The nominees for the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for theatrical excellence are as follows:
PRODUCTION
Four Places, Rogue Machine
King Lear, The Antaeus Company
Opus, The Fountain Theatre
The Ballad Of Emmett Till, The Fountain Theatre
The Twentieth-Century Way, The Theatre@Boston Court
Wit, Actors Co-op
Yellow, JD3atrical Productions
McCULLOH AWARD FOR REVIVAL (SHOWS BETWEEN 1920-1980)
Awake And Sing!, A Noise Within
Orpheus Descending, Theatre/Theater
South Pacific, Bob Boyett, NETworks Presentations, LLC, Bob Bartner/ Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group, Roger Berlind and Thomas L. Miller
DIRECTION
Bart DeLorenzo, King Lear
Shirley Jo Finney, The Ballad Of Emmett Till
Michael Michetti, The Twentieth-Century Way
Marianne Savell, Wit
Matt Shakman, Forgiveness, Black Dahlia Theatre
August Viverito, Amadeus, The Production Company
WRITING
Michael Hollinger, Opus
Tom Jacobson, The Twentieth-Century Way
Joel Drake Johnson, Four Places
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
Luis Alfaro, Oedipus El Rey, The Theatre@Boston Court
Jeffrey Hatcher, Cousin Bette, The Antaeus Company
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Eric Heinly, A Wither’s Tale, Troubadour Theater Company
David O, See What I Wanna See, Blank Theatre
Steve Orich, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Reprise Theatre Company
CHOREOGRAPHY
Allison Bibicoff, The Who’s Tommy, Chance Theatre, Anaheim
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights, Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper
Ayana Cahrr, Neighbors, Matrix Theatre Company
MUSICAL SCORE
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights—The Circle voted Mr. Miranda this award by acclamation. He will be a recipient at the event.
LEAD PERFORMANCE
Lorenz Arnell as Emmett Till in The Ballad Of Emmett Till
Anne Gee Byrd as Peggy in Four Places
Joanna Daniels as Becky Foster in Becky’s New Car, Pacific Resident Theatre
Nike Doukas as Cousin Bette
Harry Groener as King Lear
Nan McNamara as Vivian Bearing in Wit
Bonnie McNeil as Mabel Davies in Supernova, Elephant Theatre Company
Chris Pine as Padraic in The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, Center Theatre Group
Patrick Stafford as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus
Matt Walker as Leontes in A Wither’s Tale
Norbert Weisser as Biedermann in The Arsonists, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Eileen Galindo as Matilde in The Clean House, International City Theatre
Gregory Itzin as the Earl of Kent in King Lear
Matthew Scott Montgomery as Kendall Parker in Yellow
Agatha Nowicki as Susie in Parasite Drag, Elephant Theatre Company
Alan Rosenberg as the Director of the World Bank in Influence, Katselas Theatre Company
Edward Tournier as Gash in Futura, The Theatre@Boston Court
Time Winters as Smythic in The Good Book Of Pedantry And Wonder, The Theatre@Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
A Wither’s Tale
Four Places
Opus
The Ballad Of Emmett Till
The Twentieth-Century Way
SET DESIGN
John Arnone, Nightmare Alley, Geffen Playhouse
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Good Book Of Pedantry And Wonder
Tom Buderwitz, The Autumn Garden, The Antaeus Company
LIGHTING DESIGN
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Good Book Of Pedantry And Wonder
James L. Moody, Wit
KC Wilkerson, The Who’s Tommy
COSTUME DESIGN
Julie Keen, Awake And Sing!
Naila Alladin Sanders, Neighbors
Paul Tazewell, Ruined, Geffen Playhouse and Intiman Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Bayne, Opus
Sean Kozma, The Arsonists
John Zalewski, King Lear
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ed Harris, Wrecks, Geffen Playhouse
Leslie Uggams, Uptown Downtown, Pasadena Playhouse
CGI/VIDEO
Hana Sooyeon Kim, Futura
KC Wilkerson, The Who’s Tommy
SPECIALTY
Chris Bell for special effects, Absinthe, Opium & Magic, The Grand Guignolers — The Circle voted Mr. Bell this award by acclamation. He will be a recipient at the event.
Matthew W. Mungle and Waldo Warshaw for special effects and prosthetic effects, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore — The Circle voted Messrs. Mungle and Warshaw this award by acclamation. They will be recipients at the event.