Just the Facts

I haven't had a chance yet to post my thoughts on the Ovations, but I can at least deliver this news: a complete list of the winners. (You can also go here.)

WORLD PREMIERE PLAY: Exits and Entrances, Athol Fugard, Fountain Theatre

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL: The Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World, Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen, Powerhouse Theatre Company at Inside the Ford, with Andrew Barrett-Weiss and Tess Skorczewski

PRODUCTION FROM A TOURING COMPANY: The Phantom of the Opera, Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre, Cameron Mackintosh, and Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc.

PLAY (SMALLER THEATRE): Master Class, Fountain Theatre

PLAY (LARGER THEATRE): All My Sons, Rubicon Theatre Company

FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MUSICAL IN A SMALLER THEATRE: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Celebration Theatre

MUSICAL (LARGER THEATRE): 1776, Performance Riverside

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY (three-way tie): Ray Cooney, Caught in the Net, International City Theatre; Stephen Sachs, Exits and Entrances, Fountain Theatre; Daniel Sullivan, Intimate Apparel, Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum and The Roundabout Theatre Company

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL: Nick DeGruccio, 1776, Performance Riverside

CHOREOGRAPHY: Dana Solimando, Swing!, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

MUSICAL DIRECTION: Dean Mora, Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues, Rubicon Theatre Company

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel, Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum and The Roundabout Theatre Company

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY: Morlan Higgins, Exits and Entrances, Fountain Theatre

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Yvette Freeman, Dinah Was, International City Theatre

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Steve Glaudini, 1776, Performance Riverside

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Carolyn Hennesy, The Fan Maroo, Theatre of NOTE

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Joseph Fuqua, All My Sons, Rubicon Theatre Company

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Jill Van Velzer, 1776, Performance Riverside

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Nils Anderson, 1776, Performance Riverside

RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE: Gigi Bermingham, Non-Vital Organs (redux), Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (tie): The cast of La Bohème,, Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre AND the cast of Caught in the Net, International City Theatre

SET DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE): Joel Daavid, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, RKA Productions in association with Sam Pink's Red Cat Jazz Cafe and Elephant Stageworks

SET DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE): Catherine Martin, La Bohème, Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE): Mike Durst, Nocturne, Black Dahlia Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE): Nigel Levings, La Bohème, Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

SOUND DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE) (tie): Steve Goodie, Cold/Tender, The Theatre @ Boston Court AND Julie Ferrin, Martin Carrillo, Paul Hepker, Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836, The Theatre @ Boston Court

SOUND DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE): Acme Sound Partners, La Bohème, Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

COSTUME DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE) (tie): Alex Jaeger, Romeo & Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836, the Theatre @ Boston Court AND A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, The Devils, Open Fist Theatre Company

COSTUME DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE): Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel, Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum and The Roundabout Theatre Company

James A. Doolittle Award for Leadership in the Theatre: Paula Holt

The Career Achievement Award: Betty Garrett

Community Outreach Award: Cornerstone Theater Company