"The Lion King" reigned in the Ovation Award nominations announced Monday.
The Disney musical at the Pantages Theatre received 12 nods--three more than the runner-up, "Contact," which played the Ahmanson Theatre. Tied for third place, with five each, were the little musical "bare," Pasadena Playhouse's revival of "Do I Hear a Waltz?" and the Ahmanson Theatre musical trilogy "3hree."
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Ovation Awards--Rick Sparks and Gary Carter received a nomination for an Ovation Award in the category of new translation/adaptation, for their adaptation of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" Their names were omitted from the list of nominees in Calendar on Tuesday.
Center Theatre Group's 32 nominations--19 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 13 at the Mark Taper Forum--were the most for one producer or theater. The peer-voted Ovations, sponsored by Theatre LA, will be presented Nov. 12 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Victory Theatre co-founder Tom Ormeny will receive the James A. Doolittle Award for leadership, Cathy Rigby the Career Achievement Award. Nominees:
Musical, larger: "Titanic," Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center; "The Lion King," Disney Theatricals at Pantages Theatre; "Contact," Ahmanson Theatre; "Hair," Reprise! at Wadsworth Theater; "Brigadoon," Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Center.
Musical, smaller: "The Grave White Way," Curtain Down Productions at Hudson Backstage Theatre; "A Little Night Music," Interact Theatre; "bare," God Help Productions at Hudson Mainstage Theatre; "There's No Place Like Hollywood," Shirley Hillard at Stella Adler Theatre; "Glad to Be Unhappy: The Lyrical Life of Lorenz Hart," Theatre West.
Play, larger: "A Huey P. Newton Story," Cultural Affairs Department at Los Angeles Theatre Center; "Looking for Normal," Geffen Playhouse; "In Real Life," Mark Taper Forum; "Death of a Salesman," Ahmanson Theatre; "The Vagina Monologues," James P. Freydberg, Yvette Fromer, William P. Suter at Canon Theatre.
Play, smaller: "Two-Headed," Timescape Arts Group at John Anson Ford Theatre; "Good Thing," Mark Taper Forum at Actors' Gang; "Weights," Mark Taper Forum at Actors' Gang; "The Godfather Workout (The Last Scenes)," Susan O'Sullivan at Theatre East; "Underneath the Lintel," Actors' Gang.
World premiere: Nick Zagone, "David and Goliath in America"; Jessica Litwak, "Victory Dance"; Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere Jr., "bare"; Jane Anderson, "Looking for Normal"; Jessica Goldberg, "Good Thing."
New translation/adaptation: Clara Bellar, Herb Mendelsohn and cast, "A Flea in Her Ear"; Brent Hinkley, "How to Steal an Election"; Karen Leeds Schuler and Richard Miller, "Beat for Sparrows"; Roland Dubillard, "Diablogues."
Director, musical: Susan Stroman, "Contact"; Julie Taymor, "The Lion King"; Kristin Hanggi, "bare"; Brad Rouse, Scott Schwartz and Harold Prince, "3hree"; Jon Engstrom, "Evita."
Director, play: Brent Hinkley, "Underneath the Lintel"; Anthony Sandoval, "Pathe-X"; Ron Lagomarsino, "Looking for Normal"; Daniel Sullivan, "In Real Life"; Veronica Brady, "Two-Headed."
Lead actor, musical: Anthony Crivello, "Do I Hear a Waltz?"; John Griffin, "bare"; Avi Hoffman, "Too Jewish?"; Eric Kunze, "Evita"; John Vickery, "The Lion King."
Lead actress, musical: Fuschia, "The Lion King"; Karen Morrow, "Call Me Madam"; Gogi Grant, "Glad to Be Unhappy: The Lyrical Life of Lorenz Hart"; Keili Lefkovitz, "bare"; Carol Lawrence, "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
Lead actor, play: Roger Guenveur Smith, "A Huey P. Newton Story"; David Hyde Pierce, "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks"; Alan Alda, "QED"; John Spencer, "Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine"; Brian T. Finney, "Underneath the Lintel."
Lead actress, play: Laurie Metcalf, "Looking for Normal"; Mary Mara, "Two-Headed"; Charlayne Woodard, "In Real Life"; Uta Hagen, "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks"; Caroline Aaron, "Call Waiting."
Featured actor, musical: William Akey, "The Lion King"; Hugh Panaro, "Call Me Madam"; Adam Dannheisser, "Contact"; Danny Rutigliano, "The Lion King"; Alan Campbell, "Contact."
Featured actress, musical: Holly Cruikshank, "Contact"; Donna McKechnie, "Mack & Mabel"; Moe Daniels, "The Lion King"; Meg Howrey, "Contact"; Tina Gasbarra, "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
Featured actor, play: Daniel Reichert, "Side Man"; Leslie Jordan, "Southern Baptist Sissies"; Howard Witt, "Death of a Salesman"; Derek Sitter, "The Dead Boy"; Scott Venters, "Molly's Delicious."
Featured actress, play: Anastasia Basil, "In Flagrante Gothicto"; Elizabeth Franz, "Death of a Salesman"; Ann Walker, "Southern Baptist Sissies"; Daphne Ashbrook, "Landscape of the Body"; Brenda Ballard, "Wait Until Dark."
Ensemble performance: casts of "The Vagina Monologues," "Infinity," "Pathe-X," "Good Thing," "Night and Her Stars."
Choreographer: Lynne Taylor-Corbett, "Swing!"; Garth Fagan, "The Lion King"; Rob Ashford, Daniel Stewart, Michael Arnold, "3hree"; Susan Stroman, "Contact"; Jon Engstrom, "Evita."
Set, larger: Walt Spangler, "3hree"; Roy Christopher, "Do I Hear a Waltz?"; Richard Hudson, "The Lion King"; Thomas Buderwitz, "Titanic"; David Gallo, "King Hedley II."
