Grigware Picks His Best in LA Theatre for 2011!

By: Dec. 28, 2011
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The Best in LA Theatre for 2011                   

(alphabetical listings)
(artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories) 

TOP PRODUCTIONS
Bakersfield Mist - Fountain Theatre
Cabaret - Reprise Theatre Co
Caught - Zephyr Theatre
The Cripple of Inishman - Kirk Douglas Theatre
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea- Crown City Theatre
Entertaining Mr. Sloane - The Actors Company
Falsettos - Third Street Theatre
Fela - Ahmanson Theatre
God of Carnage - Ahmanson Theatre
Hairspray - MTW (Musical Theatre West)
Having It All - NoHo Arts Center
I Never Sang For My Father - The New American Theatre
Peace in Our Time - Antaeus Company
Pursued by Happiness - Road Theatre Company
Year Zero - Colony Theatre

MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL 

My Fairytale - PCPA Theatrefest, Solvang
 
MOST PROMISING NEW PLAY

The Color of Rose - Theatre 40
 
BEST ENSEMBLE: PLAY 

The Cripple of Inishman - Kirk Douglas Theatre
Entertaining Mr. Sloane - The Actors Company
God of Carnage - Ahmanson Theatre
Poor Behavior - Mark Taper Forum
Peace in Our Time - Antaeus Company

BEST ENSEMBLE: MUSICAL 

Falsettos - Third Street Theatre
Hairspray - MTW
Having It All - NoHo Arts Center
I'm Just Wild About Harry - Crown City Theatre

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCES

Sam Anderson/Corryn Cummins - Blackbird @ Rogue Machine

Philip Baker Hall/Anne Gee Byrd - I Never Sang For My Father  @ The New American Theatre

Judith Chapman - Vivien @ Rogue Machine

Gary Cole/Edi Gathegi - Superior Donuts @ Geffen Playhouse

Emrhys Cooper/Olivia d'Abo - Entertaining Mr. Sloane @ The Actors Company
Alaman Diadhiou - Twist @ Pasadena Playhouse
Rebekah Dunn - Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant @ Secret Rose Theatre
Jane Fonda - 33 Variations @ Ahmanson Theatre
Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage @ Ahmanson Theatre
Juliet Landau/Matthew J. Williamson- Danny and the Deep Blue Sea @ Crown City Theatre
Hal Linden - On Golden Pond @ Colony Theatre
Lesli Margherita/Tom Hewitt - Kiss Me Kate @ Reprise Theatre Company
Sandy Martin - A House Not Meant To Stand @ Fountain Theatre
Tadhg Murphy - The Cripple of Inishman @ Kirk Douglas Theatre
Sahr Ngaujah - Fela @ Ahmanson Theatre
Jenny O'Hara/Nick Ullett - Bakersfield Mist @ Fountain Theatre
Lisa O'Hare/Bryce Ryness - Cabaret @ Reprise Theatre Company
Annie Potts - AfterMath @ Matrix Theatre
Jenny Powers - A Dangerous Beauty @ Pasadena Playhouse
Deborah Puette - Caught @ Zephyr Theatre
Ignacio Serricchio/Curt Bonnem - Kowalski @ Two Roads Theatre
Gwen Van Dam - The Trip to Bountiful @ Group rep 

BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCES

Meredith Bishop/Daniel Taylor - AfterMath @ Matrix Theatre
Larry Cedar/Sybyl Walker - Travels with My Aunt @ Colony Theatre
Bert Emmett - Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant @ Secret Rose Theatre
Coby Getzug - Spring Awakening @ Pantages Theatre
Mary Gordon-Murray - Cabaret @ Reprise Theatre Company
Sasha Higgins - Kowalski @ Two Roads Theatre
Richard Jenik/Amanda Kaschak - Caught @ Zephyr Theatre
Carl Johnson - Wonderlust @ Theatre of Note
Danielle Kennedy - Day Drinkers @ Odyssey Theatre
Alice Lunsford - Hollywood Arms @ Kentwood Players
Virginia Newcomb/Lisa Richards - A House Not Meant To Stand @ Fountain Theatre
Kelli Provart/Jenna Koker-Jones - The Wedding Singer @ MTW
Bryce Ryness/Megan McGinnis - A Dangerous Beauty @ Pasadena Playhouse
Tom Sloan/Dee Ann Newkirk - I Never Sang For My Father @ The New American Theatre
Erik Stein/Sam Zeller - My Fairytale @ PCPA Theatrefest, Solvang
Amy Tolsky - Spider's Web @ Theatre 40 & I Love Lucy @ Greenway Court Theatre
Carole Ita White - The Prisoner of Second Avenue @ El Portal Mainstage
Adam Wylie - The Robber Bridegroom @ ICT (International City Theatre), Long Beach
Gina Yates - The Trip to Bountiful @ Group rep 

UNFORGETTABLE COMEDY DUO PERFORMANCES
 
Jason Alexander and Gina Hecht in The Prisoner of Second Avenue @ El Portal Mainstage
Geoff Elliott and Deborah Strang in The Chairs @ A Noise Within, Glendale
Joseph Fuqua and Jamie Torcellini in The Mystery of Irma Vep @ Rubicon Theatre, Ventura
Paul C. Vogt and Kevin Blake in Laurel and Hardy @ Falcon Theatre
 
BEST SOLO SHOW: MALE

John Leguizamo - Ghetto Klown - The Montalban

BEST SOLO SHOWS: FEMALE 

Spider Saloff - The Roar of the Butterfly @ Celebration Theatre

Jennifer Leigh Warren - Diamonds Are Forever: The Songs of Dame Shirley Bassey @ The Renberg Theatre

BEST CABARET ARTISTS: MALE 

Steven Brinberg - Simply Barbra @ M Bar

Jason Graae - Perfect Hermany @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's

Peter Mac - Becoming Judy @ The Gardenia

BEST CABARET ARTISTS: FEMALE 
 
Ann Hampton Callaway @ Catalina Jazz Club

Dangerous Curves ( Lisa Smith, Karen Michaels, Margaret Menzies) @ Sterling's

Maxine Lapiduss @ Sterling's

Freda Payne @ Catalina Jazz Club


MOST UNIQUE CABARET/VARIETY SHOW

Melodyland - Melody Hollis @ Sterling's
 
BEST SEASONAL SHOWS

A Christmas WestSide Story - The Troubadour Theatre Co @ The Falcon Theatre

The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever @ Avery Schreiber Theatre

Mrs. Scrooge The Musical @ Highways, Santa Monica

BEST SPECTACLE

Iris  - Cirque du Soleil's unique show for Hollywood @ Kodak Theatre

SPECIAL NOD TO A THEATRE

Glendale Centre Theatre for 1776 and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

STAR-MAKING PERFORMERS
 
Emrhys Cooper
Juliet Landau
Peter Mac

BEST CDs
 
From Kritzerland:
Perfect Hermany
Melodyland
The People in the Picture

From Rhino:
Seasons Greetings
A Jersey Boys Christmas

 


 



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