2007 Ovation Awards


The nominees for the 2007 Ovation Awards were announced on September 24, 2007. The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 based upon evaluations from members of the Los Angeles theater community.
The winners were announced on November 12, 2007 in a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California.

Board of Governors Awards

The Los Angeles Stage Alliance presented three non-competitive awards for meritorious service to theater in Los Angeles. The Board of Governors Award for Career Achievement was given to Annette Bening. The James A. Doolittle Leadership in Theatre Award was given to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. And The Actors Fund was honored with the Community Outreach Award.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best Production of a Musical Best Production of a Musical
The Marvelous Wonderettes – Marvelous Dreams, LLC
George Gershwin Alone – Geffen Playhouse
  • * Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Monsieur ChopinGeffen Playhouse
  • * Plaid TidingsLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Sleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • Best Production of a Play Best Production of a Play
    Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * The BacchaeCelebration Theatre
  • * Bad Hurt On Cedar Street – Greenway Arts Alliance
  • * Beautiful ThingCelebration Theatre
  • * The Long Christmas Ride Home – Theatre Tribe
  • * Safety – Closet Space Theatre
  • * Tryst – Black Dahlia Theatre
  • Souvenir – Richmark Entertainment
  • * As You Like ItA Noise Within
  • * Greater Tuna – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • * The Value of Names – Falcon Theatre
  • Best Touring ProductionActing Ensemble
    Jersey BoysCenter Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
  • * DoubtCenter Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
  • * In The ContinuumCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Twelve Angry MenCenter Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
  • * Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
  • The cast of Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * The cast of Because They Have No Words – Weirdsmobile Productions LLC
  • * The cast of Beehive, The 60's Musical – Valley Musical Theatre
  • * The cast of The Long Christmas Ride Home – Theatre Tribe
  • * The cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes – Marvelous Dreams, LLC
  • * The cast of Plaid Tidings – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * The cast of Small Tragedy – Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
  • Solo Performance
    Dael OrlandersmithThe GimmickFountain Theatre, Simon Levy
  • * Keo WoolfordI LandEast West Players
  • * Lynn RedgraveNightingaleCenter Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
  • * Jodi LongSurfing DNAEast West Players
  • * Fritz ColemanTonight at 11! – Falcon Theatre
  • Lead Actor in a MusicalLead Actress in a Musical
    Hershey FelderGeorge Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Kevin BaileyAnnie Get Your GunCivic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
  • * Kevin EarleyCan-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Hershey FelderMonsieur ChopinGeffen Playhouse
  • * Jeffry DenmanOn Your Toes – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • Michelle DuffyCan-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Misty Cotton – Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies – Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
  • * Hila PlitmannParadise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Valerie VigodaSleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Alexandria WailesSleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • Lead Actor in a PlayLead Actress in a Play
    Alan Mandell – Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • * Eddie JonesDeath of a Salesman – Miss O Productions, Coleen Kolbacher
  • * Laurence FishburneFencesPasadena Playhouse
  • * Joe Sears – Greater Tuna – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Jaston Williams – Greater Tuna – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Tim Sullens – Taking Care – The Victory Theatre Center
  • * Dan LauriaThe Value of Names – Falcon Theatre
  • Judy KayeSouvenir – Richmark Entertainment
  • * Yeardley SmithBalancing Act – Falcon Theatre
  • * Anne Gee Byrd – The Bay at Nice – Andak Stage Company
  • * Anne Gee Byrd – Death of a Salesman – Miss O Productions
  • * Anna KhajaPalace of the End – 49th Parallel Theatre
  • * Rebecca Mozo – Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • * Deborah Puette – Tryst – Black Dahlia Theatre
  • Featured Actor in a MusicalFeatured Actress in a Musical
    David EngelCan-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Amir Talai – Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Kevin McMahon – The Full MontyMusical Theatre West
  • * John Massey – The Full Monty – Musical Theatre West
  • * Randal Keith – Man of La Mancha – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Norman Large – The Pirates of Penzance – Musical Theatre West
  • * Kevin EarleySleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • Vicki LewisHotel C'est L'amourBlank Theatre Company
  • * Carol Hatchett – Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies – Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
  • * Mary Jo CatlettThe Full Monty – Musical Theatre West
  • * Tami Tappan Damiano – The Full Monty – Musical Theatre West
  • * Yvette Tucker – On Your Toes – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • * Erika AmatoSleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Gina D'Acciaro – Tales of Tinseltown – Actors Co-op
  • Featured Actor in a Play – 2 winnersFeatured Actress in a Play
    Hugo Armstrong – Bleed Rail – The Theatre @ Boston CourtDan Alemshah – The Fat of the LandThe New Theatre
  • * Laurence Cohen – Bad Hurt on Cedar Street – Greenway Arts Alliance
  • * Richard Tatum – A Doll's House – Ark Theatre Company
  • * Orlando Jones – FencesPasadena Playhouse
  • * Wendell Pierce – FencesPasadena Playhouse
  • * Matt Foyer – Power - Theatre Banshee
  • Judith Moreland – Miss JulieFountain Theatre
  • * Iris Gilad – Bad Hurt on Cedar Street – Greenway Arts Alliance
  • * Lily Holleman – Bleed Rail – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Sharon Johnston – Kimberly Akimbo – The Victory Theatre Center
  • * Peggy Goss – Safety – Closet Space Theatre
  • * Bonnie Bailey-Reed – See Rock City – Actors Co-op
  • * Deborah Strang – A Touch of the PoetA Noise Within
  • Director of a MusicalDirector of a Play
    David LeeCan-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Joel ZwickGeorge Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Joel ZwickMonsieur ChopinGeffen Playhouse
  • * Roger BeanThe Marvelous Wonderettes – Marvelous Dreams, LLC
  • * Michael Michetti – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Jeff CalhounSleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Nick DeGruccio – Zanna, Don't! – West Coast Ensemble
  • Stuart Rogers – The Long Christmas Ride Home – Theatre Tribe
  • * Michael Matthews – The BacchaeCelebration Theatre
  • * Michael Matthews – Beautiful ThingCelebration Theatre
  • * Claude Purdy – Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * Vivian MatalonSouvenir – Richmark Entertainment
  • * Cameron WatsonTrying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • * Robin Larsen – Tryst – Black Dahlia Theatre
  • Music Direction – 2 winnersChoreography
    Dan Wheetman – Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert – Rubicon Theatre CompanyBrendan Milburn – Sleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Steve OrichCan-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Hershey FelderGeorge Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Hershey FelderMonsieur ChopinGeffen Playhouse
  • * Gerald Sternbach – On Your Toes – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • * Greg ChunParadise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • Lee Martino – Beehive, The 60's Musical – Valley Musical Theatre
  • * Patti Colombo – Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Cheryl Baxter – Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies – Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
  • * Lee Martino – On Your Toes – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • * Bubba Carr & Caleb Terray – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Tracy Powell – Urinetown: The Musical – Interact Theatre Company
  • * Christine Lakin & Paul Nygro – Zanna, Don't! – West Coast Ensemble e
  • Book/Lyrics/Music for an Original MusicalPlaywrighting For An Original Play
    Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda & Rachel Sheinkin – Sleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Jason Robert Brown & Dan Elish – 13Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
  • * Randal Myler & Dan Wheetman – Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Eric Whitacre & David NoroñaParadise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Richard Maltby Jr. & Joel Silberman & David ShireA Time For Love – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • Damon Chua – Film Chinois – Grove Theatre Center
  • * Mark Kemble – Bad Hurt On Cedar Street – Greenway Arts Alliance
  • * Tim Maddock & Lotti Louise Pharriss – Because They Have No Words – Weirdsmobile Productions LLC
  • * W. Colin McKay – Fallujah – Theatre East
  • * Arlene Hutton – Gulf View Drive – Actors Co-op
  • * Justin TannerSpace Therapy – Zephyr Theatre
  • * David Henry HwangYellow FaceCenter Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
  • Costume Design Costume Design
    Audrey Fisher – Tryst – Black Dahlia Theatre
  • * Leonard Ogden – Film Chinois – Grove Theatre Center
  • * Rudy Dillon – Hogan's GoatPacific Resident Theatre
  • * Nanci Martin – Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * JoAnna Jocelyn – Les Liaisons Dangeureses – Ark Theatre Company
  • * Soojin Lee – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * A. Jeffrey Schoenberg – TravestiesOpen Fist Theatre Company
  • Tracy Christensen – Souvenir – Richmark Entertainment
  • * Randy Gardell – Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Linda Fisher – Greater Tuna – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Marcy Froehlich – Hamlet – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Marcy Froehlich – Man of La Mancha – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Bob Mackie & Joe McFate – No Strings – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • * A. Jeffrey Schoenberg – Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • Lighting Design Lighting Design
    Steven Young – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Tim Swiss – The BacchaeCelebration Theatre
  • * Brian Sidney BembridgeEurydiceCircle X Theatre
  • * Jeremy Pivnick – Gilgamesh – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Joel Daavid – Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * Luke Moyer – The Long Christmas Ride Home – Theatre Tribe
  • * Christopher Kuhl – Monster of Happiness – 24th St. Theatre
  • Michael Gilliam – George Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Michael Gilliam – Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Richard Norwood – Monsieur ChopinGeffen Playhouse
  • * Jeremy Pivnick – Man of La Mancha – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Michael Gilliam – Sleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * Jason H. Thompson – Sunday in the Park with George – Reprise! Broadway's Best
  • * Jared Sayeg – Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • Set Design Set Design – 2 winners
    Tom Buderwitz – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Two Blue Chairs – 1 to 10? – The Theatre District
  • * Brian Sidney BembridgeEurydiceCircle X Theatre
  • * Leonard Ogden – Film Chinois – Grove Theatre Center
  • * Joel Daavid – Jitney – Stagewalker Productions
  • * Travis Gale Lewis – Miss JulieFountain Theatre
  • * Craig Siebels – Tryst – Black Dahlia Theatre
  • Roy Christopher – Can-CanPasadena PlayhouseKeith Mitchell – The Value of Names – Falcon Theatre
  • * Thomas S. Giamario – The Diary of Anne Frank – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Yael Pardess – George Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Thomas S. Giamario – Man of La Mancha – Rubicon Theatre Company
  • * Francois-Pierre Couture – A PicassoGeffen Playhouse
  • * Victoria Profitt – Trying – The Colony Theatre Company
  • Sound Design Sound Design
    Martin Carillo – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Cricket MyersThe BacchaeCelebration Theatre
  • * John Zalewski – Bleed Rail – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • * Robbin E. Broad – EurydiceCircle X Theatre
  • * John Zalewski – MelancholiaLatino Theater Company
  • * Richard Alger & Tina Kronis – Monster of Happiness – 24th St. Theatre
  • * John Zalewski – No Mercy – 24th St. Theatre
  • Jon Gottlieb – George Gershwin AloneGeffen Playhouse
  • * Francois Bergeron – Can-CanPasadena Playhouse
  • * Ken Huncovsky – Greater Tuna – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
  • * Eric Snodgrass – Sleeping Beauty WakesCenter Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
  • * David Budries – Souvenir – Richmark Entertainment
  • * John Zalewski – The Thousandth Night – The Colony Theatre Company
  • * Cricket MyersTrying – The Colony Theatre Company