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 the Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Boulevard (near Gower). 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
REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR (of a ?20th- or 21st-century work)
MUSICAL OF THE YEAR
DIRECTION
COMEDY DIRECTION
ONE-ACT DIRECTION
MUSICAL DIRECTION
ENSEMBLE
MUSICAL ENSEMBLE
COMEDY ENSEMBLE
ONE-ACT ENSEMBLE
LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
LEADING MALE PERFORMANCE
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
SOLO PERFORMANCE
ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE
PLAY WRITING
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
QUEEN OF THE ANGELS
PRODUCTION DESIGN
ADAPTATION
LIGHTING DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
SET DESIGN
SOUND DESIGN
CHOREOGRAPHY
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
ORIGINAL MUSIC
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