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  Grigware's Best in LA Theatre for 2014  
(alphabetical listings)
(artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories)

 

Best Production

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Brief Encounter - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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Cabaret - Crown City Theatre

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Catch Me If You Can - Moonlight Amphitheater, Vista

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Choir Boy - Geffen

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The Country House - Geffen

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Damn Yankees - 3D Theatricals

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Floyd Collins - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

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4000 Miles - Sierra Madre Playhouse

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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? - Los Angeles LGBT Center

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In the Heights - Cabrillo

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The Last Confession - Ahmanson

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Les Miserables - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 

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Mystery of Edwin Drood - Actors Co-op

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Once - Pantages

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Putting It Together - Chromolume Theatre

Grigware Talks Theatre Ragtime - 3D Theatricals
Grigware Talks Theatre A Song at Twilight - Pasadena Playhouse
Grigware Talks Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire- Group rep
Grigware Talks Theatre Top Girls - Antaeus Company
Grigware Talks Theatre The Trip to Bountiful - Ahmanson
Grigware Talks Theatre The 25th Annual Putnum Country Spelling Bee - Kelrik Productions at the El Portal
Grigware Talks Theatre Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike - Mark Taper Forum
Grigware Talks Theatre Young Frankenstein - DOMA

 

Best Production - Dinner Theatre

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Claremont: entire season - Candlelight Pavilion

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Escondido: Anything Goes/Oklahoma! - Lawrence Welk Resort


 

Favorite Christmas Show

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Fruitcake Follies 2014

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A Little House Christmas - Sierra Madre Playhouse

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Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Knight - Pasadena Playhouse

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The Snow QUEEN - Troubies at the Falcon


 

Unique Special Event

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Always Patsy Cline - El Portal Theatre

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An Evening with Arthur Duncan - Monroe Forum Theatre at the El Portal

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Harmony - Ahmanson Theatre

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Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin - Geffen

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Kritzerland Concert - Jerry Herman Tribute at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

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L'il Abner - Bruce Kimmel director - LA City College

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Spirit of Ireland - Michael Ryan - University of LaVerne

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Striking 12 - Laguna Playhouse

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Tappin' Thru Life: An Evening with Maurice Hines - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts


 

Best Ensemble: Play

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Amadeus - Ensemble Theatre, Santa Barbara

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Blithe Spirit - Ahmanson

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Choir Boy - Geffen

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The Country House - Geffen

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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? - LGBT Center

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My Name Is Asher Lev - Fountain

Grigware Talks Theatre A Song at Twilight - Pasadena Playhouse
Grigware Talks Theatre Top Girls - Antaeus
Grigware Talks Theatre The Trip to Bountiful - Ahmanson
Grigware Talks Theatre Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike - Mark Taper Forum

 

Best Ensemble: Musical

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The Andrews Brothers - Annenberg Theatre, Palm Springs

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Brigadoon - Music Circus, Sacramento

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Catch Me If You Can - Moonlight, Vista

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Damn Yankees- 3D Theatricals

Grigware Talks Theatre Mystery of Edwin Drood - Actors Co-op
Grigware Talks Theatre Ragtime - 3D Theatricals
Grigware Talks Theatre The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Kelrik at the El Portal
Grigware Talks Theatre Young Frankenstein - DOMA

Best Lead Performance

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Michael Arden/Ciara Renee - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - La Jolla Playhouse

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Frances Barber - What the Butler Saw - Mark Taper Forum

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James Barbour - Les Miserables - La Mirada

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Eileen Barnett - Glorious! - ICT, Long Beach

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Leslie Caron/David Engel - Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks - Laguna Playhouse

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Alexis Carra/Jordan Lamoureux - Damn Yankees - 3D Theatricals

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Mimi Cozzens/Christian Prentice - 4000 Miles - Sierra Madre

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Merle Dandridge - Kiss Me Kate - Pasadena Playhouse

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Chelsea Emma Franko - Spamalot - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont

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Taylor Gilbert - Sovereign Body - The Road Theatre Company

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Rebecca Johnson - Big Fish - MTW

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Angela Lansbury/Charles Edwards/Jemima Rooper - Blithe Spirit - Ahmanson

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Danny Michaels - Me and My Girl - GCT (Glendale Centre Theatre)

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Diedra Celeste Miranda/Daniel Kaemon - Streetcar - Group rep

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Alicia Hall Moran - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Ahmanson

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Kristine Nielsen - Vanya & Sonia - Mark Taper Forum

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Ann Noble/Paul Witten - The Goat - LGBT Center

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Jaimi Paige/Graham Hamilton - Venus in Fur - South Coast Rep

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Kyle Taylor Parker - Kinky Boots - Pantages

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Erin Pineda - Bunny, Bunny - Falcon Theatre

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Kristin Towers-Rowles - Putting It Together - Chromolume

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Brent Schindele - The Music Man - GCT - Theatre West

Grigware Talks Theatre Jeff Skowron - The Producers - 3D Theatricals/Big Fish - Musical Theatre West (MTW)
Grigware Talks Theatre Victoria Strong - Man of La Mancha - GCT
Grigware Talks Theatre Rebekah Tripp/Joseph Fuqua - A Moon for the Misbegotten - Rubicon, Ventura
Grigware Talks Theatre Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful - Ahmanson
Grigware Talks Theatre Mark Whitten/Kim Huber - Floyd Collins - La Mirada
Grigware Talks Theatre Hannah Yelland - Brief Encounter - Wallis Annenberg
Grigware Talks Theatre Murielle Zuker - Educating Rita - Theatre 40

 

 

Best Featured Performance

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Dorothy Atkinson/Annette McLaughlin - Brief Encounter - Wallis Annenberg

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Jim J. Bullock - Bye Bye Birdie - Cabrillo

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Granville Van Dusen - A Moon for the Misbegotten - Rubicon, Ventura

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Christine Ebersole/David Hull - Vania & Sonia & Masha & Spike - Mark Taper Forum

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Chelsea Emma Franko/ Karla Franko/Tamara Zook - Damn Yankees - 3D Theatricals

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Susane Lee - 4000 Miles - Sierra Madre

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Craig McEldowney - Ragtime - 3D Theatricals/...Spelling Bee - El Portal

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Tom Musgrave - Melissa Arctic - The Road Theatre Company

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Richard O' Callaghan - Last Confession - Ahmanson

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Anya Profumo/Kent Butler - Streetcar - Group rep

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Carla R. Stewart - Ghost the Musical - Pantages

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Sara J. Stuckey - Cabaret - Crown


 

Best Solo Show: Female

Grigware Talks Theatre Annette Bening - Ruth Draper's Monologues - Geffen
Grigware Talks Theatre Chita Rivera: A Legendary Celebration - Valley Performing Arts Center, Northridge
Grigware Talks Theatre Katie Rubin - Why I Died, a Comedy - Echo Theatre at Atwater Village

 

Best Solo Show: Male

Grigware Talks Theatre Daniel Beaty  - The Tallest Tree in the Forest - Mark Taper Forum
Grigware Talks Theatre Scott Dreier  - Doris & Me - Monroe Forum at the El Portal
Grigware Talks Theatre Jon Peterson  - ...He Wrote Good Songs - Asylum Lab Theatre (Fringe Festival)
Grigware Talks Theatre Christopher Plummer  - A Word or Two - Ahmanson Theatre
Grigware Talks Theatre Michael Urie  - Buyer & Cellar - Mark Taper Forum

 

Best Cabaret/Concert Artist: Male

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David Burnham   - Together Again For the First Time - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

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Dan Callaway  - A Farewell to LA - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

Grigware Talks Theatre Jason Graae - 49 1/2 Shades of Graae - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
Grigware Talks Theatre Jeremy Jordan - Breaking Character - Catalina Jazz Club
Grigware Talks Theatre John Lloyd Young - My Turn - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

 

Best Cabaret/Concert Artist: Female

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Laura Benanti  - In Constant Search for the Right Kind of Attention - Catalina Jazz Club

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Laura Dickinson  - One For My Baby - Upstairs at Vitello's

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Jennifer Holliday  - Broadway Under the Stars - Ford Amphitheatre

Grigware Talks Theatre Jeanne Page  - Reboot - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
Grigware Talks Theatre Valerie Perri  - Together Again for the First Time - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
Grigware Talks Theatre Rebecca Spencer  - Fair Warning - Upstairs at Vitello's

 

Most Promising New Play

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Conviction  - Carey Crim - Rubicon Theatre, Ventura

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Wake  - Carey Crim - Seaglass Theatre at the Fremont Theatre Centre


 

Most Promising New Musical

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Scary Musical the Musical   - Richard Hochberg and Michael Paternostro - NoHo Arts Center


 

Best Director: Play

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David Hyde Pierce  - Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike - Mark Taper Forum

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Stephen Sachs  - My Name Is Asher Lev - Fountain Theatre


 

Best Director: Musical

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Cate Caplin  - Putting It Together - Chromolume

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Kristin Towers-Rowles - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Monroe Forum at the El Portal


 

Best CD

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And The World Goes Round - Kritzerland Records

Grigware Talks Theatre The Boys of St. Paul's Choir School  - Christmas in Harvard Square
Grigware Talks Theatre The Bridges of Madison County - Jason Robert Brown-Original Broadway Cast
Grigware Talks Theatre Ellen Greene - Songs for a Winter's Night
Grigware Talks Theatre Daniel Rodriguez - A Glorious Christmas
Grigware Talks Theatre Lyn Stanley - Potions

 

Best Book

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Stella! Mother of Modern Acting  - Sheana Ochoa - Applause


 

Best Theatrical Season

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Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, Claremont

 

 


 

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