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2008 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nominees Are Announced

By: Brian Scott Lipton · Sep 23, 2008  · Los Angeles

John Glover in <i>Secrets of the Trade</i><br>
(© EB Brooks)
John Glover in Secrets of the Trade
(© EB Brooks)
Nominations for the 2008 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards have been announced. The ceremony will be held at 7:30pm on November 17 at the Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A. and will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

The Civic Light Opera of Bay Cities' production of Miss Saigon led the pack with 11 nominations, including nods for actors Kevin Bailey, Jennifer Paz, Misty Cotton, and Eric Kunze, followed by 10 nominations for Musical Theatre West's production of All Shook Up, including nominations for actors Danny Calvert, Bets Malone, Barry Pearl, and Gwen Stewart. The Cabrillo Musical Theatre's productions of Jekyll & Hyde and Singin' in the Rain, received nine nominations each.

On the dramatic front, the Black Dahlia Theatre's production of Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade received six nominations, including nods for stars Amy Aquino, John Glover, and Mark Taylor; while the Geffen Playhouse's production of Jane Anderson's Quality of Life also received six nominations, with nods for actors Dennis Boutsikaris, Laurie Metcalf, and JoBeth Williams.

Other well-known performers who received nominations include Daniel Beaty (Emergency), Kathleen Chalftant (Red Dog Howls), JD Cullum (Of Equal Measure), Brandon Victor Dixon (Ray Charles Live -- The Musical), Megan Lawrence (Flora the Red Menace), Sharon Lawrence (Orson's Shadow), Tonya Pinkins (And Her Hair Went With Her), Cathy Rigby (L'il Abner), Matt Sax (Clay),and Nilaja Sun (No Child).

For more information, visit www.2008OvationAwards.com.




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