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The 45-seat North Hollywood-based Road Theater Co. beat out Costa Mesa’s venerable South Coast Repertory Theater for top honors at the 34th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, presented Monday at Burbank’s Colony Theater.
PRODUCTION “Major Barbara,” South Coast Repertory “Napoli Milionaria,” Other Side of the Hill Prods./The Road Theatre Co. DIRECTION Martin Benson, “Major Barbara” Roger Mathey, “Trainspotting,” Theatre/Theater Ken Sawyer, “The Woman in Black,” Other Side of the Hill Prods./The Road Theatre Co. MUSICAL DIRECTION Tom Griffin, “Side Show,” The Colony Theatre Company WRITING John O’Keefe, “Times Like These,” Padua Playwrights Prods./2100 Sq. Feet Theatre ADAPTATION/TRANSLATION Joan Holden, “Nickel and Dimed,” Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group MUSICAL SCORE Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu, “The Big Voice: God or Merman?,” Blue Sphere Alliance in association with AppleArts Productions and BonusRound Productions/The Lex Theatre and The Zephyr Theatre LEAD PERFORMANCE Michael Genovese, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Blank Theatre/Second Stage Theatre Eddie Jones, “Death of a Salesman,” Interact Theatre Company Eddie Karr, “The Visible Horse,” Appian Way Productions/The Court Theatre Carol Lawrence, “Amy’s View,” International City Theatre Barry Lynch, “The Weir,” Theatre Banshee/Gene Bua Theatre & Celtic Arts Ctr. Marty Maguire, “A Night In November, Celtic Arts Center/The Falcon Theatre FEATURED PERFORMANCE John Marzilli, “The Grapes of Wrath,” West Coast Ensemble Alfred Molina, “The Cherry Orchard,” Odyssey Theatre Ensemble/Circus Theatricals Camille Saviola, “The House of Bernarda Alba,” Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE The cast of “Direct From Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys,” The Fountain Theatre SCENIC DESIGN Ralph Funicello, “Major Barbara” Don Llewellyn, “Master Harold…and the Boys,” International City Theatre Desma Murphy, “The Woman in Black” LIGHTING DESIGN Robert L. Smith, “The Woman in Black” Frederick Wenzlaff, “La Gioconda,” The Collective and Stages Theatre Ctr. COSTUME DESIGN Robert Velasquez, “Red Thread,” Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble/Gascon Theatre Ctr. Shigeru Yaji, “Major Barbara” SOUND DESIGN DE3 of polyrhythmic & The Collective, “La Gioconda” David B. Marling and Ken Sawyer, “The Woman in Black” CHOREOGRAPHY Randy Schulman and The Collective, “La Gioconda” Tim Storms and Matt Emery, “Red Thread” (fight choreography) THE MARGARET HARFORD AWARD Murray Mednick THE TED SCHMITT AWARD Robert Fieldsteel, “Crazy Drunk” THE BOB Z AWARD Bradley Kaye THE NATALIE SCHAFER AWARD Gigi Bermingham THE POLLY WARFIELD AWARD The Colony Theatre
