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LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE announce NOMINATIONS for 39th Annual Awards!
MEDIA ALERT FOR THEATRE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS AND CALENDAR LISTINGS LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR 39th ANNUAL AWARDS February 5, 2008…Los Angeles… The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2007. The 39th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 17 at the El Portal Theatre, thanks to the generous donation of El Portal's management. The theatre is located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Tickets are $35. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a catered reception (with no-host bar) and silent auction. The show commences at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the Awards show can be reserved from the LADCC's website, at _www.ladramacriticscircle.com_ (http://www.ladramacriticscircle.com/) Award-winning stage and film performer Jason Graae, who will receive the Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre, will host the show. Graae will be joined by Back Stage West critic (and perennial LADCC Awards co-host) Wenzel Jones. Additional performers and presenters will be announced later this month. Awards will be given in sixteen categories, honoring excellence in theatre over the past year. Six special awards will also be given. The LADCC is grateful to the organizations that have graciously agreed to sponsor our special awards this year. The 2007 special award recipients are as follows: The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre by an individual, company or theater goes to Musical Theatre West The Polly Warfield Award for an outstanding single season by a small to mid-sized theatre (sponsored by the Nederlander Organization) goes to Theatre Banshee The Ted Schmitt Award for outstanding world premiere play in Los Angeles (sponsored by Samuel French) goes to Jane Anderson for The Quality of Life. The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre goes to Jason Graae. The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design (sponsored by Angstrom Lighting) goes to Leigh Allen A special award goes to Jon Maher for his long-term outstanding achievement as an ASL interpreter. The nominees for the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are as follows: Production 13, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum dark play or stories for boys, Theatre@Boston Court In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, Elephant Theatre Company in association with VS. Theatre Company The Quality of Life, Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater Trying, Colony Theatre Company Revival The Hasty Heart, Pacific Resident Theatre Company Tonight at 8:30, Parts 1 and 2, Antaeus Theatre Company at Deaf West Theatre Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within Direction Jillian Armenante, Love Loves a Pornographer, Circle X at [Inside] the Ford Dan Bonnell, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre Jeff Calhoun, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theater Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble at Lyric-Hyperion Theatre Michael Michetti, dark play or stories for boys Writing Jason Robert Brown, 13 Joanna McClelland Glass, Trying Jeff Goode, Love Loves a Pornographer Stephen Adly Guirgis, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings Carlos Murillo, dark play or stories for boys Adaptation Martin Crimp, The Misanthrope, Andak Stage Company at New Place Studio Theatre Stephen Sachs, Miss Julie, Fountain Theatre Matt Walker, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland, Troubadour Theatre Company at Falcon Theatre Musical Direction Brian Baker, Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre John Glaudini, Altar Boyz, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center David O, 13 Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse Musical Score Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris, Zanna, Don’t! Jason Robert Brown, 13 Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish, Blank Theatre Company at 2nd Stage Theatre Choreography Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro, Zanna, Don’t! Troy Magino, Altar Boyz Lee Martino, On Your Toes Janet Miller, Winter Wonderettes Lead Performance Dennis Boutsikaris, The Quality of Life Danny Calvert, Zanna, Don’t! Gregory Itzin, Shipwrecked: An Entertainment, South Coast Repertory Matt Letscher, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre Alan Mandell, Trying Rebecca Marcotte, Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee Laurie Metcalf, The Quality of Life Gabriel Olds, Tryst, Black Dahlia Theatre Deborah Puette, Tryst Rex Smith, The Pirates of Penzance, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center Featured Performance Deanne Bray, Sleeping Beauty Wakes Stephen Cell, Small Tragedy, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Misty Cotton, A Little Night Music, South Coast Repertory Adam Haas Hunter, dark play or stories for boys Norman Large, The Pirates of Penzance Shawn Lee, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre Kathleen Rose Perkins, Love Loves a Pornographer JoBeth Williams, The Quality of Life Ensemble Performance 13, Mark Taper Forum Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble Scenic Design Joel Daavid, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings Robert G. Smith, Bug, Lost Angels Theatre Company at Coast Playhouse Gary Smoot, Love Love’s A Pornographer Lighting Design Joel Daavid, In Arabia We'd All be Kings Jeremy Pivnick, Calling Aphrodite, International City Theatre Steven Young, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, Theatre@Boston Court Costume Design Shon LeBlanc, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Maggie Morgan, Sleeping Beauty Wakes Paul Spadone, Love Loves a Pornographer Sound Design Lindsay Jones, Bug Cricket Myers, dark play or stories for boys Eric Snodgrass, Sleeping Beauty Wakes Puppet Design Rick Lyon, Avenue Q, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle was founded in 1969. It is dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in Greater Los Angeles. For additional press information, please contact David Elzer/DEMAND PR at 818-508-1754 or at
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The members of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle include: Dave DePino (BACKSTAGE WEST/ PARK LA BREA NEWS), F. Kathleen Foley (L. A. TIMES), Shirle Gottlieb (LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM), Hoyt Hilsman (BACK STAGE WEST), Wenzel Jones (BACK STAGE WEST/FRONTIERS), Dany Margolies (BACK STAGE WEST), Julio Martinez (VARIETY/KPFK RADIO), Terry Morgan (VARIETY), D.C. Nichols (L.A. TIMES), Sharon Perlmutter (TALKIN BROADWAY.COM), James Scarborough (GRUNION GAZETTE), Melinda Schupmann (BACK STAGE WEST/SHOWMAG.COM), Madeleine Shaner (PARK LA BREA NEWS/ BEVERLY PRESS/BACK STAGE WEST), Les Spindle (BACK STAGE WEST/ IN LA MAGAZINE/ THEATERMANIA.COM/FRONTIERS), Bob Verini (VARIETY), Gene Warech (RANDOM LENGTHS/LAGUNA BEACH IND.), Neal Weaver (LA WEEKLY).
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