NewsKaye, Fishburne, Felder Among Nominees for 2007 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation AwardsJudy Kaye, Laurence Fishburne, Hershey Felder and Lynn Redgrave are among the stars nominated for 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards.
By
Ernio Hernandez
September 24, 2007
Judy Kaye stars in the Westport production of Souvenir.
Photo by Carol Rosegg
The honors — "celebrating excellence in theatre" in Los Angeles — will take place Nov. 12 at 7:30 PM at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A. Neil Patrick Harris will host the evening, which will feature the presentation of the Career Achievement Award to Annette Bening.
The Pasadena Playhouse's production of Can-Can and the Center Theatre Group's Sleeping Beauty Wakes tie for the show with the most nominations at 12 apiece. Other multiple-nommed shows include Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings and Sleeping Beauty Wakes (10), Trying (8), George Gershwin Alone (7) and Jitney (6).
Can-Can helped push Pasadena Playhouse to the lead among the most nominated companies with 15 total nods. The Theatre @ Boston Court (14), Geffen Playhouse (13), Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre (10) as well as Rubicon Theatre Company and The Colony Theatre Company (9) also head the pack.
The nominations for the 2007 L.A. Ovation Awards follow:
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
Bad Hurt On Cedar Street - Mark Kemble Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles, John C. Mooney
Because They Have No Words - Tim Maddock & Lotti Louise Pharriss Weirdsmobile Productions LLC, Lotti Louise Pharriss
Fallujah - W. Colin McKay Theatre East, W. Colin McKay
Film Chinois - Damon Chua Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson
Space Therapy - Justin Tanner Zephyr Theatre, Linda Toliver & Gary Guidinger
Yellow Face - David Henry Hwang Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
13 - Music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Book by Dan Elish Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert - Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, based on the music of John Denver Rubicon Theatre Company & Harold Thau Productions
Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - Book & music by Eric Whitacre, Lyrics by David Norona and Eric Whitacre The Theatre @ Boston Court
Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Music & lyrics by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
A Time For Love - Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. & Joel Silberman; Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr Rubicon Theatre Company RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Dael Orlandersmith, The Gimmick - Fountain Theatre, Simon Levy
Keo Woolford, I Land - East West Players, Co-commissioned by the Asia Society and the Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City
Lynn Redgrave, Nightingale - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Jodi Long, Surfing DNA - East West Players
Fritz Coleman, Tonight at 11! - Falcon Theatre & Steven Ullman ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Because They Have No Words - Weirdsmobile Productions, LLC, Lotti Louise Pharriss
Beehive, The 60's Musical - Valley Musical Theatre, Ronn Goswick
Jitney - Stagewalker Productions
The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe
The Marvelous Wonderettes Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider
Plaid Tidings - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Small Tragedy - Odyssey Theatre Ensemble DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael Matthews, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre
Michael Matthews, Beautiful Thing - Celebration Theatre
Claude Purdy, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions
Stuart Rogers, The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe
Vivian Matalon, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana
Cameron Watson, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company
Robin Larsen, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
David Lee, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse
Joel Zwick, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions
