Carbonell Award Nominations Announced

CARBONELL AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

35th annual theater awards honor the region's finest shows and performances

(Actors' Playhouse Is Pictured)

A musical about a war-time romance and a controversial play that took audiences to the depths of humanity top the list of nominees for the 35th annual Carbonell Awards, celebrating the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Miss Saigon at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables led the pack with 11 nominations. Blasted at GableStage in Coral Gables garnered 7 nominations. The winners will be announced at the 35th annual Carbonell Awards ceremony, to be held on Monday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Amaturo Theater at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. 

South Florida's answer to the Tony Awards and a highlight of each arts season, the Carbonell Awards pay tribute to the very best theatrical productions on local stages and features the area's top entertainers and theater insiders as they step out from behind their roles in an unforgettable behind-the-scenes celebration.  

Nominations encompass the entire length of South Florida with 13 companies receiving nods and 33 of the 69 eligible shows that opened in 2010 being recognized. 

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre at the southern end of the region tied with the Maltz Jupiter Theatre at the northern end for the most nominations garnered by a single theatre, with 18 each. Companies in Broward County received 27 nominations, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach tied with 36 nominations each. 

Choreographer Chrissi Ardito received the most individual nominations, being honored for her work on Oliver! At Actors' Playhouse, as well as The Drowsy Chaperone and Mack and Mabel, both produced at Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.  

Thirteen individuals received double nominations. They are Joseph Adler (Best Director, Play, 50 Words and Blasted) Matt Corey (Sound Design, Blasted at GableStage and Groundswell at Mosaic Theatre) Erik Fabregat (Best Supporting Actor, Play, Blasted and A Behanding in Spokane, both at GableStage) Dan Kelley (Best Director, Musical, and Best Actor, Musical, both for The Drowsy Chaperone at Broward Stage Door Theatre) Matt Kelly (Sound Design, Cane and Dr. Radio, both at Florida Stage) Michael McKeever (Best New Work, Unreasonable Doubt at Actors' Playhouse and Best Supporting Actor, Play, Distracted at Caldwell Theatre Company) Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Best Director, Musical and Best Choreography, Anything Goes, at Maltz Jupiter Theatre) Amy Miller Brennan (Best Supporting Actress, Miss Saigon and Oliver!, both at Actors' Playhouse) Jeff Quinn (Lighting Design, Blasted and The Quarrel, both at GableStage) Erin Joy Schmidt (Best Actress, Play, 50 Words at GableStage and Dying City at Mosaic Theatre) Deborah L. Sherman (Best Supporting Actress, Play, Goldie, Max & Milk at Florida Stage and No Exit at Naked Stage) Shane R. Tanner (Best Actor, Musical, Mack and Mabel at Broward Stage Door Theatre and Best Supporting Actor, Musical, Oliver! at Actors' Playhouse) and Ellis Tillman (Best Costume Design, Miss Saigon and Oliver!, both at Actors' Playhouse.)  

The annual awards ceremony raises scholarships for South Florida arts students. Along with New York's Drama Desk and Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Carbonell Awards are among the nation's senior regional arts awards and predate others including Washington, D.C.'s Helen Hayes and Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards. 

Ticket information for the April 4 ceremony will be announced shortly 

Opportunities to sponsor an award category and appear on stage to announce the winner are available beginning at $1,000. Email carbonellhotline@gmail.com for more information. 

The Broward Center is located at 201 S.W. 5th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale .

Full nominations and a summary of show totals follow. 

35TH ANNUAL CARBONELL AWARD NOMINATIONS 

COMBINED (Plays and Musicals)

Best New Work (Play or Musical, award to author)

Christopher Demos-Brown When the Sun Shone Brighter Florida Stage

Sue Fabisch Motherhood the Musical GFOUR Productions

Karen Hartman Goldie, Max & Milk Florida Stage

Michael McKeever Unreasonable Doubt Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Ensemble, Play or Musical (citations to cast and director):
12 Angry Men Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Completely Hollywood Mosaic Theatre

The Dumb Waiter The Promethean Theatre

Motherhood the Musical GFOUR Productions

Speech and Debate GableStage

 

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization)

12 Angry Men Maltz Jupiter Theatre

50 Words GableStage

American Buffalo Palm Beach Dramaworks

Blasted GableStage

Collected Stories Mosaic Theatre

 

Best Director, Play

Joseph Adler 50 Words GableStage

Joseph Adler Blasted GableStage

Frank Galati 12 Angry Men Maltz Jupiter Theatre

William Hayes American Buffalo Palm Beach Dramaworks

Margaret M. Ledford Collected Stories Mosaic Theatre 

 

Best Actor, Play

Dennis Creaghan Freud's Last Session Palm Beach Dramaworks

Todd Allen Durkin Blasted GableStage

David Hemphill Equus New Theatre

Ricky Waugh Dying City Mosaic Theatre

Gregg Weiner 50 Words GableStage

 

Best Actress, Play

Barbara Bradshaw Collected Stories Mosaic Theatre

Beth Dixon Three Tall Women Palm Beach Dramaworks

Erin Joy Schmidt 50 Words GableStage

Erin Joy Schmidt Dying City Mosaic Theatre

Karen Stephens Bridge and Tunnel The Women's Theatre Project

 

Best Supporting Actor, Play

Marckenson Charles Groundswell Mosaic Theatre

Will Connolly Candida Palm Beach Dramaworks

Erik Fabregat A Behanding in Spokane GableStage

Erik Fabregat Blasted GableStage

Michael McKeever Distracted Caldwell Theatre Company

 

Best Supporting Actress/Play

Kim Morgan Dean Collected Stories Mosaic Theatre

Angie Radosh Three Tall Women Palm Beach Dramaworks

Jackie Rivera Speech and Debate GableStage

Deborah L. Sherman Goldie, Max & Milk Florida Stage

Deborah L. Sherman No Exit Naked Stage

 

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical (award to producing organization)

Academy Maltz Jupiter Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Mack and Mabel Broward Stage Door Theatre

Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Director, Musical

David Arisco Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Dan Kelley The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

Michael Leeds Mack and Mabel Broward Stage Door Theatre

Mark Martino La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Marcia Milgrom Dodge Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

 

Best Actor, Musical

Mark Jacoby La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Dan Kelley The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

Herman Sebek Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Bret Shuford Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Shane R. Tanner Mack and Mabel Broward Stage Door Theatre

 

Best Actress, Musical

Irene Adjan Dr. Radio Florida Stage

Mara Gabrielle Mack and Mabel Broward Stage Door Theatre

Tari Kelly Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Laura Oldham The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

E.J. Zimmerman Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Supporting Actor, Musical

Tom Beckett Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Ken Clement Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

Nick Duckart Dr. Radio Florida Stage

Chris-Ian Sanchez Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Shane R. Tanner Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Supporting Actress, Musical

Eileen Faxas The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

Elizabeth Dimon Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

Lisa Manuli Motherhood the Musical GFOUR Productions

Amy Miller Brennan Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Amy Miller Brennan Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Musical Direction

Eric Alsford Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Helen Gregory Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Phil Reno La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Johnny Rodgers Motherhood the Musical GFOUR Productions

Alexander Rovang Academy Maltz Jupiter Theatre

 

Best Choreography

Chrissi Ardito The Drowsy Chaperone Broward Stage Door Theatre

Chrissi Ardito Mack and Mabel Broward Stage Door Theatre

Chrissi Ardito Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

Denis Jones La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Marcia Milgrom Dodge Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre 

 

 

DESIGN (Plays and Musicals)

Best Scenic Design, Play or Musical

Michael Amico American Buffalo Palm Beach Dramaworks

Lyle Baskin 50 Words GableStage

Tim Connolly Blasted GableStage

Douglas Grinn Collected Stories Mosaic Theatre

Sean McClelland Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Lighting, Play or Musical

Ron Burns The Gin Game Palm Beach Dramaworks

SuzAnne Jones Cane Florida Stage

Jeff Quinn Blasted GableStage

Jeff Quinn The Quarrel GableStage

Patrick Tennent Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Costume Design, Play or Musical

Gail Baldoni Anything Goes Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Brian O'Keefe Candida Palm Beach Dramaworks

Jose M. Rivera La Cage Aux Folles Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Ellis Tillman Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Ellis Tillman Oliver! Actors' Playhouse

 

Best Sound Design

Matt Corey Blasted GableStage

Matt Corey Groundswell Mosaic Theatre

Alexander Herrin Miss Saigon Actors' Playhouse

Matt Kelly Dr. Radio Florida Stage

Matt Kelly Cane Florida Stage

 

Carbonell Nomination Breakdown 

Breakdown by County

Broward: 27

Miami-Dade County : 36

Palm Beach County : 36

 

Breakdown by Theatre

18 Actors' Playhouse

18 Maltz Jupiter

16 GableStage

11 Broward Stage Door

10 Mosaic Theatre

9 Palm Beach Dramaworks

8 Florida Stage

4 GFOUR Productions

1 Caldwell Theatre Company

1 Naked Stage

1 New Theatre

1 The Promethean Theatre

1 The Women's Theatre Project

 

Breakdown by Show

11 Miss Saigon

7 Anything Goes

7 Blasted

6 The Drowsy Chaperone

6 La Cage Aux Folles

6 Oliver!

5 50 Words

5 Collected Stories

5 Mack and Mabel

4 Motherhood the Musical

3 12 Angry Men

3 American Buffalo

3 Dr. Radio

2 Academy

2 Candida

2 Cane

2 Dying City

2 Goldie, Max and Milk

2 Groundswell

2` Speech and Debate

2 Three Tall Women

1 A Behanding in Spokane

1 Bridge and Tunnel

1 Completely Hollywood

1 Distracted

1 The Dumb Waiter

1 Equus

1 Freud's Last Session

1 The Gin Game

1 No Exit

1 The Quarrel

1 Unreasonable Doubt

1 When the Sun Shone Brighter

  

Double Nominees

Joseph Adler

Matt Corey

Erik Fabregat

Dan Kelley

Matt Kelly

Michael McKeever

Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Amy Miller Brennan

Jeff Quinn

Erin Joy Schmidt

Deborah L. Sherman

Shane R. Tanner

Ellis Tillman

 

Triple Nominee

Chrissi Ardito

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