Kaye, Fishburne, Felder Among Nominees for 2007 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

//assets.playbill.com/editorial/d8e61a552ecec5eb016fe6eb5896feec-E66CFA2161734B56B6F1131447C5AFD2.jpg — 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

Gulf View Drive - Arlene Hutton
Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre

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

Joel Zwick, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty Eight Productions

Roger Bean, The Marvelous Wonderettes - Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider

Michael Michetti, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Jeff Calhoun, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble CHOREOGRAPHY

Lee Martino, Beehive, The 60's Musical - Valley Musical Theatre, Ronn Goswick

Patti Colombo, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Cheryl Baxter, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III

Lee Martino, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best

Bubba Carr & Caleb Terray, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Tracy Powell, Urinetown: The Musical - Interact Theatre Company

Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro, Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble MUSICAL DIRECTION

Dan Wheetman, Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert - Rubicon Theatre Company & Harold Thau Productions

Steve Orich, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Hershey Felder, Monseiur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best

Greg Chun, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Brendan Milburn, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum TOURING PRODUCTION

Doubt - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

In The Continuum - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre, Primary Stages and Perry Street Theatre

Jersey Boys - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Twelve Angry Men - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre PLAY (INTIMATE THEATRE)

The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre

Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney

Beautiful Thing - Celebration Theatre

Jitney - Stagewalker Productions

The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe

Safety - Closet Space Theatre

Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre PLAY (LARGE THEATRE)

As You Like It - A Noise Within

Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana

Trying - The Colony Theatre Company

The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL (INTIMATE THEATRE)

The Beastly Bombing - The Secret Order of Revolutionary Operettists, Rorry Daniels & Amit Itelman

The Marvelous Wonderettes - Marvelous Dreams, LLC, David Elzer & Peter Schneider

Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Urinetown: The Musical - Interact Theatre Company

Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble MUSICAL (LARGE THEATRE)

Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Monseiur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Plaid Tidings - La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

Eddie Jones, Death of a Salesman - Miss O Productions, Coleen Kolbacher

Laurence Fishburne, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse

Joe Sears, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Jaston Williams, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Tim Sullens, Taking Care - The Victory Theatre Center, Tom Ormeny

Alan Mandell, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company

Dan Lauria, The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Yeardley Smith, Balancing Act - Falcon Theatre

Anne Gee Byrd, The Bay at Nice - Andak Stage Company

Anne Gee Byrd, Death of a Salesman - Miss O Productions, Coleen Kolbacher

Anna Khaja, Palace of the End - 49th Parallel Theatre

Judy Kaye, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana

Rebecca Mozo, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company

Deborah Puette, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Kevin Bailey, Annie Get Your Gun - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III

Kevin Earley, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Hershey Felder, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Jeffry Denman, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Michelle Duffy, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Misty Cotton, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III

Hila Plitmann, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Valerie Vigoda, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Alexandria Wailes, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Laurence Cohen, Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney

Hugo Armstrong, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Richard Tatum, A Doll's House - Ark Theatre Company

Dan Alemshah, The Fat of the Land - The New Theatre, Don Cummings, Dan Alemshah & Mary McBride

Orlando Jones, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse

Wendell Pierce, Fences - Pasadena Playhouse

Matt Foyer, Power - Theatre Banshee FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Iris Gilad, Bad Hurt on Cedar Street - Greenway Arts Alliance, Molly Miles & John C. Mooney

Lily Holleman, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Sharon Johnston, Kimberly Akimbo - The Victory Theatre Center, Tom Ormeny & Maria Gobetti

Judy Moreland,Miss Julie - Fountain Theatre

Peggy Goss, Safety - Closet Space Theatre

Bonnie Bailey-Reed, See Rock City - Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre

Deborah Strang, A Touch of the Poet - A Noise Within FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

David Engel, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Amir Talai, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Kevin McMahon, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West

John Massey, Jr., The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West

Randal Keith, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company

Norman Large, The Pirates of Penzance - Musical Theatre West

Kevin Earley, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Carol Hatchett, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, James A. Blackman, III

Mary Jo Catlett, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West

Tami Tappan Damiano, The Full Monty - Musical Theatre West

Vicki Lewis, Hotel C'est L'amour - The Blank Theatre Company

Yvette Tucker, On Your Toes - Reprise! Broadway's Best

Erika Amato, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Gina D'Acciaro, Tales of Tinseltown - Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre SET DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)

Two Blue Chairs, 1 to 10? - The Theatre District

Brian Sidney Bembridge, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company

Leonard Ogden, Film Chinois - Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson

Joel Daavid, Jitney Stagewalker Productions

Travis Gale Lewis, Miss Julie - Fountain Theatre

Tom Buderwitz, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Craig Siebels, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre SET DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)

Roy Christopher, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Thomas S. Giamario, The Diary of Anne Frank - Rubicon Theatre Company

Yael Pardess, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Thomas S. Giamario, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company

Francois-Pierre Couture, A Picasso - Geffen Playhouse

Victoria Profitt, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company

Keith Mitchell, The Value of Names - Falcon Theatre LIGHTING DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)

Tim Swiss, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre

Brian Sidney Bembridge, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company

Jeremy Pivnick, Gilgamesh - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Joel Daavid, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions

Luke Moyer, The Long Christmas Ride Home - Theatre Tribe

Christopher Kuhl, Monster of Happiness - 24th St. Theatre

Steven Young, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)

Michael Gilliam, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Michael Gilliam, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Richard Norwood, Monsieur Chopin - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Jeremy Pivnick, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company

Michael Gilliam, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Jason H. Thompson, Sunday in the Park with George - Reprise! Broadway's Best

Jared Sayeg, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company SOUND DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)

Cricket Myers, The Bacchae - Celebration Theatre

John Zalewski, Bleed Rail - The Theatre @ Boston Court

Robbin E. Broad, Eurydice - Circle X Theatre Company

John Zalewski, Melancholia - Latino Theater Company

Richard Alger & Tina Kronis, Monster of Happiness - 24th St. Theatre

John Zalewski, No Mercy - 24th St. Theatre

Martin Carillo, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court SOUND DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)

Francois Bergeron, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Ken Huncovsky, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Jon Gottlieb, George Gershwin Alone - Geffen Playhouse, Hershey Felder/Eighty-Eight Productions

Eric Snodgrass, Sleeping Beauty Wakes - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

David Budries, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana

John Zalewski, The Thousandth Night - The Colony Theatre Company

Cricket Myers, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company COSTUME DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)

Leonard Ogden, Film Chinois - Grove Theatre Center, Kevin Cochran & Charles Johanson

Rudy Dillon, Hogan's Goat - Pacific Resident Theatre, Alley Mills, Jake Arnette & Dan Kozlowski

Nanci Martin, Jitney - Stagewalker Productions

JoAnna Jocelyn, Les Liaisons Dangeureses - Ark Theatre Company

Soojin Lee, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings - The Theatre @ Boston Court

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Travesties - Open Fist Theatre Company

Audrey Fisher, Tryst - Black Dahlia Theatre COSTUME DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)

Randy Gardell, Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse

Linda Fisher, Greater Tuna - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

Marcy Froehlich, Hamlet - Rubicon Theatre Company

Marcy Froehlich, Man of La Mancha - Rubicon Theatre Company

Bob Mackie & Joe McFate, No Strings - Reprise! Broadway's Best

Tracy Christensen, Souvenir - Richmark Entertainment & Janice Montana

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Trying - The Colony Theatre Company LA STAGE ALLIANCE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARDS:

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Annette Bening

THE JAMES A. DOOLITTLE LEADERSHIP IN THEATRE AWARD
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARD
The Actors Fund

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