| Best Production of a Musical | Best Production of a Musical |
The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre
Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre * Spring Awakening – Over The Moon Productions | Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Avenue Q – 3-D Theatricals* Miss Saigon – McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts * Hairspray – Musical Theatre West* Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company |
| Best Production of a Play | Best Production of a Play |
| Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company* Nine Circles – Bootleg Theater* What‘s Wrong With Angry? – Celebration Theatre* The Elephant Man – Mechanicals Theatre Group* All My Sons – The Matrix Theatre Company* Couples Counseling Killed Katie – Ugly Dog Productions and Elephant Theatre Company* Santasia: A Holiday Comedy – Whitefire Theatre | Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Good People – Geffen Playhouse* A Wrinkle In Time – Mainstreet Theatre Company* The Mystery of Irma Vep – Rubicon Theatre Company |
| Best Presented Production | Best Season |
| War Horse – Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre* Follies – Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre* Red – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum | Center Theatre Group* Geffen Playhouse* McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts * Musical Theatre West* The Colony Theatre Company |
| Lead Actor in a Musical | Lead Actress in a Musical |
| Davis Gaines as Cervantes/Quixote – Man of La Mancha – Musical Theatre West * Adam Shapiro as Joe/Swing – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre * Michael A. Shepperd as Mister – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Joseph Foronda as The Engineer – Miss Saigon – McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts * David Engel as Man 2 – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Larry Raben as Man 1 – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Gary Patent as Haskell – The Immigrant – West Coast Jewish Theatre | Susanne Blakeslee as Woman 1 – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West * Meagan English as Mrs. Farkas/Jen/Jackie/Black Pants Girl – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre * Bets Malone as Princess Winnifred – Once Upon a Mattress – Cabrillo Music Theatre* Cesili Williams as Celie – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Valerie Fagan as Woman 2 – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Lesli Margherita as Aldonza – Man of La Mancha – Musical Theatre West* Tami Tappan Damiano as The Lady Of The Lake – Spamalot – Musical Theatre West |
| Lead Actor in a Play | Lead Actress in a Play |
| Alan Mandell as Estragon – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum * Patrick J. Adams as Reeves – Nine Circles – Bootleg Theater* Barry McGovern as Vladimir – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* Troy Kotsur as Cyrano – Cyrano – Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre Company * Jon Jon Briones as Mango – The Romance of Magno Rubio – John Anson Ford Theatre* Jamie Torcellini as Nicodemus/Lady Enid/Alcazar/An Intruder – The Mystery of Irma Vep – Rubicon Theatre Company* Steve Hofvendahl – Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company | Pascale Armand as Jekesai/Ester – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * Jacqueline Wright as Jon Benét – House Of Gold – Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA* Jane Kaczmarek as Margie – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Anne Gee Byrd as Mary – The Savannah Disputation – The Colony Theatre Company* Ellen Lauren as Hecuba – Trojen Women – The J. Paul Getty Trust* Anne Gee Byrd as Kate Keller – All My Sons – The Matrix Theatre Company* Jessica Tuck as Actress – Couples Counseling Killed Katie – Ugly Dog Productions and Elephant Theatre Company |
| Featured Actor in a Musical | Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Todrick Hall as Seaweed J. Stubbs – Hairspray – Musical Theatre West * Nathan Danforth as Nicky/Trekkie/Bad Idea/Etc – Avenue Q – 3-D Theatricals* David Allen Jones as Prof. Marvel/Guard At The Gate/Wizard Of Oz – The [Wizard of Oz (1987 musical)|The Wizard of Oz] – 3-D Theatricals* Terrance Spencer as Harpo – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Matt Walker as Ralphie – A Christmas Westside Story – Troubadour Theater Company* Rob Nagle as Valentine – Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company* Matt Walker as Proteus – Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company | La Toya London as Shug Avery – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre * Tracy Lore as Queen Aggravain – Once Upon a Mattress – Cabrillo Music Theatre* Kelly Jenrette as Nettie – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Constance Jewell Lopez as Sofia – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Tracy Lore as Velma Von Tussle – Hairspray – Musical Theatre West* Beth Kennedy as Launce/Outlaw #3 – Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company* Christine Lakin as Julia – Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company |
| Featured Actor in a Play | Featured Actress in a Play |
| Hugo Armstrong as Lucky – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum * Kevin Mambo as Chancellor – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Jonathan Cake as Frank – The Grönholm Method – Falcon Theatre* Stephen Spinella as Rick – The Grönholm Method – Falcon Theatre* Jemal McNeil as Henderson – Cages – LDG Productions LLC* Chris Butler as Caesar Wilks – Gem of the Ocean – Rubicon Theatre Company* Josh Clark as Father Murphy – The Savannah Disputation – The Colony Theatre Company | Zainab Jah as Prudence – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * Kelly Schumann as Linda – What‘s Wrong With Angry? – Celebration Theatre* Cheryl Lynn Bruce as Mai Tamba – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Sara Botsford as Jean – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Marylouise Burke as Dottie – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Bonnie Bailey-Reed as Margaret – The Savannah Disputation – The Colony Theatre Company* Rebecca Mozo as Melissa – The Savannah Disputation – The Colony Theatre Company |
| Acting Ensemble of a Musical | Acting Ensemble for a Play |
| The cast of The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre * The cast of Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre * The cast of Ring of Fire, the Music of Johnny Cash – Cabrillo Music Theatre * The cast of Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* The cast of Spring Awakening – Over The Moon Productions | The cast of Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum * The cast of Nine Circles – Bootleg Theater* The cast of The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* The cast of The Grönholm Method – Falcon Theatre* The cast of Good People – Geffen Playhouse* The cast of The Jacksonian – Geffen Playhouse* The cast of The Savannah Disputation – The Colony Theatre Company |
| Director of a Musical | Director of a Play |
| Michael Matthews – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre * Matt Shakman – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre * William Selby – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Rick Sparks – I Love Lucy Live On Stage – Rockahn, LLC* Patrick Pearson – Rooms: A Rock Romance – The Chance Theater | Emily Mann – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * Michael Matthews – What‘s Wrong With Angry? – Celebration Theatre* Michael Arabian – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* Gates McFadden – House Of Gold – Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA* Matt Shakman – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Neil Patrick Stewart – The Elephant Man – Mechanicals Theatre Group* Jenny Sullivan – The Mystery of Irma Vep – Rubicon Theatre Company |
| Music Direction | Choreography |
| Gregory Nabours – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* David Richman – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre* Jeff Lisenby – Ring of Fire, the Music of Johnny Cash – Cabrillo Music Theatre * Matthew Smedal – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Rachael Lawrence – Spring Awakening – Over The Moon Productions* Eric Heinly – A Christmas Westside Story – Troubadour Theater Company* Eric Heinly – Two Gentlemen Of Chicago – Troubadour Theater Company | Janet Roston – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre * Lili Fuller, Matthew Krumpe, Adam North, Joe Sofranko & Juliana Tyson – Stations: A Los Angeles Holiday Story – Ensemble Theatre Company & Boom Kat Dance Theatre* Dana Solimando – Miss Saigon – McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts * Lee Martino – Hello! My Baby – Rubicon Theatre Company* Lisa Hopkins – Dames at Sea – The Colony Theatre Company* Tina Kronis – The Treatment – The Theatre @ Boston Court* Molly Alvarez – A Christmas Westside Story – Troubadour Theater Company |
| Book for an Original Musical | Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical |
| Isaac Laskin and Matt Fogel – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre* Parmer Fuller – Stations: A Los Angeles Holiday Story – Ensemble Theatre Company & Boom Kat Dance Theatre* Cheri Steinkellner – Hello! My Baby – Rubicon Theatre Company | Parmer Fuller and Michael Kramer – Stations: A Los Angeles Holiday Story – Ensemble Theatre Company & Boom Kat Dance Theatre * Matthew Fogel, Isaac Laskin, And David Richman – Hey, Morgan! – Black Dahlia Theatre* Masato Baba – The Brahmin and the Tiger – Company Of Angels & Hereandnow Theatre Company |
| Playwrighting For An Original Play | |
| Andrew Dolan – The Many Mistresses Of Martin Luther King Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA* Lisa Loomer – Café Vida – Cornerstone Theater Company* Stephen Sachs – Cyrano – Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre Company * Keith Stevenson – Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Rd. – Pacific Resident Theatre* Christina Hart – Birds of a Feather – The Complex* Evelina Fernandez – Hope: Part II of a Mexican Trilogy – The Los Angeles Theatre Center* Johnny O‘Callaghan – Who‘s Your Daddy? – The Victory Theatre Center | |
| Lighting Design | Lighting Design |
| Luke Moyer – Deathtrap – L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center* Timothy Swiss – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Jeremy Pivnick – The King of the Desert – Coactive Content LLC* Hilda Kane – The Elephant Man – Mechanicals Theatre Group* Brandon Baruch – Spring Awakening – Over The Moon Productions* Jeremy Pivnick – Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company* Jaymi Smith – The Children – The Theatre @ Boston Court | Lap Chi Chu – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * Jean-Yves Tessier – Ring of Fire, the Music of Johnny Cash – Cabrillo Music Theatre * David Weiner – American Night: The Ballad Of Juan Jose – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Geoff Korf – The Night Watcher – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Brian Gale – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* Elizabeth Harper – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Steven Young – Miss Saigon – McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts * Brian Gale – A Wrinkle In Time – Mainstreet Theatre Company |
| Scenic Design | Scenic Design |
| Tom Buderwitz – Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company* Tom Buderwitz – Slow Dance In Midtown – Bella Vita Entertainment* Tom Buderwitz – The Many Mistresses Of Martin Luther King – Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA* Joel Daavid – Deathtrap – L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center* Haley Ho – The Elephant Man – Mechanicals Theatre Group* Desma Murphy – The Water‘s Edge – Road Theatre Company* Joe Holbrook – Rooms: A Rock Romance – The Chance Theater | Daniel Ostling – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * John Lee Beatty – Poor Behavior – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* John Iacovelli – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* Craig Siebels – Good People – Geffen Playhouse* Tom Buderwitz – Honus & Me – Mainstreet Theatre Company* John Iacovelli – The Heiress – Pasadena Playhouse* Stephen Gifford – Old Wicked Songs – The Colony Theatre Company |
| Sound Design | Sound Design |
| Veronika Vorel and John Zalewski – The Children – The Theatre @ Boston Court* Ken Sawyer – Deathtrap – L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center* Joseph Slawinski – Eternal Thou – McCray Productions* David Marling – The Water‘s Edge – Road Theatre Company* John Zalewski – Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company* Martin Carrillo – Have You Seen Alice? – Theatre Of NOTE* Bill Froggatt – Wicked Lit 2011 – Unbound Productions | John Zalewski – A Wrinkle In Time – Mainstreet Theatre Company * Darron L. West – American Night: The Ballad Of Juan Jose – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Darron L. West – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Joe Sofranko – Stations: A Los Angeles Holiday Story – Ensemble Theatre Company And Boom Kat Dance Theatre* Jon Gottlieb – Radiance: The Passion Of Marie Curie – Geffen Playhouse* Erik Carstensen – The Pianist Of Willesden Lane – Geffen Playhouse* David Beaudry – The Mystery of Irma Vep – Rubicon Theatre Company* Drew Dalzell – Old Wicked Songs – The Colony Theatre Company |
| Costume Design | Costume Design |
| Shon Leblanc – I Love Lucy Live On Stage – Rockahn, LLC* Vicki Conrad – The Learned Ladies – Actors Co-Op Theatre Company* Naila Aladdin Sanders – The Color Purple: A Musical – Celebration Theatre* Jessica Olson – Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton – Sacred Fools Theater Company* Ashley Hayes – Dolls! Not Your Usual Love Story – Santa Monica Playhouse* Jessica Olson – Peace In Our Time – The Antaeus Company* Marcy Froehlich – All My Sons – The Matrix Theatre Company | Paul Tazewell – The Convert – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre * Angela Calin – The Bungler – A Noise Within* Esosa – American Night: The Ballad Of Juan Jose – Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre* Christopher Acebo – Waiting For Godot – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum* Kim Deshazo – Southern Comforts – Falcon Theatre* Alvin Colt – Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 – Musical Theatre West* Leah Piehl – The Heiress – Pasadena Playhouse |