LA Weekly

At some point in L.A.’s noir past, a young dreamer named Dick Watson pulled into Union Station to make it big in L.A. theater — not as an actor, but as a stage manager. Unfortunately, Dick was a crappy stage manager who blew cues left and right, killing dozens of shows across town. He worked so much because he worked for free — he figured at least that would be a smart move. One day, during the drought of ’43, his body was found rotting in the dried sludge of the L.A. River. The last words anybody remembers him saying were “Cue 27, fade to black, go.” That was in the middle of Nina’s great Act 1 monologue in Chekhov’s The Seagull.

Join Culture Clash and guests for a merciless grilling of artistic directors, to figure out what they know about this scandalous unsolved mystery, when Culture Clash hosts the 28th annual L.A.Weekly Theater Awards on Monday, April 9, at Avalon, 1735 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. (Click here for tickets) Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show starts at 7:30 p.m. All tickets include catered after-party. If you don’t dress in ’40s attire, people will think you’re in costume, which will make you a suspect.

The awards honor excellence in Los Angeles theaters of 99 seats or less, in productions that opened between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

Tickets for nominees are free. Nominees, RSVP to (323) 993-3693, and somebody will confirm your reservation within a week. You are a nominee if your name appears on the list below or if, in the categories of Production of the Year, Revival Production of the Year or Musical of the Year, you are named in the program of the nominated show as an actor, designer, producer, director, writer, choreographer or stage manager. You are a nominee if, in the category of Production Design, you are listed in the program of the nominated show as a producer, director or designer. Finally, you are a nominee if, in the categories of Ensemble or Comedy Ensemble, your name appeared in the program of the nominated show as an actor.

Tickets for all guests and for the general public are available for $18.50 plus handling fees, through www.theatremania.com. If you have any difficulties purchasing tickets, or any further questions, please call the Theater Awards hot line: (323) 993-3693.


PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

Eurydice , Circle X Theatre Co. at [Inside] the Ford
Marat/Sade , The Blue House at Sacred Fools Theater
Three by Mee: Agamemnon , City Garage

REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR (of a 
20th- or 21st-century work)

Inside the Creole Mafia , Luna Ray Films and the Evidence Room
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone , Fountain Theatre
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife , Far From Right Productions at the Zephyr Theatre


MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

The Beastly Bombing , The Secret Order of Revolutionary Operettists at the Steve Allen Theater
Hotel C’est L’Amour , Blank Theatre Company at the Second Stage
Urinetown , Interact Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre


DIRECTION

Patrick Adams, Marat/Sade, The Blue House at Sacred Fools Theater
Ben Bradley, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Fountain Theatre
Kelly Ann Ford, Bluebonnet Court, Hudson Mainstage Theater
Ameenah Kaplan, Everyman for Himself, Silverback Productions and Oasis Theater Company at the Unknown Theater
Claude Purdy, Jitney, Stagewalkers Productions at the Lillian Theater
John Pleshette, No Man’s Land, Lost Studio


COMEDY DIRECTION

Jeff Griffith, Dirk, Road Theatre Company
Del Shores, Southern Baptist Sissies, Zephyr Theatre


ONE-ACT DIRECTION

R.S. Bailey, Shuffle, Shuffle, Step, Theatre/Theater
Dan Bonnell, Bash, Illuminate Productions at the Odyssey Theatre
Christopher Kelley, The Bomba Trilogy:   Darkness, Theatre of NOTE


MUSICAL DIRECTION

Christy Crowl, Hotel C’est L’Amour, Blank Theatre Company at the Second Stage Theatre
Roger Neill, The Beastly Bombing, The Secret Order of Revolutionary Operettists at the Steve Allen Theater
John Rubinstein, Urinetown, Interact Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
Blair Shotts, Everyman for Himself, Silverback Productions and Oasis Theater Company at the Unknown Theater


ENSEMBLE

Because They Have No Words, Weirdsmobile Productions at the Lounge Theatre
Everyman for Himself, Silverback Productions and Oasis Theater Company at Unknown Theater
The Grey Zone, Because It's There Theatre Collaboration at Deaf West Theatre
Inside the Creole Mafia, Luna Ray Films and Evidence Room
The Nibroc Trilogy: Gulf View Drive, Actors Co-op
Our Lady of 121st Street, Jamaica Moon Productions at the Matrix Theatre
Quarterlife, Sight Unseen Theatre Group at the Pico Playhouse
String of Pearls, Road Theatre Company


MUSICAL ENSEMBLE

The Beastly Bombing, The Secret Order of Revolutionary Operettists at the Steve Allen Theater
Hotel C’est L’Amour, Blank Theatre Company at Second Stage Theatre
Play It Cool, Celebration Theatre
Urinetown, Interact Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre


COMEDY ENSEMBLE

Dirk, Road Theatre Company
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, Far From Right Productions at the Zephyr Theatre


ONE-ACT ENSEMBLE

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