Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle

The 2007 special award recipients are as follows:

The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre by an individual, company or theater, sponsored by Stella Adler Academy, Los Angeles, with a $500 honorarium, goes to Musical Theatre West

The Polly Warfield Award for an outstanding single season by a small to mid-sized theatre, sponsored by the Nederlander Organization with a $500 honorarium, goes to Theatre Banshee

The Ted Schmitt Award for outstanding world premiere play in Los Angeles, sponsored by Samuel French with a $1000 honorarium and offer to publish, goes to Jane Anderson for "The Quality of Life"

The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design, sponsored by Angstrom Lighting with a $1000 honorarium, goes to Leigh Allen

The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre goes to Jason Graae

A special award goes to Jon Maher for his long-term outstanding achievement as an ASL interpreter

The nominees of the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are:

PRODUCTION

13, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum

dark play or stories for boys, Theatre@Boston Court

In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, Elephant Theatre Company in association with VS. Theatre Company

The Quality of Life, Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater

Trying, Colony Theatre Company

REVIVAL

The Hasty Heart, Pacific Resident Theatre Company

Tonight at 8:30, Parts 1 and 2, Antaeus Theatre Company at Deaf West Theatre

Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within

DIRECTION

Jillian Armenante, Love Loves a Pornographer, Circle X at [Inside] the Ford

Dan Bonnell, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre

Jeff Calhoun, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theater

Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble at Lyric-Hyperion Theatre

Michael Michetti, dark play or stories for boys

WRITING

Dan Elish, 13

Joanna McClelland-Glass, Trying

Jeff Goode, Love Loves a Pornographer

Stephen Adly Guirgis, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings

Carlos Murillo, dark play or stories for boys

ADAPTATION

Martin Crimp, The Misanthrope, Andak Stage Company at New Place Studio Theatre

Stephen Sachs, Miss Julie, Fountain Theatre

Matt Walker, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland, Troubadour Theatre Company at Falcon Theatre

MUSICAL DIRECTION

Brian Baker, Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre

John Glaudini, Altar Boyz, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

David O, 13

Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse

MUSICAL SCORE

Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris, Zanna, Don’t!

Jason Robert Brown, 13
Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish, Blank Theatre Company at 2nd Stage Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY

Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro, Zanna, Don’t!
Troy Magino, Altar Boyz
Lee Martino, On Your Toes
Janet Miller, Winter Wonderettes

LEAD PERFORMANCE

Dennis Boutsikaris, The Quality of Life

Danny Calvert, Zanna, Don’t!

Gregory Itzin, Shipwrecked: An Entertainment, South Coast Repertory

Matt Letscher, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre

Alan Mandell, Trying

Rebecca Marcotte, Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee

Laurie Metcalf, The Quality of Life

Gabriel Olds, Tryst, Black Dahlia Theatre

Deborah Puette, Tryst

Rex Smith, The Pirates of Penzance, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

FEATURED PERFORMANCE

Deanne Bray, Sleeping Beauty Wakes

Steve Cell, Small Tragedy, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Misty Cotton, A Little Night Music, South Coast Repertory

Adam Haas Hunter, dark play or stories for boys

Norman Large, The Pirates of Penzance

Shawn Lee, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre

Kathleen Rose Perkins, Love Loves a Pornographer

JoBeth Williams, The Quality of Life

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

13, Mark Taper Forum

Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee

Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within

Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre

Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble

SCENIC DESIGN

Joel Daavid, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings

Robert G. Smith, Bug, Lost Angels Theatre Company at Coast Playhouse

Gary Smoot, Love Love’s A Pornographer

LIGHTING DESIGN

Joel Daavid, In Arabia We'd All be Kings

Jeremy Pivnick, Calling Aphrodite, International City Theatre

Steven Young, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, Theatre@Boston Court

COSTUME DESIGN HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP

Shon LeBlanc, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Maggie Morgan, Sleeping Beauty Wakes

Paul Spadone, Love Loves a Pornographer

SOUND DESIGN

Lindsay Jones, Bug

Cricket Myers, dark play or stories for boys

Eric Snodgrass, Sleeping Beauty Wakes

PUPPET DESIGN

Rick Lyon, Avenue Q, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre

Past Awards

2006 Awards

2005 Awards

2004 Awards

2003 Awards

2000-2002 Awards

1990-1999 Awards

1980-1989 Awards

1969-1979 Awards

Awards

The 2007 special award recipients are as follows:

The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre by an individual, company or theater, sponsored by Stella Adler Academy, Los Angeles, with a $500 honorarium, goes to Musical Theatre West

The Polly Warfield Award for an outstanding single season by a small to mid-sized theatre, sponsored by the Nederlander Organization with a $500 honorarium, goes to Theatre Banshee

The Ted Schmitt Award for outstanding world premiere play in Los Angeles, sponsored by Samuel French with a $1000 honorarium and offer to publish, goes to Jane Anderson for "The Quality of Life"

The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design, sponsored by Angstrom Lighting with a $1000 honorarium, goes to Leigh Allen

The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre goes to Jason Graae

A special award goes to Jon Maher for his long-term outstanding achievement as an ASL interpreter

The nominees of the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are:

PRODUCTION

13, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
dark play or stories for boys, Theatre@Boston Court
In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, Elephant Theatre Company in association with VS. Theatre Company
The Quality of Life, Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Trying, Colony Theatre Company

REVIVAL

The Hasty Heart, Pacific Resident Theatre Company
Tonight at 8:30, Parts 1 and 2, Antaeus Theatre Company at Deaf West Theatre
Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within

DIRECTION

Jillian Armenante, Love Loves a Pornographer, Circle X at [Inside] the Ford
Dan Bonnell, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre
Jeff Calhoun, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theater
Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble at Lyric-Hyperion Theatre
Michael Michetti, dark play or stories for boys

WRITING

Dan Elish, 13
Joanna McClelland-Glass, Trying
Jeff Goode, Love Loves a Pornographer
Stephen Adly Guirgis, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings
Carlos Murillo, dark play or stories for boys

ADAPTATION

Martin Crimp, The Misanthrope, Andak Stage Company at New Place Studio Theatre
Stephen Sachs, Miss Julie, Fountain Theatre
Matt Walker, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland, Troubadour Theatre Company at Falcon Theatre

MUSICAL DIRECTION

Brian Baker, Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre
John Glaudini, Altar Boyz, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
David O, 13
Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse

MUSICAL SCORE

Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris, Zanna, Don’t!
Jason Robert Brown, 13
Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish, Blank Theatre Company at 2nd Stage Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY

Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro, Zanna, Don’t!
Troy Magino, Altar Boyz
Lee Martino, On Your Toes
Janet Miller, Winter Wonderettes

LEAD PERFORMANCE

Dennis Boutsikaris, The Quality of Life
Danny Calvert, Zanna, Don’t!
Gregory Itzin, Shipwrecked: An Entertainment, South Coast Repertory
Matt Letscher, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre
Alan Mandell, Trying
Rebecca Marcotte, Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee
Laurie Metcalf, The Quality of Life
Gabriel Olds, Tryst, Black Dahlia Theatre
Deborah Puette, Tryst
Rex Smith, The Pirates of Penzance, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

FEATURED PERFORMANCE

Deanne Bray, Sleeping Beauty Wakes
Steve Cell, Small Tragedy, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Misty Cotton, A Little Night Music, South Coast Repertory
Adam Haas Hunter, dark play or stories for boys
Norman Large, The Pirates of Penzance
Shawn Lee, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre
Kathleen Rose Perkins, Love Loves a Pornographer
JoBeth Williams, The Quality of Life

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

13, Mark Taper Forum
Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee
Waiting for Godot, A Noise Within
Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre
Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble

SCENIC DESIGN

Joel Daavid, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings
Robert G. Smith, Bug, Lost Angels Theatre Company at Coast Playhouse
Gary Smoot, Love Love’s A Pornographer

LIGHTING DESIGN

Joel Daavid, In Arabia We'd All be Kings
Jeremy Pivnick, Calling Aphrodite, International City Theatre
Steven Young, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, Theatre@Boston Court

COSTUME DESIGN HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP

Shon LeBlanc, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Maggie Morgan, Sleeping Beauty Wakes
Paul Spadone, Love Loves a Pornographer

SOUND DESIGN

Lindsay Jones, Bug
Cricket Myers, dark play or stories for boys
Eric Snodgrass, Sleeping Beauty Wakes

PUPPET DESIGN

Rick Lyon, Avenue Q, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre