LA Drama Critics Circle

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Julie Ann RenfroEllen Dostal Broadway WorldGeffen Playhouse has found its own unique key to navigating the dark days of 2020 and still maintain that art is alive and well with its highly successful Stayhouse series of interactive performances. These virtual offerings allow for several productions to run concurrently, rather than being limited to consecutively scheduled dates on one of the Geffen s two live stages. That may be one of the very few benefits of making art during a pandemic but hey, we ll take it.Read more Now running through March 14, 2021 Jeff LorchMargaret Gray LA TimesThe historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish Revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar.Read more Closed Kelly StuartDana Martin– Stage RawLA’s LGBT Center and Playwrights’ Area have gone (COVID compliantly) rogue by staging high stakes drama in the LGBT Center parking garage. (The audience watches the action from within their cars, sound broadcast through a pre-set FM radio station.) March, conceived and directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera and written by MJ Brown, Amir Levi, Coretta Monk, Alex Budin, Chad Christopher, Matthew Clark, Brandon English, MARDOZA, Jon Lawrence Rivera, Roland Ruiz and Nick Salome, is high stakes melodrama with a lot of heart.Read more Now running through November 15 David Kwong Jonas Schwartz Broadway WorldThe Geffen is hosting a game night and it s a goofy, geeky, glorious distraction from the gloom and doom of 2020. Created and led by puzzle enthusiast David Kwong, this latest version of the Geffen Stayhouse series, Inside The Box, is a perfect way to connect with others in these isolating times.Read more Erin Conley On Stage ScreenSeven months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it has become increasingly clear that theater as we know it will not be returning for some time. On the heels of last week’s heartbreaking yet expected announcement that Broadway will remain shuttered through at least May 2021, the pressure is on for artists and theaters to innovate and adapt.Read more Now running through January 3 Ellen Dostal Broadway World May you live in interesting times, has taken on new meaning in 2020 amid the current world health crisis. No one could have imagined a scenario like this where theater doors would be forced to close indefinitely. And yet, they have. But you can t dampen the heart of an artist for they will always find a way to create. That resilience is what should inspire us all as we continue to look to the future.Read more The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced the recipients of its 51st annual awards for distinguished achievement in theatre today, Tuesday, April 28, 2020.There were two recipients of the 2019 Production award: Witch (Geffen Playhouse) and Indecent (Center Theatre Group and Huntington Theatre Company). Awards in 17 other categories celebrated a wide range of Los Angeles theatre, with 18 different productions taking home honors. Geffen Playhouse’s Witch took home the most awards for a single production, with seven. Geffen Playhouse also received the most awards, with three of its productions winning a combined 10 trophies.Center Theatre Group received a combined nine awards with three of its productions, including Deirdre O’Connell for Solo Performance in Dana H., Bill Sims Jr. for Musical Score for August Wilson’s Jitney and the aforementioned Indecent for Production, Ensemble, Writing and Direction.The complete list of award recipients is as follows:PRODUCTIONIndecent, produced by Center Theatre Group and Huntington Theatre CompanyWitch, produced by Geffen PlayhouseMCCULLOH REVIVALThe Caucasian Chalk Circle, produced by Antaeus Theatre CompanyTwo Trains Running, produced by Sophina BrownLEAD PERFORMANCEGrant Chang, The Great Leap, Pasadena PlayhouseSteve Hofvendahl, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyEvan Jonigkeit, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseMichael Manuel, Frankenstein, A Noise WithinRob Nagle, The Judas Kiss, Boston Court PasadenaMaura Tierney, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseFEATURED PERFORMANCENija Okoro, Two Trains Running, Matrix TheatreAdolphus Ward, Two Trains Running, Matrix TheatreENSEMBLE PERFORMANCEIndecent, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson TheatreThe Wolves, Echo Theater CompanyWitch, Geffen PlayhouseSOLO PERFORMANCEDeirdre O’Connell, Dana H., Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas TheatreWRITINGSarah DeLappe, The Wolves, Echo Theater CompanyJen Silverman, Witch, Geffen PlayhousePaula Vogel, Indecent, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson TheatreWRITING ADAPTATIONLucas Hnath, Dana H., Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas TheatreMUSICAL SCOREMark Heard, Pat Terry, Randy VanWarmer, Tim Alderson, Salvage, Lounge TheatreBill Sims Jr, August Wilson’s Jitney, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper ForumMUSIC DIRECTIONAnthony Lucca, Bronco Billy – The Musical, Skylight TheatreStephan Terry, Salvage, Lounge TheatreCHOREOGRAPHYEdgar Godineaux and Jared Grimes, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, Geffen PlayhouseDIRECTIONMarti Lyons, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseStephanie Shroyer, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyRebecca Taichman, Indecent, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson TheatreSET DESIGNJohn Lee Beatty, Key Largo, Geffen PlayhouseLIGHTING DESIGNPeter Kaczorowski, Key Largo, Geffen PlayhouseJared A. Sayeg, Ragtime, Pasadena PlayhouseCOSTUME DESIGNJenny Foldenauer, Argonautika, A Noise WithinDanae Iris McQueen, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseSOUND DESIGNMikhail Fiksel, Dana H., Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas TheatreCGI/PROJECTIONYee Eun Nam, The Mother of Henry, Latino Theater CompanyAaron Rhyne, Anastasia, Pantages TheatreSPECIALTYSteve Cuiffo, Illusions and Lip Sync, Dana H., Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas TheatreThe following special award winners were previously announced:The GORDON DAVIDSON Award for distinguished contribution to the Los Angeles theatrical community: Ojai Playwrights Conference.The MARGARET HARFORD Award for sustained excellence in theatre:The Fountain Theatre.The POLLY WARFIELD Award for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theatre: A Noise Within.The JOEL HIRSCHHORN Award for distinguished achievement in musical theatre: Celebration Theatre.The TED SCHMITT Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play:The Mother of Henry, written by Evelina Fernández, produced by the Latino Theater Company.The MILTON KATSELAS Award for distinguished achievement in direction:Michael Michetti.The KINETIC LIGHTING Award for distinguished achievement in theatrical design: Hana S. Kim, Projection and Set Designer.The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle was founded in 1969. It is dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in Greater Los Angeles. The 2019 membership consisted of:Frances Baum Nicholson, Southern California News Group, Stage Struck ReviewKatie Buenneke, Stage Raw, Theater DigesErin Conley, On Stage ScreenEllen Dostal, BroadwayWorld, Musicals in LALovell Estell III, Stage Raw, ArtsInLA.comMargaret Gray, Los Angeles TimesHoyt Hilsman, Huffington PostDeborah Klugman, Stage RawHarker Jones, BroadwayWorld, ArtsInLA.comJenny Lower Beckman, Stage RawDany Margolies, ArtsInLA.com, Southern California News GroupMyron Meisel, Stage RawTerry Morgan, Stage Raw, TalkinBroadway.comSteven Leigh Morris, Stage RawMelinda Schupmann, Showmag.com, ArtsInLA.comJonas Schwartz-Owen, Theatermania.com, BroadwayWorld, ArtsInLA.comDon Shirley, LA ObservedLes Spindle, EDGE LARob Stevens, haineshisway.com Greetings, members of the Los Angeles theatre community! The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle is proud to announce the nominees for theatrical excellence for the year 2019. This year, for obvious reasons, we are forgoing our annual event ceremony and will instead post the award recipients online in the upcoming weeks. Congratulations to all of the nominees!The recipients of our annual special awards are listed following the nominees. In addition, we dedicate this year’s awards to the memory of Orson Bean, whose recent tragic passing has affected us all.We would like to take this opportunity to relay our best hopes that you are all well and staying safe.In the meantime, the worthy nominees for 2019 are as follows:Production:Gem of the Ocean, A Noise WithinHow We’re Different From Animals, ÉLAN EnsembleIndecent, Center Theatre Group and Huntington Theatre CompanyThe Great Leap, East West Players and Pasadena PlayhouseThe Mother of Henry, Latino Theater CompanyWitch, Geffen PlayhouseMcCulloh Award for RevivalThe Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyThe Glass Menagerie, A Noise WithinThe Skin of Our Teeth, Will Geer’s Theatricum BotanicumTwo Trains Running, Sophina BrownLead PerformanceGrant Chang, The Great Leap, Pasadena PlayhouseWillow Geer, The Skin of Our Teeth, Will Geer’s Theatricum BotanicumRafael Goldstein, The Glass Menagerie, A Noise WithinSteve Hofvendahl, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyKate Huffman, Friends With Guns, The Road Theatre CompanyEvan Jonigkeit, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseMichael Manuel, Frankenstein, A Noise WithinRob Nagle, The Judas Kiss, Boston Court PasadenaGeorge Salazar, Little Shop of Horrors, Pasadena PlayhouseLiza Seneca, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyMaura Tierney, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseDianne Wiest, Happy Days, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper ForumFeatured PerformanceEden Espinosa, Falsettos, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson TheatreTyrin Niles, Scraps, The Matrix Theatre CompanyNija Okoro, Two Trains Running, Matrix TheatreArianna Ortiz, Friends With Guns, The Road Theatre CompanyAdolphus Ward, Two Trains Running, Matrix TheatreDenise Yolén, Scraps, The Matrix Theatre CompanyEnsemble PerformanceIndecent, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson TheatreScraps, The Matrix Theatre CompanyThe Wolves, Echo Theater CompanyTwo Trains Running, Matrix TheatreUncle Vanya, The New American TheatreWitch, Geffen PlayhouseSolo PerformanceDeirdre O’Connell, Dana H., Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas TheatreWritingSarah DeLappe, The Wolves, Echo Theater CompanyJen Silverman, Witch, Geffen PlayhousePaula Vogel, Indecent, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson TheatreWriting, AdaptationLucas Hnath, Dana H., Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas TheatreMary Zimmerman, Argonautika, A Noise WithinMusical ScoreMark Heard, Pat Terry, Randy VanWarmer, Tim Alderson, Salvage, Lounge TheatreBill Sims Jr, August Wilson’s Jitney, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper ForumMusic DirectionAnthony Lucca, Bronco Billy – The Musical, Skylight TheatreDavid O, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, South Coast RepertoryStephan Terry, Salvage, Lounge TheatreChoreographyEdgar Godineaux Jared Grimes, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, Geffen PlayhouseJanet Roston, Bronco Billy – The Musical, Skylight TheatreStephanie Shroyer, Argonautika, A Noise WithinDirectionMarti Lyons, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseStephanie Shroyer, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyJack Stehlin, Uncle Vanya, The New American TheatreRebecca Taichman, Indecent, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson TheatreStevie Walker-Webb, Scraps, The Matrix Theatre CompanySet DesignJohn Lee Beatty, Key Largo, Geffen PlayhouseJohn Iacovelli, Two Trains Running, Matrix TheatreIzmir Ickbal, Happy Days, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper ForumFrederica Nascimento, Argonautika, A Noise WithinLighting DesignKen Booth, Argonautika, A Noise WithinElizabeth Harper, Mysterious Circumstances, Geffen PlayhousePeter Kaczorowski, Key Largo, Geffen PlayhouseJared A. Sayeg, Ragtime, Pasadena PlayhouseCostume DesignLinda Cho, Anastasia, Pantages TheatreJenny Foldenauer, Argonautika, A Noise WithinDanae Iris McQueen, Witch, Geffen PlayhouseKatherine O’Neill, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, Geffen PlayhouseSound DesignMikhail Fiksel, Dana H., Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas TheatreJeff Gardner, Scraps, The Matrix Theatre CompanyJeff Gardner, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antaeus Theatre CompanyRobert Oriol, Argonautika, A Noise WithinCGI/VideoJared Mezzocchi, Poor Yella Rednecks, South Coast RepertoryYee Eun Nam, The Mother of Henry, Latino Theater CompanyAaron Rhyne, Anastasia, Pantages TheatreSpecialtySteve Cuiffo , Illusions Lip Sync, Dana H., Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas TheatreDillon Nelson, Puppet Design, Argonautika, A Noise WithinOne or more awards will be named in each category. Seven special award honorees are also being named.The LADCC special award recipients for 2019 are:The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre will be awarded to The Fountain Theatre.The Polly Warfield Award for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theatre will be awarded to A Noise Within.The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play goes to The Mother of Henry, written by Evelina Fernández, produced by the Latino Theater Company.The Kinetic Lighting Award for distinguished achievement in theatrical design goes to projection and set designer Hana S. Kim.The Joel Hirschhorn Award for distinguished achievement in musical theatre goes to Celebration Theatre.The Milton Katselas Award for distinguished achievement in direction goes to Michael Michetti.The Gordon Davidson Award for distinguished contribution to the Los Angeles theatrical community will be presented to the Ojai Playwrights Conference.Every effort has been made to ascertain proper credits for our nominees. We regret any errors or omissions. Any that come to our attention will be corrected here and (when applicable) on a recipient’s award certificate.The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle was founded in 1969. It is dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in Greater Los Angeles.The 2019 membership consisted of:Frances Baum Nicholson, Southern California News Group, Stage Struck ReviewKatie Buenneke, Stage Raw, Theater DigestErin Conley, On Stage ScreenEllen Dostal, BroadwayWorld, Musicals in LALovell Estell III, Stage Raw, ArtsInLA.comMargaret Gray, Los Angeles TimesHoyt Hilsman, Huffington PostDeborah Klugman, Stage RawHarker Jones, BroadwayWorld, ArtsInLA.comJenny Lower Beckman, Stage RawDany Margolies, ArtsInLA.com, Southern California News GroupMyron Meisel, Stage RawTerry Morgan, Stage Raw, TalkinBroadway.comSteven Leigh Morris, Stage RawMelinda Schupmann, Showmag.com, ArtsInLA.comJonas Schwartz-Owen, Theatermania.com, BroadwayWorld, ArtsInLA.comDon Shirley, LA ObservedLes Spindle, EDGE LARob Stevens, haineshisway.comCitations by production:Witch (Geffen Playhouse): 7 NominationsArgonautika (A Noise Within): 7 NominationsThe Caucasian Chalk Circle (Antaeus Theatre Company): 5 NominationsScraps (Matrix Theatre Company): 5 NominationsTwo Trains Running (Matrix Theatre): 5 NominationsIndecent (Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre): 4 NominationsDana H. (Center Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre): 4 NominationsThe Glass Menagerie (A Noise Within): 2 NominationsUncle Vanya (The New American Theatre): 2 NominationsHappy Days (Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum): 2 NominationsSalvage (Lounge Theatre): 2 NominationsBronco Billy – The Musical (Skylight Theatre): 2 NominationsThe Wolves (Echo Theater Company): 2 NominationsThe Mother of Henry (Latino Theater Company): 2 Nominations and the Schmitt AwardThe Skin of Our Teeth (Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum): 2 NominationsKey Largo (Geffen Playhouse): 2 NominationsLights Out: Nat “King” Cole (Geffen Playhouse): 2 NominationsAnastasia (Pantages Theatre): 2 NominationsFriends With Guns (The Road Theatre Company): 2 NominationsGem of the Ocean (A Noise Within): 1 NominationFrankenstein (A Noise Within): 1 NominationThe Judas Kiss (Boston Court Pasadena): 1 NominationFalsettos (Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre): 1 NominationAugust Wilson’s Jitney (Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum): 1 NominationHow We’re Different From Animals (ÉLAN Ensemble): 1 NominationMysterious Circumstances (Geffen Playhouse): 1 NominationLittle Shop of Horrors (Pasadena Playhouse): 1 NominationRagtime (Pasadena Playhouse): 1 NominationThe Great Leap (Pasadena Playhouse): 1 NominationPoor Yella Rednecks (South Coast Repertory): 1 NominationSweeney Todd (South Coast Repertory): 1 NominationCitations by company:Geffen Playhouse: 12 NominationsA Noise Within: 11 Nominations and the Warfield AwardThe Matrix Theatre Company/Matrix Theatre: 10 NominationsAntaeus Theatre Company: 5 NominationsCenter Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre: 5 NominationsCenter Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre: 4 NominationsPasadena Playhouse: 4 NominationsCenter Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum: 3 NominationsLatino Theater Company: 2 Nominations and the Schmitt AwardPantages Theatre: 2 NominationsThe Road Theatre Company: 2 NominationsLounge Theatre: 2 NominationsSkylight Theatre: 2 NominationsSouth Coast Repertory: 2 NominationsWill Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum: 2 NominationsThe New American Theatre: 2 NominationsEcho Theater Company: 2 NominationsBoston Court Pasadena: 1 NominationÉLAN Ensemble: 1 NominationThe Fountain Theatre: Harford AwardCelebration Theatre: Hirschhorn Award Darrett SandersDeborah Klugman – Stage RawIn a Rorschach test, an individual is presented with a series of abstract images and asked what they see. Their answers are used by the administering psychiatrist or psychologist to gain insight into that person’s state of mind.Open Fist Theater Company’s current production is titled Rorschach Fest. Presented as three separate programs, it’s a series of short plays by John O’Keefe, Harold Pinter, Daniel MacIvor and Caryl Churchill — four playwrights widely recognized for the distinctive style and/or content of their work.Read more Now running through April 5 Jeff LorchErin Conley – On Stage ScreenIt all begins with a note on a car and a case of mistaken identity. Found, a musical based on the books and magazines of the same name by Davy Rothbart, opened this past weekend in its west coast premiere at IAMA Theatre Company in Los Angeles.Read more Katie Buenneke – Stage RawIf you’ve ever wondered if a talented musical theater composer could take literally anything and turn it into music, Found, now playing at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, is proof that that’s possible. Composer Eli Bolin, who wrote a number of winning songs for the Netflix special John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, works with book writers Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree to take the notes that people misplace and turn them into a musical.Read more Now running through March 23 Julieta CervantesJonas Schwartz Broadway WorldAfter two successful runs in Los Angeles in 2012 and 2014 at the Pantages, that smut-mouthed, but endearing musical comedy The Book Of Mormon has squatted downtown at the Ahmanson, and third time around, it has lost none of its luster, or its smut.Read more Now running through March 29 Larry SandezRob Stevens – Haines His WayA middle-aged couple wake up one morning naked in bed. The woman gently removes his hand from her breast, dons a handy silk robe and is off to the kitchen to make coffee. The man soon follows.Read more Now running through March 15

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