CTG, ROAD LEAD OVATION AWARDS.Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Writer Center Theatre Group's production of August Wilson's ``Gem of the Ocean'' and the Road Theatre Company's ghost story ghost story n. A story having supernatural or frightening elements, especially a story featuring ghosts or spirits of the dead. ghost story n → cuento de fantasmas ``The Woman in Black'' were the top winners at the 2003 Ovation awards Established in 1989, the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards are a major Southern California award for excellence in theatre with is held each November. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Called the "... Sunday, taking six and five awards respectively. In addition to all but sweeping the technical awards (for sets, lighting and sound design), the NoHo-based Road company took the award for best play in a smaller theater (under 99 seats). Burbank's Colony Theatre won two awards, including best play at a larger theater for ``Toys in the Attic In the Attic can refer to:
The Ovations, decided on by members of the L.A. Stage Alliance, recognize Los Angeles stage productions. More than 391 productions were eligible this year. During Sunday's three-hour ceremony at downtown's Orpheum Theatre, the hit Mel Brooks musical ``The Producers'' didn't win the one category in which it was nominated. Lily Tomlin, the evening's host, won an award for her solo show ``The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.'' Outgoing Center Theatre Group artistic director Gordon Davidson accepted a career achievement award and then promptly left the Orpheum to oversee a play he is directing at the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. . Deaf West artistic director Ed Waterstreet, also the recipient of a special award, was his usual eloquent self without uttering a single word. Otherwise things were largely business as usual at the Ovations: lots of rah-rah boosterism boost·er·ism n. The highly supportive attitudes and activities of boosters: "the civic pride and heady boosterism that often accompany rising property values" New York. for the not-so-lucrative art of stage acting in a film and TV town; lots of people heading for the aisles once their category had been decided. Several awards - most notably for best ensembles - ended in a three-way tie. Award presentations paired local theater critics, actors, playwrights and past winners. ``May I call you Sleet sleet, precipitation of small, partially melted grains of ice. As raindrops fall from clouds, they pass through layers of air at different temperatures. If they pass through a layer with a temperature below the freezing point, they turn into sleet. ?'' actor Tony Abatemarco asked his co-presenter, Rain Pryor. ``Yes,'' returned Pryor, the daughter of comedian Richard, ``just not slut.'' Audiences can still catch a couple of the winners. ``The Woman in Black,'' which opened in October 2002, continues through February at the Coronet Theatre in Beverly Hills. Best actress in a musical winner Connie Champagne reprises REPRISES. The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like, are called reprises, because they are taken back; when we speak of the clear yearly value of an estate, we say it is worth so much a year ultra reprises, besides all reprises. 2. her Judy Garland turn in ``Judy's Scary Little Christmas'' at the Court Theatre, and Bryan Davidson's ``War Music,'' workshopped at Playwrights' Arena, comes to the Geffen Playhouse in January. Other winners are below. For a complete list, visit www.theatrela.org: World premiere play: August Wilson, ``Gem of the Ocean Gem of the Ocean is a play by August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. It is the first installment of his decade-by-decade, ten-play chronicle, often called The Pittsburgh Cycle ,'' Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum; Randy Schulman, ``La Gioconda,'' Stages Theatre Center and the Collective; Bryan Davidson, ``War Music,'' Playwrights' Arena and Echo Theatre Company. World premiere musical: Mitzie and Ken Welch and Lorna Luft, ``Songs My Mother Taught Me,'' Canon Theatricals. Lead actor, play: David Paladino, ``The Island,'' Camelot Artists Productions; Norbert Weisser, ``Times Like These,'' Padua Playwrights Productions. Lead actress, play: Beth Grant ``The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife,'' Zephyr Zephyr or Zephyrus: see Eos. Theatre; Laurie O' Brien, ``Times Like These.'' Lead actor, musical: David Engel, ``Crazy for You,'' Musical Theatre West. Lead actress, musical: Connie Champagne, ``Judy's Scary Little Christmas,'' Victory Theatre. Featured actor, play: James Farentino, ``Boy Gets Girl,'' Geffen Playhouse. Featured actress, play: Nancy Linehan Charles, ``Toys in the Attic,'' Colony Theatre. Featured actor, musical: Larry Cedar, ``She Loves Me,'' Reprise re·prise n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. ! Broadway's Best. Featured actress, musical: Sally Struthers, ``Mame,'' Musical Theatre West. Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com |
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