Grigware Picks His Best in LA Theatre for 2011!
By: Don Grigware 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
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
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
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
BEST CABARET ARTISTS: MALE
Steven Brinberg - Simply Barbra @ M BarJason Graae - Perfect Hermany @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello'sPeter Mac - Becoming Judy @ The Gardenia
BEST CABARET ARTISTS: FEMALE
Ann Hampton Callaway @ Catalina Jazz ClubDangerous Curves ( Lisa Smith, Karen Michaels, Margaret Menzies) @ Sterling'sMaxine Lapiduss @ Sterling'sFreda Payne @ Catalina Jazz Club
MOST UNIQUE CABARET/VARIETY SHOW
Melodyland - Melody Hollis @ Sterling's
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
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
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
Juliet Landau
Peter Mac
BEST CDs
From Kritzerland:
Perfect Hermany
Melodyland
The People in the PictureFrom Rhino:
Seasons Greetings
A Jersey Boys Christmas
Perfect Hermany
Melodyland
The People in the PictureFrom Rhino:
Seasons Greetings
A Jersey Boys Christmas
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