2013 Eddon Awards

The Best in LA Theatre for 2013          

        
(alphabetical listings; Equity, Equity-waiver & Non-Equity productions are mixed)
(artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories) 

BEST PRODUCTION

• A Man of No Importance - Lillian Theatre
• And the World Goes Round - NoHo Arts Center
• Broadway Bound - La Mirada Performing Arts Center
• Catch Me If You Can - Pantages
• Dreamgirls - DOMA
• Evita - Pantages
• Fallen Angels - Pasadena Playhouse
• Funny Girl - 3D Theatricals
• The Laramie Project Ten Years Later - Davidson/Valenti Theatre,  Gay and Lesbian Center
• Legally Blonde - Cabrillo
• Little Women, The Musical - Sustaining Sound Theatre Co
• Mrs. Warren's Profession - Antaeus
• The Musical of Musicals the Musical - Chromolume Theatre Co
• The Normal Heart - Fountain Theatre
• Oklahoma! - MTW
• Parade - 3D Theatricals
• The Scottsboro Boys - Ahmanson
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - La Mirada Performing Arts Center
• The 39 Steps - GCT
• Yes, Prime Minister - Geffen Playhouse

BEST PRODUCTION - Dinner Theatre

• Candlelight Dinner Theatre - Claremont: The Full Monty, The King and I (led by Clynell Jackson III & Jenny Moon Shaw), The Sound of Motown, Sweeney Todd (led by John LaLonde & Debbie Prutsman)
• Encore Dinner Theatre - Tustin: Rumors, Fiddler on the Roof (both directed by Michael Lopez)
• Welk Theatre - Escondido: Chicago (led by Natalie Nucci)

FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SHOW

• Aladdin and His Winter Wish - by Kris Lythgoe  - Pasadena Playhouse
• Miracle on South Division Street - by Tom Dudzick -Colony Theatre
• Parfumerie - by Miklos Laszlo - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Unique Special Event

• For the Record: Baz Luhrmann - Rockwell
• Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty - Ahmanson
• Play Dead - by Teller & Todd Robbins - Geffen

Very Special Nod to a High School

• Arcadia High School - The Drowsy Chaperone
  

 BEST DIRECTOR: PLAY

• Todd Nielsen - The 39 Steps - GCT

BEST DIRECTOR: MUSICAL

• Glenn Casale - Sugar - Music Circus, Sacramento
• Michael Matthews - Funny Girl
• Janet Miller - A Man of No Importance - Good People Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre

MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL (re-envisioned)

• Side Show - book & lyrics by Bill Russell/music by Henry Krieger - La  Jolla Playhouse

MOST PROMISING NEW PLAY

• Breath and Imagination - Daniel Beaty - Colony Theatre
  

BEST ENSEMBLE: PLAY 

• Ah, Wilderness! - Actors co-op
• Awake and Sing! - Group rep
• Look Homeward Angel - The Production Company at the Secret Rose  Theatre
• Rapture, Blister, Burn - Geffen
• The 39 Steps - GCT
• Wolves - Celebration Theatre
• Yes, Prime Minister - Geffen
  

BEST ENSEMBLE: MUSICAL 

• A Little Night Music - etc, Santa Barbara
• A Man of No Importance - Good People Theatre at the Lillian
• Dreamgirls - DOMA
• Parade - 3D Theatricals
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Pantages
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - La Mirada
• Side Show - La Jolla Playhouse
• Sister Act The Musical - Pantages

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Stephen Anthony - Catch Me If You Can - Pantages
• Matt Bauer - Legally Blonde - Cabrillo/3D Theatricals
• Tracie Bennett - End of the Rainbow - Ahmanson
• Michelle Bernath - Awake and Sing! - Group rep
• Kevin Blake/Shaun O'Hagan - Billy & Ray - Falcon
• Caroline Bowman/Josh Young - Evita - Pantages
• Anne Gee Byrd - Mrs. Warren's Profession - Antaeus
• Patrick Cassidy/Stephanie Zimbalist - A Little Night Music - etc
• Tim Cummings/Bill Brochtrup - The Normal Heart - Fountain
• TJ Dawson - Shrek The Musical - 3D Theatricals
• Kevin Early - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - La Mirada
• Zachary Ford - Young Frankenstein - MTW
• Tanna Frederick/Robert Standley - The Rainmaker - Edgemar
• Davis Gaines/Victoria Strong - Kiss Me Kate - Cabrillo
• Gordan Goodman - Barrymore - Good People at Greenway Court
• Jason Graae/Brent Barrett - Sugar - Music Circus, Sacramento
• Pamela J. Gray/Katie Macnichol - Fallen Angels - Pasadena Playhouse
• Burt Grinstead - Dying City - Rogue Machine
• Russell Harvard - Tribes - Mark Taper Forum
  
• Salome Jens/Geoffrey Forward - Tomorrow - Skylight Theatre
• Payson Lewis/Jonah Platt - bare - Hayworth Theatre
• Lee Meriwether - A Short Stay at Carranor - Theatre West
• Floyd Miller/Jamie Torcellini - The Mystery of Irma Vep - Falcon
• Megan Mullally/Nick Offerman - Annapurna - Odyssey
• Nicole Parker/Josh Adamson - Funny Girl - 3D Theatricals
• Madison Claire Parks - Oklahoma! - MTW
• Valerie Perri/David Burnham - Sunset Boulevard - MTW
• Alison Pill - Wait Until Dark - Geffen
• Nicholas Podany - Ah, Wilderness! - Actors co-op
• Lily Rabe - Miss Julie - Geffen
• Elijah Rock - Breath and Imagination - Colony
• Kristin Towers Rowles - Little Shop of Horrors - Kentwood Players
• Jeff Skowron - Parade- 3D Theatricals
• Jack Stehlin - Creditors - Odyssey
• Diane Vincent - Nuttin' But Hutton - NoHo Arts
• Sam Zeller - Hairspray/GCT; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Candlelight Dinner Theatre
  

BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCE

• Sonja Alarr - Company - Crown City Theatre
• Diana Angelina - Remembrance - Theatre 40
• Brad Bradley - Sugar - Music Circus, Sacramento
• Marylouise Burke - Parallelogram - Mark Taper Forum
• Michael Cumpsty - End of the Rainbow - Ahmanson
• Aubrey Mae Davis - Catch Me If You Can - Pantages
• Caitlin Gallogly - The Women - Theatre West
• Mary-Pat Green - Fallen Angels - Pasadena Playhouse
• Doug Haverty - Hotel Paradiso - Group rep
• Liz Herron - The Laramie Project Ten Years Later - Gay and Lesbian  Center
• Jean Kaufmann/Venny Carranza - Funny Girl - 3D Theatricals
• Norman Large/Ashley Fox Linton - Sunset Boulevard - MTW
• Piper Laurie - A Little Night Music - etc, Santa Barbara
• Tracy Lore - Young Frankenstein - MTW
• Robert Machray - Mrs. Warren's Profession - Antaeus
• James Marsters - The Bells of West 87th Street - Greenway Court
• Stan Mazin - Awake and Sing! - Group rep
• Tyler Milliron/Rebecca Ann Johnson - Falling for Make Believe -  Colony
• Christina Morrell/Eduardo Enrikez - The Musical of Musicals The Musical - Chromolume
• Ron Orbach - I'll Be Back Before Midnight - Colony
• Teya Patt/Christopher Newell - Oklahoma! - MTW
• Lisa Pelikan - The Normal Heart - Fountain
• Scott Reardon/Reba Buhr - Kiss Me Kate - Cabrillo
• Brett Ryback - Broadway Bound - La Mirada
• Toni Smith - Nine - DOMA
• Ali Spuck - Billy and Ray - Falcon
• David F. M. Vaughn - Shrek The Musical - 3D Theatricals
• Tamara Zook - 9 to 5 - 3D Theatricals
  

BEST SOLO SHOW: MALE

• Citizen Twain - Val Kilmer - Kirk Douglas Theatre
• Doris & Me - Scott Drier - Welk Theatre, Escondido
• Humor Abuse - Lorenzo Pisoni - Mark Taper Forum
• Patti Issues - Ben Rimalower - Cavern Club, Casita del Campo
  

BEST SOLO SHOW: FEMALE

• I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers - Bette Midler - Geffen
• The Judy Show - Judy Gold - Geffen
• Wrap Your Heart Around It - LynnMarie Rink - Falcon Theatre

BEST CABARET/CONCERT ARTIST: MALE

• Bryan Batt - Batt on a Hot Tin Roof - Rockwell
• Will Collyer - Will Collyer in Concert - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
• Danny Gurwin - Upright Cabaret at GLEH
• Ramin Karimloo - Broadway to Bluegrass - Sterling's
  

BEST CABARET/CONCERT ARTIST: FEMALE

• Sandy Bainum - Simply - Sterling's
• Ann Hampton Callaway - Barbra Streisand Songbook - Disney Concert  Hall
• Joan Ryan - An Evening with Joan Ryan - Sterling's
• Spider Saloff - Cool Yule - Rockwell

BEST CD 

• Simply - Sandy Bainum
• Star of Wonder - Dangerous Curves
• Broadway Intimate - Janene Lovullo
• Things I've Learned Along the Way - Shelly Markham
• Lost in Romance - Lyn Stanley
• Just in Time for Christmas - Natalie Toro

BEST BOOK

• The Extraordinary Love Story of Fedor and Aye Aye - Ana Isabel O -    Ruby Flower Publishing
• Neversink by Barry Wolverton - read by Emrhys Cooper-Listening Library
• The Whip - Karen Kondazian - Hansen Publishing Group

BEST THEATRICAL SEASON

• 3D Theatricals: 9 to 5/Parade/Shrek The Musical/Funny Girl/Legally Blonde