Saturday, December 24, 2016

The Seventh Annual Eddon Awards

The Best in LA Theatre for 2016  
  
There are undoubtedly other productions worthy of merit in 2016 which I did not cover. This list is based only on what I saw and reviewed.

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

No set, costume, technical awards. I leave that to the bigger awards and to the expertise of those who really know those fields inside out.


BEST PRODUCTIONS

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Ahmanson

Agnes of God - Coyote StageWorks, Annenberg, Palm Springs


Airport Encounters - NEO Ensemble at The Lounge



A Slight Ache - Group rep 

A View from the Bridge - Mark Taper Forum


Baby Doll - Fountain Theatre

Barcelona - Geffen Playhouse


Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Hollywood Pantages Theatre


Beauty and the Beast - 3-D Theatricals


(The) Boy from Oz - Celebration Theatre


Casa Valentina - Pasadena Playhouse


Disgraced - Mark Taper Forum (MTF)


(The) Eccentricities of a Nightingale - Pacific Resident Theatre


Evita - Cabrillo Music Theatre


(The) Fantasticks - Pasadena Playhouse


(The) Glass Menagerie - Sierra Madre Playhouse


Hedda Gabler - Antaeus Co


(The) Hunchback of Notre Dame - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts


(The) King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre


(The) Little Mermaid - Cabrillo Music Theatre


Memphis - Musical Theatre West (MTW)


Merrily We Roll Along - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts


Next to Normal - Triage Productions/Standing Room Prods at Pico Playhouse


Nosferatu - Crown City Theatre


(The) Play About the Baby - The Road Theatre Company


Recorded in Hollywood - Kirk Douglas Theatre


Sister Act - Musical Theatre West (MTW)


Summer and Smoke - Actors Co-op


Titanic The Musical - Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista


Urinetown The Musical - Coeurage Theatre Company at Lankershim Arts Center


FAVORITE HOLIDAY SHOWS


A Cinderella Christmas - Pasadena Playhouse


Little Drummer Bowie - Troubadour Theatre Company at the Falcon Theatre


(The) MeshugaNutcracker! -Gindi Auditorium, American Jewish University


White Christmas - Hollywood Pantages Theatre


UNIQUE or SPECIAL EVENTS

An Evening of Classic Broadway - Rockwell Table and Stage

Chris Isaacson Presents The Dreamgirls Reunion Concert in Honor of Its 35th Anniversary - Ford Amphitheatre

For the Record: SCORSESE American Crime Requiem - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts


LA Now and Then - LA City College


Oye Mi Canto - Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA)


BEST DIRECTORS: PLAY

Don Amendolia - Agnes of God - Coyote StageWorks, PS


Andre Barron - The Play About the Baby - The Road


Ivo van Hove - A View from the Bridge - Ahmanson

Garry Hynes - The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Christian Lebano - The Glass Menagerie - Sierra Madre Playhouse


Simon Levy - Baby Doll - Fountain


Calvin Remsberg - Bach at Leipzig - Group rep

Kimberly Senior - Disgraced - MTF


BEST DIRECTORS: MUSICAL


Michael Arden - Merrily We Roll Along - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts


Glenn Casale - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts


Kay Cole - I Only Have Eyes for You - Ricardo Montalban Theatre


Larry Raben - Titanic The Musical - Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista/
The Little Mermaid - Cabrillo

William A. Reilly - Nosferatu - Crown City Theatre

Michael A. Shepperd - The Boy from Oz - Celebration


Bartlett Sher - The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

BEST ENSEMBLE: PLAY

Airport Encounters - NEO Ensemble at The Lounge

A View from the Bridge - MTF

Baby Doll - Fountain

Bach at Leipzig - Group rep

Beauty Queen of Leenane - MTF

Casa Valentina - Pasadena Playhouse

Disgraced - MTF

Hedda Gabler - Antaeus

Past Time - Sacred Fools at Lillian Theatre

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe - LGBT Center

Summer and Smoke - Actors Co-op

BEST ENSEMBLE: MUSICAL

The Fantasticks - Pasadena Playhouse

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - 3-D Theatricals

The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

The Little Mermaid - Cabrillo

Memphis - MTW

Merrily We Roll Along - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

MeshugaNutcracker! - Gindi Auditorium, American Jewish University

Next to Normal - Triage/Standing Room Prods at Pico Playhouse

Nosferatu - Crown City Theatre

For the Record: SCORSESE American Crime Requiem - Wallis Annenberg

Titanic The Musical - Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista


The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Sierra Madre Playhouse

Urinetown The Musical - Coeurage at Lankershim Arts Center

    BEST LEAD PERFORMANCES

    Britt Adams/Laura Julian/Marsha Waterbury - Agnes of God - Coyote StageWorks, PS

    Sam Anderson - John Is a Father/The Play About the Baby - The Road

    Andrew Bongiorno - The Boy from Oz - Celebration

    Ginna Carter - The Eccentricities of a Nightingale - Pacific Resident Theatre

    Hari Dhillon - Disgraced - MTF

    Nike Doukas - Hedda Gabler - Antaeus Company

    Christian Durso/Katherine James - The Glass Menagerie - Sierra Madre Playhouse

    Tanna Frederick/Robert Standley - Jack & Jill - Santa Monica Playhouse

    Davis Gaines/Benjamin Schrader - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - MTW

    J. Harrison Ghee - Kinky Boots - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

    Taylor Gilbert - The Play About the Baby - The Road

    Jenna Gillespie/Stu James - Recorded in Hollywood - Kirk Douglas Theatre

    Betty Gilpin/Carlos Leal - Barcelona - Geffen Playhouse

    Randy Harrison - Cabaret - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

    Michelle Holmes - Nosferatu - Crown City Theatre

    Jose Llana/Laura Michelle Kelly - The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre


    Constance Jewell Lopez - Sister Act - MTW

    Kevin Massey/John Rapson - A Gentelman's Guide to Love and Murder - Ahmanson

    John McGinty - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

    Abby Mueller - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Hollywood Pantages

    Cassandra Murphy/Marc Ginsburg - Evita - Cabrillo

    Ashley Park - The Fantasticks - Pasadena Playhouse

    Valerie Perri/Robert Yacko - Hello Dolly! - 3-D Theatricals

    Michael Robb/Marcia Woodbury - A Slight Ache - Group rep

    Phillipa Soo - Amelie - Ahmanson

    French Stewart - Past Time - Sacred Fools

    Amy Tolsky/Felicity Wren - Baby Oh Baby - Whitefire Theatre

    Rachel York - Grey Gardens - Ahmanson

    BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCES

    Eric B. Anthony - Recorded in Hollywood - Kirk Douglas Theatre

    Richard Bermudez/Bets Malone - Titanic The Musical - Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista

    Allison Blaize/Philip Orazio - The Play About the Baby - The Road

    Betty Buckley - Grey Gardens - Ahmanson

    Becky Gulsvig/Ben Fankhauser - Beautiful - Hollywood Pantages

    Dennis Kyle - Beauty and the Beast - 3-D Theatricals

    Hal Linden - The Fantasticks - Pasadena Playhouse

    Robert Mammana/Valerie Mahaffy/ James Snyder/John Vickery - Casa Valentina - Pasadena Playhouse

    Michael McKean - Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2 and 3 - MTF

    Bess Motta/Jessica Pennington/Kelly Lester/Michael Mittman - The Boy from Oz - Celebration

    Mary Gordon Murray - Sister Act - MTW

    Debbie Prutsman - The Little Mermaid - Cabrillo

    BEST SOLO SHOWS

    HAM - Sam Harris - LGBT Center


    SissyBoy - James Mellon - NoHo Arts Center

    BEST CABARET/CONCERT ARTISTS: MALE

    Dennis McNeil - The Lounge at The Comedy and Magic Club - Hermosa Beach

    Glenn Rosenblum Is The Musical Man - Rockwell Table and Stage

    Kurtis Simmons Live - Rockwell Table and Stage

    BEST CABARET/CONCERT ARTISTS: FEMALE

    Heather Lundstedt - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

    Renee Marino - I Am Me Because of Three - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

    Melba Moore - Forever Moore - Catalina Jazz Club

    Kerry O'Malley/Mary Callanan - Everything's Coming Up Rosie - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

    Maggie Randolph - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal

    Lyn Stanley - Interludes Release Party at La Cicada Club

    Pat Whiteman/Harriet Schock - E Spot Lounge

    Kathleen Wilhoite's Living Room - E Spot Lounge

    BEST CDs

    The Boobe Sisters Greatest Hits Volume One

    The Doris Day Project - Scott Dreier

    BEST BOOK

    The Carol Burnett Show Companion: So Glad We Had This Time - Wesley Hyatt - BearManor Media

    BEST THEATRICAL SEASON

    Cabrillo Music Theatre, Thousand Oaks

    Musical Theatre West (MTW), Long Beach



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