a win) 

 



WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

 

August Wilson

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Culture Clash – Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, Ric Salinas

“Chavez Ravine”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Evelina Fernandez

“Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Levy Lee Simon

“Dessalines (The Heart) Blood & Liberation

Robey Theatre Company and Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Randy Schulman

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Del Shores

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Bryan Davidson

“War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theatre Company

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

 

Co-Produced with the Troubador Theatre Company

“A Christmas Carole King”

Falcon Theatre

 

Caroline Sherman & Bob Hull

“EMPIRE A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/ Ronn Goswick in association with

Hudson Theatres

 

James Webber, David Church & Joe Patrick Ward

“Judy’s Scary Little Christmas”

Victory Theatre

 

Mitzie and Ken Welch and Lorna Luft

“Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Canon Theatricals

 

Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu

Additional Lyrics by Marie Cain and Bev Skyes

“The Big Voice: God or Merman?”

Zephyr Theatre

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

 

Seamus Deaver

Anthony Burgess’s “A Clockwork Orange”

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

David Paladino

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

Ken Rosier

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

Robertson Dean

“The Real Thing”

International City Theatre

 

Paul Witten

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Joe Hart

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Norbert Weisser

“Times Like These”

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 

Linda Purl

“A Streetcar Named Desire”

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Madison Dunaway

“Agnes of God”

International City Theatre

 

Cissy Conner

“An Evening with Marlene”

Theatre East

 

Maripat Donovan

“Late Nite Catechism”

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

Zilah Mendoza

“Living Out”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Beth Grant

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Laurie O’ Brien

“Times Like These “

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 

David Engel

“Crazy for You“

Musical Theatre West

 

Carl Anderson

“Jesus Christ Superstar “

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

Kingsley Leggs

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Eric Anderson

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Norman Large

“Sweeney Todd”

Performance Riverside

 

Jim Brochu

“The Big Voice: God or Merman?”

Zephyr Theatre

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 

Rachel York

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Tami Tappan Damiano

“Crazy for You”

Musical Theatre West

 

Connie Champagne

“Judy’s Scary Little Christmas”

Victory Theatre

 

Carolee Carmello

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Carol Dennis

“Raisin”

International City Theatre

 

 

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

 

Michael McElroy

“Blue”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

James Farentino

“Boy Gets Girl”

Geffen Playhouse

 

Gene Lythgow

“Light up the Sky

Malibu Stage Company

 

Bo Foxworth

“Measure for Measure”

A Noise Within

 

Tim Murphy

“The Beauty Queen of Leenane”

Swimming Bird Productions

 

 

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 

Mary Gregory

“Light Up the Sky”

Malibu Stage Company

 

Frances Sternhagen

“Morning’s at Seven”

CTG Ahmanson Theatre

 

Juanita Jennings

“Slide Glide the Slippery Slope”

CTG: Taper Too

 

Jill Hill

“The King Stag”

A Noise Within

 

Nancy Linehan Charles

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

 

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 

Jason Graae

“Anything Goes “

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Larry Cedar

“Anything Goes “

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Robert Picardo

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Stan Chandler

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Larry Cedar

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

 

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 

Anastasia Barzee

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Sandy Mulvihill

“Empire A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/Ronn Goswick in associations with

Hudson Theatres

 

Sally Struthers

“Mame”

Musical Theatre West

 

Kaitlin Hopkins

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Carol Swarbrick

“The Wizard of Oz”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

 

 

 

SOLO PERFORMANCE

 

Geraldine Hughes

“Belfast Blues”

Virtual Theatre Project and Black Dalhia Theatre

 

Alec Mapa

“Drama!”

CTG: Taper Too

 

Alec Mapa

“I Remember Mapa”

CTG: Taper Too

 

John Leguizamo

“sexaholix…a love story”

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Grant Kramer

“Shadowboxing”

Court Theatre

 

 

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

 

Cast of “Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Cast of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

Cast of “Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Cast of: “La Giocanda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Cast of “Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Cast of “The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

Cast of “War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena

 

 

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

 

Marion McClinton

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

Charles Haid

“Belfast Blues"

Virtual Theatre Project and Black Dalhia Theatre

 

Randy Schulman

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Tom Troupe

“The Gin Game”

Theatre 40

 

Del Shores

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Ken Sawyer

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Jessica Kubzansky

“War Music

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theater Company

 

 

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

 

Matt Walker

”A Christmas Carole King”

Falcon Theatre

 

Edgar Landa

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Stuart Ross

“Plaid Tidings

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Robert Clater

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Gordon Hunt

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

 

CHOREOGRAPHER

 

Anthony Powell

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Dan Mojica

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Jamie Rocco

“Crazy for You”

Musical Theatre West

 

Sergio Trujillo

“Empire A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/Ronn Goswick in association with

Hudson Theatres

 

Lesia Kaye

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

 

MUSICAL DIRECTION

 

Gerald Sternbach

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Gerald Sternbach

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

David Snyder

“Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Gerald Sternbach

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Colin R. Freeman

“Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Canon Theatricals

 

 

PRODUCTION FROM A TOURING COMPANY

 

“42nd Street”

Dodger Stage Holding & Joop van den Ende, Producer

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“Aga-Boom!”

Art Players, Inc., Producer

Falcon Theatre

 

“Elaine Stritch At Liberty”

Creative Battery in association with John Schreibe, Producers

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical”

Bialystock and Bloom Co.

 

“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”

Tomlin and Wagner Theatricalz, Producers; Janet Beroza, Co-Producer

CTG:  Ahmanson Theatre

 

 

PLAY (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

“An Evening with Marlene”

Sebastian Milito, Producer

Theatre East

 

“The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

“The Woman in Black”

The Road Theatre Company

 

“Times Like These”

Padua Playwrights’ Productions

 

 

PLAY (LARGER THEATRE)

 

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

“Agnes of God”

International City Theatre

 

“Late Nite Catechism”

McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Producers

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

“Morning’s at Seven”

Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop/Bernard Gerst, Producers

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“The King Stag”

A Noise Within

 

 

MUSICAL (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

“Dracula, A Musical Nightmare”

Sacred Fools Theater Company

 

“Nuncrackers”

Lissa and James Reynolds, Producers

Fremont Centre Theatre

 

“Songs for a New World”

TDRZ Productions, Inc. in association with Playwrights’ Arena

Playwrights’ Arena

 

“Sunday in the Park with George”

West Coast Ensemble

 

 

MUSICAL (LARGER THEATRE)

 

“Anything Goes”

Marcia Seligson, Producer

Reprise! Broadway’s Best