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

What Did I Have Up My Ass at the Fruitcake Follies? Hemorrhoids? Look like an Old Scrooge...

Greeting Little Miss Scrooge Actors and Creative Team in Ventura

Book writers/directors British father and son team John Caird and Sam Caird

Rebecca Ann Johnson is Estella Scrooge

Andrew Samonsky is Pip, Philip Nickleby

Meeting the New and the Old of Aladdin Cast

Disney Star Jordan Fisher is Aladdin

Veteran actor Ben Vereen is the Genie

Lovely Meeting Piper Laurie in Santa Barbara

A Christmas Memory Folk in Laguna

Tracy Lore is Jennie

director Nick DeGruccio

Ciaran McCarthy is Buddy

Marsha Waterbury is Sook

White Christmas Folk

Michael Starr is a senior at UCLA - such promise as a triple threat performer!

Michael Prohaska as General Waverly and Kevin Paul as Sheldrake

David Lamoureux as Phil Davis/sorry to have missed Brent Schindele who plays Bob Wallace

Tro Shaw as Judy and Gail Bennett as Betty Haynes

Polly Seale is Martha Watson

Ageless Arthur Duncan and lovely Marylou Metzger at Welk Resorts in Escondido