PRODUCTION
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A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
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Cyrano De Bergerac, South Coast Repertory, Segerstrom Stage
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Exits and Entrances, Simon Levy, the Fountain Theatre
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Hot Mikado, Musical Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center
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Theater District, the Black Dahlia Theatre, the Black Dahlia Theatre
TOM MCCULLOH AWARD (REVIVAL)
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A Flea in Her Ear, A Noise Within, A Noise Within
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Awake and Sing, Shashin Desai, International City Theatre
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Rocket to the Moon, Pacific Resident Theatre and West Coast Jewish Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre
DIRECTION
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Elina De Santos, Rocket to the Moon, Pacific Resident Theatre and West Coast Jewish Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre
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Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez Elliott, A Flea In Her Ear, A Noise Within, A Noise Within
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Scott Ellis, A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Jessica Kubzansky, Light, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Boston Court
Stuart Rogers, Book of Days, Theatre Tribe, Theatre Tribe Studio Theatre -
Stephen Sachs, Exits and Entrances, Simon Levy, the Fountain Theatre
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Matt Shakman, Theater District, the Black Dahlia Theatre, the Black Dahlia Theatre
MUSICAL DIRECTION
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Lloyd Cooper, Hot Mikado, Musical Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center
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John DeMain, A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Kimberly Grigsby, Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
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Gerald Sternbach, Company, Reprise! Broadway’s Best, UCLA Freud Playhouse
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Jim Vukovich, Hairspray, Margo Lion, Adam Epstein, The Baruch-Viertek-Routh-Frankel Group, James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner/Frederic H. Mayerson, SEL & GFO, and New Line Cinema, in association with Clear Channel Entertainment, A. Gordon/E. McAllister, D. Harris/M. Swinsky, and J. & B. Osher, Pantages Theatre
WRITING
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Athol Fugard, Exits and Entrances, Simon Levy, the Fountain Theatre
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Tom Jacobson, Ouroboros, The Other Side of the Hill Productions, Inc., the Road Theatre
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Richard Kramer, Theater District, the Black Dahlia Theatre, the Black Dahlia Theatre
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Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
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Jean-Claude van Itallie, Light, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Boston Court
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L. Trey Wilson, Stage Directions, Ensemble Studio Theatre—The LA Project, [Inside] the Ford
ADAPTATION
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Matthew Barber, Enchanted April, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse
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Bart DeLorenzo, Hard Times, the Evidence Room, the Evidence Room
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Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer, Chekhov X 4, The Antaeus Company, NewPlace Theatre Center
MUSICAL SCORE
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David Troy Francis (music) and Gavin Geoffrey Dillard & Robert Schrock (lyrics), Bark!, with additional lyrics by Mark Winkler, Jonathan Heath, and Danny Lukic, Bark Productions, The Coast Playhouse
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Marc Shaiman (music) and Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (lyrics),Hairspray, Margo Lion, Adam Epstein, The Baruch-Viertek-Routh-Frankel Group, James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner/Frederic H. Mayerson, SEL & GFO, and New Line Cinema, in association with Clear Channel Entertainment, A. Gordon/E. McAllister, D. Harris/M. Swinsky, and J. & B. Osher, Pantages Theatre
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Jeanine Tesori (music) and Tony Kushner (lyrics), Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
LEAD PERFORMANCE
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Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel, a Roundabout Theatre Company production presented by Center Theatre Group/Music Center of Los Angeles County, Mark Taper Forum
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Mark Harelik, Cyrano de Bergerac, South Coast Repertory, Segerstrom Stage
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Morlan Higgins, Exits and Entrances, Simon Levy, the Fountain Theatre
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Wade McCollum, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Derek Charles Livingston, the Celebration Theatre
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Dakin Matthews, The Prince of L.A., Andak Stage Company, NewPlace Theatre Center
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Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
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Lenny Von Dohlen, Light, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Boston Court
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
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Julian Acosta, Lovers and Executioners, South Coast Repertory, Julianne Argyros Stage
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Harry Groener, Chekov X 4, The Antaeus Company, NewPlace Theatre Center
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Arye Gross, Brooklyn Boy, South Coast Repertory in association with Manhattan Theatre Club, Segerstrom Stage
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William Dennis Hurley, Exits and Entrances, Simon Levy, the Fountain Theatre
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Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in association with Carole Shorenstein Hayes, the Ahmanson Theatre
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Jeremy Sisto, Take Me Out, the Geffen Playhouse, the Geffen Playhouse at the Brentwood Theatre
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Cory Stoll, Intimate Apparel, a Roundabout Theatre Company production presented by Center Theatre Group/Music Center of Los Angeles County, Mark Taper Forum
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
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The cast of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, the Powerhouse Theatre Company and Les Freres Corbusier, Aaron Lemon-Strauss, Andrew Barrett-Weiss and Robert J. Wunsch, the Powerhouse Theatre
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The cast of Book of Days, Theatre Tribe, Theatre Tribe Studio Theatre
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The cast of Chekhov x 4, The Antaeus Company, NewPlace Theatre Center
SCENIC DESIGN
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Michael Anania, A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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D Martyn Bookwalter, Talley’s Folly, Pasadena Playhouse and Arizona Theatre Company, the Pasadena Playhouse
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Craig Siebels, Dorian, Open at the Top Productions and Denver Center Attractions, NoHo Arts Center
LIGHTING DESIGN
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Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Caroline, or Change, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Ahmanson Theatre
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Michael Gilliam, 110 in the Shade, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse
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Jeremy Pivnick, Light, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Boston Court
COSTUME DESIGN
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Lindsay W. Davis, A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Scott Lane, Dorian, Open at the Top Productions and Denver Center Productions, NoHo Arts Center
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Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel, a Roundabout Theatre Company production presented by Center Theatre Group/Music Center of Los Angeles County, Mark Taper Forum
SOUND DESIGN
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David B. Marling, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the Celebration Theatre, the Celebration Theatre
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Jon Weston, A Little Night Music, New York City Opera production presented by Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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John Zalewski, M. Butterfly, East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
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Kay Cole, Bark!, Bark Productions, the Coast Playhouse
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Sean McNight, Hot Mikado, Musical Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center
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Jerry Mitchell, Hairspray, Margo Lion, Adam Epstein, The Baruch-Viertek-Routh-Frankel Group, James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner/Frederic H. Mayerson, SEL & GFO, and New Line Cinema, in association with Clear Channel Entertainment, A. Gordon/E. McAllister, D. Harris/M. Swinsky, and J. & B. Osher, Pantages Theatre
HAIR, WIGS AND MAKEUP DESIGN
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Paul Huntley (wig and hair design), Hairspray, Margo Lion, Adam Epstein, The Baruch-Viertek-Routh-Frankel Group, James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner/Frederic H. Mayerson, SEL & GFO, and New Line Cinema, in association with Clear Channel Entertainment, A. Gordon/E. McAllister, D. Harris/M. Swinsky, and J. & B. Osher, Pantages Theatre