And the nominees are
Musical, larger theatre:
Forever Plaid,
Ca„on Theatre
Show Boat,
Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
The Tin Pan Alley Rag,
Pasadena Playhouse
Once on This Island,
La Mirada Theatre
Musical, smaller theatre:
She Loves Me,
Actors Co-op
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Candude or the Optimistic
Civil Servant,
Cornerstone Theater Co.
Putting It Together,
Colony Studio Theatre
The All Night Strut,
Tiffany Theaters
Play, larger theatre:
Valley Song,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Love! Valour! Compassion!,
Geffen Playhouse
Having Our Say, Arcadia,
CTG/Taper
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson
Arcadia,
CTG/Taper
Play, smaller theatre:
Don't Buck With Me!,
Tamarind Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
Two at the Too--I Remember Mapa,
CTG/Taper Too
Fortinbras,
Courtney H. Burr III, producer
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
World premiere
writing:
Mark Saltzman,
The Tin Pan Alley Rag,
Pasadena Playhouse
Alec Mapa,
I Remember Mapa,
CTG/Taper Too
Mark Lee,
An American Romance,
the Road Theatre Co.
Tracy Young,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Kathy Buckley,
Don't Buck With Me!,
Tamarind Theatre
Translation/
adaptation
Tracy Young,
Candude, or the Optimistic
Civil Servant,
Cornerstone Theatre Co.
Robert Cornthwaite,
So It Is If So It Seems to You,
A Noise Within
Alison Carey,
Mallire,
Cornerstone Theatre Co.
Arthur Hanket,
Genet: Language of the Wall,
Actors' Gang
Kenneth Albers,
Saint Joan,
Deaf West Theatre Co.
Actor, musical:
Reece Holland,
Crazy for You,
La Mirada Theatre
Ned Beatty,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
David Noro„a,
The Tin Pan Alley Rag,
Pasadena Playhouse
John Rubinstein,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Brian Stokes Mitchell,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Actress, musical:
Page Leong,
Candude, or the Optimistic Civil Servant,
Cornerstone Theatre Co.
Barbara Passolt,
Putting It Together,
the Colony Studio Theatre
Marcia Mitzman Gaven,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Michelle Duffy,
Putting It Together,
the Colony Studio Theatre
Treva Tegtmeier,
She Loves Me,
Actors' Co-op
Featured actor,
musical:
Keith Savage,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Blake McIver Ewing,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
John Dossett,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Michel Bell,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Scott Carollo,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Featured actress,
musical:
Judy Kaye,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Susan Wood,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Anita Berry,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Valarie Pettiford,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
La Chanze,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Actor, play:
Athol Fugard,
Valley Song,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Bill Campbell,
Fortinbras,
Courtney H. Burr III, producer
Sir Ian McKellen,
A Knight Out in Los Angeles,
L.A. Theatre Center
Tom Slovick,
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
Alec Mapa,
I Remember Mapa,
CTG/Taper Too
Actress, play:
LisaGay Hamilton,
Valley Song,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Cherry Jones,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Suanne Spoke,
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
Molly Bryant,
Plastica Fantastica,
Actors' Gang
Frances Foster,
Having Our Say,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Featured actor,
play:
Tom Knickerbocker,
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
Shelley Malil,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
Shishir Kurup,
Mallire,
Cornerstone Theatre Co.
Derek Smith,
Sylvia,
Coronet Theatre
Eddie Jones,
The Root,
Interact Theatre Co.
Featured actress,
play:
Frances Sternhagen,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Francesca Roberts,
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
Judy Kain,
David's Mother,
Company of Angels
Bonita Friedericy,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Lisa Beezley,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Ensemble:
Dangerous Corner,
Matrix Theatre
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Love! Valour! Compassion!,
Geffen Playhouse
Forever Plaid,
Ca„on Theatre
Mules,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Director, musical:
Tracy Young,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Nick DeGruccio,
Putting It Together,
Putting It Together
Frank Galati,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Stuart Ross,
Forever Plaid,
Ca„on Theatre
Harold Prince,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson
Director, play:
Joe Mantello,
Love! Valour! Compassion!,
Geffen Playhouse
Bill Rauch,
Mallire,
Cornerstone Theatre Co.
Michael Michetti,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
Gerald Gutierrez,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Howard Fine,
Fortinbras,
Courtney H. Burr III, producer
Choreographer:
Stuart Ross,
Forever Plaid,
Ca„on Theatre
Gerry McIntyre,
Once on This Island,
La Mirada Theatre
Susan Stroman,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Larry Sousa,
The Tin Pan Alley Rag,
Pasadena Playhouse
Graciela Daniele,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Lighting design,
larger theatre:
Richard Pilbrow,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Brian MacDevitt,
Proposals,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Brian MacDevitt,
Love! Valour! Compassion!,
Geffen Playhouse
Beverly Emmons,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Jules Fisher and
Peggy Eisenhauer,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Set design,
larger theatre:
John Lee Beatty,
Proposals,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
John Lee Beatty,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Eugene Lee,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Eugene Lee,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Edward E. Haynes Jr.,
Having Our Say,
CTG/Mark Taper Forum
Costume design,
larger theatre:
Florence Klotz,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Thomas G. Marquez,
Crazy for You,
La Mirada Theatre
Thomas G. Marquez,
Once on This Island,
La Mirada Theatre
Jane Greenwood,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Santo Loquasto,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
Sound design,
larger theatre:
Jonathan Deans,
Ragtime,
Shubert Theatre
John Kilgore,
Love! Valour! Compassion!,
Geffen Playhouse
Julie Ferrin,
Crazy for You,
La Mirada Theatre
Jon Gottlieb,
The Heiress,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Martin Levan,
Show Boat,
CTG/Ahmanson Theatre
Lighting design,
smaller theatre:
J. Kent Inasy,
Dangerous Corner,
Matrix Theatre
Kathi O'Donohue,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
Jason Berliner,
Two Rooms,
the Jewel Box Theatre
Matthew O. O'Donnell,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Walter Shipley,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Set design,
smaller theatre:
Deborah Raymond and
Dorian Vernacchio,
Dangerous Corner,
Matrix Theatre
Rachel Hauck,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Scott Storey,
Steaming,
singular productions
Albert Cox,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
Bradley Kaye,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Costume design,
smaller theatre:
Dana R. Woods,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Ann Class-Farley,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Sherri Grider,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Stella Adler Theatre
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg and
Shon LeBlanc,
The Importance of Being Earnest,
Actors Co-op
Sound design,
smaller theatre:
Laurence O'Keefe,
Euphoria,
Actors' Gang
Ross Levinson,
Oscar Wilde's Wife,
the Odyssey Theatre
John Fisher,
Our Country's Good,
Colony Studio Theatre
Alan Falkner and Alan Johnson,
The Voice of the Prairie,
Actors' Co-op
O-Lan Jones,
The Dybbuk,
Wilton Projec