The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its award nominees for the year 2002. The 34th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Colony Theater, 555 N. Third St., Burbank. Tickets are $30. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing, a no-host bar, and a buffet catered by Mi Piace. For tickets, call (323) 769-7027.
The LADCC was founded in 1969 and is dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in greater Los Angeles. A complete list of nominations follows:
Production: Amy's View at International City Theatre; Major Barbara at South Coast Repertory; Napoli Milionaria, Other Side of the Hill Prods. and The Road Theatre Company at the Lankershim Arts Center; Red Thread, Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble at Gascon Center Theatre. Direction: Martin Benson, Major Barbara at South Coast Repertory; Roger Mathey, Trainspotting at Theatre/Theater; Ken Sawyer, The Woman in Black, Other Side of the Hill Prods. and The Road Theatre Company at Lankershim Arts Center. Writing: Jillian Armenante and Alice Dodd, Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog; Richard Greenberg, The Dazzle at South Coast Repertory; John O'Keefe, Times Like These, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet Theatre. Adaptation: Tori Haring-Smith, Napoli Milionaria; Joan Holden, Nickel and Dimed, Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum; Chay Yew, The House of Bernarda Alba, Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum. Musical score: Susan Christiansen, Red Thread; Henry Krieger and Bill Russell, Side Show; Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu, The Big Voice… God or Merman?, Blue Sphere Alliance, in association with AppleArts Productions and BonusRound Productions, at The Lex Theatre and the Zephyr Theatre. Lead performance: J.D. Cullum, The Dazzle; Michael Genovese, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Blank Theatre Company and San Diego Repertory Theatre at 2nd Stage Theatre; Harry Groener, Follies, Reprise! Broadway's Best at The Wadsworth Theatre; Eddie Jones, Death of a Salesman at Interact Theatre Company; Eddie Karr, The Visible Horse, Gregg Henry and Linda Bernstein Rubin for Appian Way Productions at The Court Theatre; Carol Lawrence, Amy's View; Barry Lynch, The Weir, Theatre Banshee at Gene Bua Theatre and Celtic Arts Center; Marty Maguire, A Night in November, Celtic Arts Center and Garry Marshall at Celtic Arts Center and the Falcon Theatre; Dakin Matthews, Major Barbara; Jack Stehlin, Richard III, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Circus Theatricals at the Odyssey Theatre; Norbert Weisser, Times Like These; Paul Witten, The Woman in Black; Jenny Woo, Red Thread; Justin Zachary, Trainspotting. Featured performance: David Agranov, Trainspotting; Kandis Chappell, Major Barbara; Peter Friedrich, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Matt Gottlieb, Fedunn, Judy Arnold Productions at the Odyssey Theatre; Troy Kotsur, Big River, Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre at the Mark Taper Forum; John Marzilli, The Grapes of Wrath at West Coast Ensemble; Alfred Molina, The Cherry Orchard, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Circus Theatricals at the Odyssey Theatre; Camille Saviola, The House of Bernarda Alba, Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum; Ogie Zulueta, Red Thread. Ensemble performance: The cast of Dance With Me at Working Stage Theatre; The cast of Direct From Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys at the Fountain Theatre; The cast of The Laramie Project at the Colony Theatre Company. Scenic design: Ralph Funicello, Major Barbara; Don Llewellyn, Master Harold and the Boys at International City Theatre; Desma Murphy, The Woman in Black. Lighting design: Leif Gantvoort, Red Thread; Robert L. Smith, The Woman in Black; Frederick Wenzlaff, La Gioconda, The Collective and Stages Theatre Center at Stages Theatre Center. Costume design: A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Side Show; Robert Velasquez, Red Thread; Shigeru Yaji, Major Barbara. Sound design: Tom Clark and Nevin Steinberg, The Full Monty, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre; DE3 of Polyrhythmic & The Collective, La Gioconda; David B. Marling and Ken Sawyer, The Woman in Black. Musical direction: Tom Griffin, Side Show at The Colony Theatre Company; Paul Hepker, Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog, Circle X Theatre Company at 24th Street Theatre; Rob Kendt, An Appalachian Twelfth Night, The Federal Theater Project and Dancing Barefoot Productions at the Globe Playhouse. Choreography: Jerry Mitchell, The Full Monty; Randy Schulman and The Collective, La Gioconda; Tim Storms and Matt Emery, Red Thread (fight choreography).
Members of the LADCC include: Dave DePino (Brentwood Media, Showmag.com), Lovell Estell (LA Weekly), Shirle Gottlieb (Press Telegram), Steven Hendrickson (Showmag.com), MartÃn Hernández (LA Weekly), Hoyt Hilsman (Back Stage West), Wenzel Jones (Back Stage West, KPCC Theater Talk), T.S. Kerrigan (The American Reporter), Dany Margolies (Back Stage West, Showmag.com), Julio Martinez (Daily Variety, Daily News), T.H. McCulloh (Back Stage West, Showmag.com), Ben Miles (The Sun), Terry Morgan (LA Weekly), Tom Provenzano (LA Weekly), Terri Roberts (Showmag.com, The Sondheim Review), Melinda Schupmann (Showmag.com), Les Spindle (Back Stage West, Frontiers), Rob Stevens (Showmag.com), Debbi Swanson (Showmag.com), Gene Warech (Random Lengths, Laguna Coastline News), Polly Warfield (Back Stage West), and Neal Weaver (LA Weekly).