LA Drama Critics Noms incl. '13' Musical, Itzin, Metcalf & Williams
By: BWW News Desk
Nominations have been announced for the 39th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, to be presented on March 17 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. Jason Graae, who will receive the Joel Hirschorn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater, will host the event.
Jason Robert Brown's musical 13 received five nominations, including Best Production, Best Musical Direction, Best Ensemble Performance, and two for Brown for Writing and Score.Jane Anderson's play The Quality of Life will receive the Ted Schmitt Award for Outstanding World Premiere Play, and received nominations for Best Production as well as for actors Dennis Boutsakaris, Laurie Metcalf, and JoBeth Williams.Other shows that received multiple nominations include Dark Stories for Boys, Love Loves a Pornographer, Zanna, Dont!, In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and Winter Wonderettes.Among the 19 actors who received nominations were Misty Cotton (A Little Night Music), Gregory Itizin (Shipwrecked: An Entertainment), Alan Mandell (Trying), Matt Letscher (Anatol), and Rex Smith (The Pirates of Penzance).Special awards will also be presented to theater companies Musical Theatre West and Theater Banshee, lighting designer Leigh Allen, and ASL interpreter Jon Maher.
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The Most Happy Fella North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28) |
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A Haunting Revue II Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) |
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Bus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit The Actors Company (6/06-6/28) |
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MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre (6/17-6/28) |
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Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/24) |
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My Life is a Sonnet Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27) |
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STRAITJACKET SIRENS The Three Clubs (6/01-6/30) |
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The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World) Broadwater Second Stage (6/16-6/27) |
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Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy The Broadwater (Second Stage) (6/06-6/27) |
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Peter Pan Lewis Family Playhouse (3/07-3/14) |