The Best in LA Theatre for 2007
Compiled by Don Grigware
(alphabetical listings)
(in certain categories artists performing outside LA may be included)
BEST PRODUCTION
13 - Mark Taper Forum
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Wadsworth
Avenue Q - Ahmanson
Can-Can - Pasadena Playhouse
Jersey Boys - Ahmanson
Romeo and Juliet - A Noise Within
Tonight at 8:30 - Antaeus @ Deaf West Theatre
Twelve Angry Men - Ahmanson
Yellow Face - Mark Taper Forum
Zanna, Don't! - West Coast Ensemble
RUNNERS UP
And Neither Have I Wings to Fly - The Road
Bush Is Bad - NoHo Arts Center
Dead Bride Running – The Underground
The History Boys - Ahmanson
A Matter of Honor - Pasadena Playhouse
On Your Toes - Reprise!@ Freud Playhouse, UCLA
The Rat Pack, Live at the Sands - Wilshire Theatre
Ray Charles Live! - Pasadena Playhouse
Sunday in the Park with George – Reprise!@The Freud, UCLA
Twist - Avery Schreiber Theatre
BEST HOLIDAY SHOW
(Play) CSI: Bethlehem, Sister's Christmas Catechism - Hermosa Beach Playhouse
(Musical) Winter Wonderettes - El Portal Second Stage
BEST SHOW FOR ALL AGES
Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas - NoHo Arts Center
BEST REVISED SHOW
(tie)
All This, & Heaven Too (formerly Trolls) - The Macha Theatre
Cesar and Ruben - NoHo Arts Center
BEST ALL-STAR CABARET SHOW
Changed For the Better
(honoring Stephen Schwartz) - Ryan Black's 88's Cabaret @ Eleven
MOST PROMISING SOLO SHOW for 2008
Cloris! starring Cloris Leachman - Indio Performing Arts Center
BEST PERFORMANCES
Alexandra Billings - Twist (Avery Schreiber)
Danny Calvert - Zanna, Don't! (West Coast Ensemble)
Brian Childers – The Kid from Brooklyn (El Portal Mainstage)
Misty Cotten - Annie Get Your Gun (CLOSBC, Redondo)
JD Cullum - Tonight@ 8:30 (Antaeus)
Michelle Duffy - Can-Can (Pasadena Playhouse)
Kevin Earley - Can-Can "
David Engel - Can-Can "
Peter Paige - The History Boys (Ahmanson)
Tim Sullens - Taking Care (Victory Theatre)
PERFORMERS ALSO RECEIVING HIGH MARKS
Kevin Bailey, Heather Lee - Annie Get Your Gun (CLOSBC)
Patrick Bristow, Mindy Sterling - A Tuna Christmas (Asylum Theatre)
Charlotte Cornwell - The History Boys (Ahmanson)
Jeffry Denman - On Your Toes (Reprise!)
Brandon Victor Dixon, Nikki Renee Daniels, Angela Teek - Ray Charles Live! (Pasadena Playhouse)
C. Stephen Foster, Kimberly Patterson - Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Hermosa Beach Playhouse)
Betty Garrett - Betty Garrett, Closet Songwriter (Theatre West)
Maria Gobetti - Taking Care (Victory Theatre)
Joe Keyes, Ann Randolph – Bob’s Holiday Office Party (The Lounge)
Karen Kondazian, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Rodgers - The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Fountain Theatre)
Norman Large - The Pirates of Penzance (Musical Theatre West @ The Carpenter Center, Long Beach)
Karin Leone – The Kid from Brooklyn (El Portal)
Brandon Ruckdashel, Chris Carlisle – Twist (Avery Schreiber)
Amir Talai – Can-Can (Pasadena Playhouse)
Strephen Triffitt - The Rat Pack (Wilshire)
Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Ahmanson)
Jonathan Zenz, Melanie Ewbank - Yo Ho Ho! (No Ho Arts)
Tamara Zook – Dead Bride Running (The Underground)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
(Musical) (tie)
13 - Mark Taper Forum
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Wadsworth
(Play) (tie)
Out Late - The Macha Theatre
Twelve Angry Men - Ahmanson
BEST CABARET ARTISTS
MaryJo Mundy - Halfway to Heaven (The Gardenia)
Rachel York - Sterling' s Upstairs @Vitello's
BEST STANDUP
Kaye Ballard - Singer, Actress, Comedienne - Palm Springs Follies
Babe Pier – Impressionist – Palm Springs Follies
BEST ARTIST/AUTHOR
Thom Bierdz
BEST CDs From the Theatrical/Cabaret World AT-LARGE
John Barrowman – Another Side
Lorna Luft – Songs My Mother Taught Me
Sean McDermott - Sean McDermott (US release: 2008)
MaryJo Mundy – Halfway to Heaven |
