Ovations wake up ‘Drowsy’ with 5 nods

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The Center Theater Group’s production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” took home five trophies at the 2006 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, including best musical, large theatre. Honors for best play went to “Zero Hour.”

Garnering three awards was the Open at the Top Prods.’ staging of “Elizabeth Rex.”

Other multiple winners with two each were: the Geffen Playhouse revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” including lead actress in a play honors to Laurie Metcalf; “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” (Fountain Theater) and “Ubu Roi,” produced by Glendale-based A Noise Within.

“Drowsy Chaperone,” which premiered at the Ahmanson and went on to win five Tonys, nabbed wins for lead actor and actress in a musical for Bob Martin and Sutton Foster, respectively.

In total, downtown-based Center Theater Group accumulated eight awards divided between the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson.

The Career Achievement Award went to composer Jerry Herman.

“Zero Hour” (West Coast Jewish Theater) is Jim Brochu’s one-person perusal of the life and career of Zero Mostel. “The Breakup Notebook” (L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center) was written by Patricia Cotter and Lori Scarlett.

The event, held Monday at downtown’s Orpheum Theater, was emceed by Neil Patrick Harris. Ovations are handed out by L.A. Stage Alliance, formerly Theater L.A., a nonprofit association of theaters, performing arts orgs and producers in the greater Los Angeles area.

L.A. STAGE ALLIANCE 2005-06 OVATION WINNERS

WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
“Zero Hour”
Jim Brochu
West Coast Jewish Theater

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
“The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical”
Book by Patricia Cotter, music & lyrics by Lori Scarlett
Rose Marcario & L.A. Gay & Lesbian Centers Village at Ed Gould Plaza

RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jay Johnson
“Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!”
Colony Theater Company

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”
Del Shores & Jason Dottley & Zephyr Theater

DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Ben Bradley
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Fountain Theater

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Casey Nicholaw
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater

CHOREOGRAPHY
Dana Solimando

“Swing!”
La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Gerald Sternbach
“Zorba”
Reprise! Broadway’s Best

PLAY, INTIMATE THEATER
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Fountain Theater

 

PLAY, LARGE THEATER
“All My Sons”
Geffen Playhouse

FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL, INTIMATE THEATER
“Gorey Stories”
Sacred Fools Theater Company

MUSICAL, LARGE THEATER
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
Center Theater Group/ Ahmanson Theater

SET DESIGN, INTIMATE THEATER
Dana Moran Williams
“Elizabeth Rex”
Open at the Top Productions

SET DESIGN, LARGE THEATER
James Noone
“Dead End”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater

David Gallo
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater

LIGHTING DESIGN, INTIMATE THEATER
Luke Moyer
“Elizabeth Rex”
Open at the Top Prods.

LIGHTING DESIGN, LARGE THEATER
Robert Wilson
“The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater

SOUND DESIGN, INTIMATE THEATER
Christopher Burns
“The Lion in Winter”
Theater West

SOUND DESIGN, LARGE THEATER
David O
“Ubu Roi”
A Noise Within

COSTUME DESIGN, INTIMATE THEATER
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg
“Elizabeth Rex”
Open at the Top Prods.

COSTUME DESIGN, LARGE THEATER
Leon Wiebers
“Ubu Roi”
A Noise Within

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Charlie Robinson
“Fences”
Jeffrey Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ron Sossi and the Odyssey Theater

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Laurie Metcalf
“All My Sons”
Geffen Playhouse

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Bob Martin
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Dakin Matthews
“Water & Power”
Center Theater Group/ Mark Taper Forum

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Dale Dickey
“Southern Baptist Sissies”
Del Shores & Jason Dottley & Zephyr Theater

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Stephen Breithaupt
“It Came From Beyond”
Cornell Christianson

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Harriet Harris
“On the Town”
Reprise! Broadway’s Best

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Jerry Herman

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARD
California Institute of the Arts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)