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  Grigware's Best in LA Theatre for 2011  
(alphabetical listings)
(artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories)

 

Top Productions

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Bakersfield Mist - Fountain Theatre

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Cabaret - Reprise Theatre Co

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Caught - Zephyr Theatre

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The Cripple of Inishman - Kirk Douglas Theatre

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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Crown City Theatre

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Entertaining Mr. Sloane - The Actors Company

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Falsettos - Third Street Theatre

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Fela - Ahmanson Theatre

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God of Carnage - Ahmanson Theatre

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Hairspray - MTW (Musical Theatre West)

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Having It All - NoHo Arts Center

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I Never Sang For My Father - The New American Theatre

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Peace in Our Time - Antaeus Company

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Pursued by Happiness - Road Theatre Company

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Year Zero - Colony Theatre


 

Most Promising New Musical

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My Fairytale - PCPA Theatrefest, Solvang


 

Most Promising New Play

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The Color of Rose - Theatre 40


 

Best Ensemble: Play

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The Cripple of Inishman - Kirk Douglas Theatre

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Entertaining Mr. Sloane - The Actors Company

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God of Carnage - Ahmanson Theatre

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Poor Behavior - Mark Taper Forum

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Peace in Our Time - Antaeus Company


 

Best Ensemble: Musical

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Falsettos - Third Street Theatre

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Hairspray - MTW

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Having It All - NoHo Arts Center

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I'm Just Wild About Harry - Crown City Theatre

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Best Lead Performance

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Sam Anderson/Corryn Cummins - Blackbird @ Rogue Machine

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Philip Baker Hall/Anne Gee Byrd - I Never Sang For My Father @ The New American Theatre

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Judith Chapman - Vivien @ Rogue Machine

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Gary Cole/Edi Gathegi - Superior Donuts @ Geffen Playhouse

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Emrhys Cooper/Olivia d'Abo - Entertaining Mr. Sloane @ The Actors Company

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Alaman Diadhiou - Twist @ Pasadena Playhouse

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Rebekah Dunn - Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant @ Secret Rose Theatre

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Jane Fonda - 33 Variations @ Ahmanson Theatre

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Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage @ Ahmanson Theatre

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Juliet Landau/Matthew J. Williamson - Danny and the Deep Blue Sea @ Crown City Theatre

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Hal Linden - On Golden Pond @ Colony Theatre

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Lesli Margherita/Tom Hewitt - Kiss Me Kate @ Reprise Theatre Company

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Sandy Martin - A House Not Meant To Stand @ Fountain Theatre 

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Tadhg Murphy - The Cripple of Inishman @ Kirk Douglas Theatre

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Sahr Ngaujah - Fela @ Ahmanson Theatre

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Jenny O'Hara/Nick Ullett - Bakersfield Mist @ Fountain Theatre

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Lisa O'Hare/Bryce Ryness - Cabaret @ Reprise Theatre Company

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Annie Potts - AfterMath @ Matrix Theatree

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Jenny Powers - A Dangerous Beauty @ Pasadena Playhouse

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Deborah Puette - Caught @ Zephyr Theatre

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Ignacio Serricchio/Curt Bonnem - Kowalski @ Two Roads Theatre

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Gwen Van Dam - The Trip to Bountiful @ Group rep

 

Best Featured Performance

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Meredith Bishop/Daniel Taylor - AfterMath @ Matrix Theatre

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Larry Cedar/Sybyl Walker  - Travels with My Aunt @ Colony Theatre

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Bert Emmett - Don't Hug Me I'm Pregnant @ Secret Rose Theatre

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Coby Getzug - Spring Awakening @ Pantages Theatre

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Mary Gordon-Murray - Cabaret @ Reprise Theatre Company

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Sasha Higgins - Kowalski @ Two Roads Theatre

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Richard Jenik/Amanda Kaschak - Caught @ Zephyr Theatre

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Carl Johnson - Wonderlust @ Theatre of Note

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Danielle Kennedy - Day Drinkers @ Odyssey Theatre

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Alice Lunsford  - Hollywood Arms @ Kentwood Players

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Virginia Newcomb/Lisa Richards - A House Not Meant To Stand @ Fountain Theatre

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Kelli Provart/Jenna Koker-Jones - The Wedding Singer @ MTW

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Bryce Ryness/Megan McGinnis  - A Dangerous Beauty @ Pasadena Playhouse

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Tom Sloan/Dee Ann Newkirk - I Never Sang For My Father @ The New American Theatre

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Erik Stein/Sam Zeller - My Fairytale @ PCPA Theatrefest, Solvang

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Amy Tolsky - Spider's Web @ Theatre 40 & I Love Lucy @ Greenway Court Theatre

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Carole Ita White  - The Prisoner of Second Avenue @ El Portal Mainstage

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Adam Wylie - The Robber Bridegroom @ ICT (International City Theatre), Long Beach

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Gina Yates  - The Trip to Bountiful @ Group Rep 

 


 

Unforgetable Comedy Duo Performances

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Grigware Talks Theatre Geoff Elliott and Deborah Strang - The Chairs @ A Noise Within, Glendale
Grigware Talks Theatre Joseph Fuqua and Jamie Torcellini - The Mystery of Irma Vep @ Rubicon Theatre, Ventura
Grigware Talks Theatre Paul C. Vogt and Kevin Blake - Laurel and Hardy @ Falcon Theatre

 

Best Solo Show: Male:

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Best Solo Shows: Female

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Spider Saloff - The Roar of the Butterfly @ Celebration Theatre

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Jennifer Leigh Warren - Diamonds Are Forever: The Songs of Dame Shirley Bassey @ The Renberg Theatre


 

Best Cabaret Artist: Male

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Steven Brinberg  - Simply Barbra @ M Bar

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Jason Graae - Perfect Hermany @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's

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Peter Mac - Becoming Judy @ The Gardenia


 

Best Cabaret Artist: Female

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Ann Hampton Callaway  - @ Catalina Jazz Club

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Dangerous Curves ( Lisa Smith, Karen Michaels, Margaret Menzies) - @ Sterling's

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Maxine Lapiduss  - @ Sterling's

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Freda Payne  - @ Catalina Jazz Club


 

Most Unique Cabaret/Variety Show

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Melodyland  - Melody Hollis @ Sterling's


 

Best Seasonal Shows

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A Christmas WestSide Story  - The Troubadour Theatre Co @ The Falcon Theatre

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The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever - @ Avery Schreiber Theatre

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Mrs. Scrooge The Musical  - @ Highways, Santa Monica


 

Star Making Performers

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Emrhys Cooper

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Juliet Landau

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Peter Mac


 

Special Nod To A Theatre

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Glendale Centre Theatre for - 1776 and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers


 

Spectacle 

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Iris  - Cirque du Soleil's unique show for Hollywood @ Kodak Theatre


 

Best CD

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From Kritzerland:
Perfect Hermany
Melodyland
The People in the Picture

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From Rhino:
Seasons Greetings
A Jersey Boys Christmas



Click here to view Grigware's Best In LA List 2010
 

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