The Carbonells
Posted on 06. Apr, 2012 by Howard Salus in Entertainment, featured, Florida News, The Arts Reviews
MALTZ JUPITER, PB DRAMAWORKS DOMINATE
STAR-STUDDED 36TH ANNUAL CARBONELL AWARDS
Ron Levitt, ENV Magazine, Florida Media News
FORT LAUDERDALE – It wasn’t a repeat of the Civil War (with the North winning again). After all, theatre people are really “one big, happy family.” Nonetheless, the northern counties (meaning mostly Palm Beach) dominated the 36TH annual Carbonell Awards Monday at the star-studded Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre –which had received 25 nominations (the most of any South Florida venue) took home seven of the Carbonell awards – the area’s prize closely akin to the Tonys for theatrical excellence — generally for the jukebox musical Crazy for You. In many cases, Crazy for You was competing against other Maltz nominees.
Most of the awards were picked up by the likeable Maltz Producing Artistic DIrector Andrew Kato, who told the audience he got his start there as a waiter when it was the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre. Among the Maltz musical honorees were best actor (Matt Loehr), best musical direction ( Helen Gregory) – all for Crazy for You , plus other productions at Maltz — costuming Jose M., Rivera (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Catherine Walker for best actress in a musical (The Sound of Music). If that wasn’t enough, Maltz also received the Bill von Maurer award given annually to a theatre company which ”exemplifies” the best in programming and educational outreach .
Also in Palm Beach county were the winners in the drama department, which kept producer Bill Hayes running to the acceptance podium on stage. Palm Beach Dramaworks was honored for best production with its debut show, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which also was the winning play for direction(J. Barry Lewis) and its lead actor (Kenneth TIgar). Dramaworks recently moved to an expanded West Palm Beach downtown site.
A third Palm Beach County company, Caldwell– with its best news in months after having its financial woes all over the news outlets locally– had three victories. The Caldwell’s production of Michael McKeever’s Stuff, inspired by real-life hoarders , won Carbonells for best new work, best supporting actress( the vibrant , obvious audience-favorite Angie Radosh) and best design, for Tim Bennett’s extraordinary set. Voters honored the cast of Broward County’s Mosaic Theatre’s for The Irish Curse — Ken Clement, Todd Allen Durkin, Barry Tarallo, Shane Tanner, Ryan Didato and director Avi Hoffman — with the best ensemble award. The award received an ovation for Mosaic founder/producer Richard Jay Simon.
Hoffman also received a unanimous applause after being named Best Actor in a supporting musical role for his turn in Hairspray at Actors Playhouse in Miami-Dade.It was his first Carbonell win in a career in which he has received multi nominations over the last 15 years here.
Deborah L. Sherman, who just shut down Broward’s Promethean Theatre(she was co-founder), won the best actress Carbonell for her performance in Mosaic’s Side Effects. Marckenson Charles won best supporting actor for his performance in Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts at GableStage, the only award won by the usually drama-dominant theatre in Dade County, despite pre-award hype for its production of the provocative play Masked. However, the Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County at Actors’ Playhouse, was the evening’s “ most shocking shutout,” according to several critics including the Miami Herald’s influential Christine Dolen.
Producer and former Carbonell board chairman Jay Harris was presented the Carbonells’ highest honor — The George Abbott Award for Achievement in the Arts. Also honored with a special award was Broward Cultural Division director Mary Becht, who received the Howard Kleinberg award for arts encouragement.
Following is the list of nominees with winner in boldface.
New Work
–Brothers Beckett by David Michael Sirois (Alliance Theatre Lab)
–Captiva by Christopher Demos-Brown (Zoetic Stage)
–The Cha Cha of a Camel Spider by Carter W. Lewis (Florida Stage)
–Stuff by Michael McKeever (Caldwell Theatre Company)
Production of a Play
–All My Sons (Palm Beach Dramaworks)
–August: Osage County (Actors’ Playhouse on the Miracle Mile)
–Clybourne Park (Caldwell)
–The Pillowman (Infinite Abyss)
–Stuff (Caldwell)
Director of a Play
–Joseph Adler, Red (GableStage)
–Jeffrey D. Holmes, The Pillowman, (Infinite Abyss)
–J. Barry Lewis, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Stuart Meltzer, Captiva (Zoetic)
–Richard Jay Simon, Side Effects (Mosaic Theatre Company)
Actor in a Play
–Ken Clement as Marley, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Avi Hoffman as Arthur in Superior Donuts (GableStage)
–Kenneth Tigar as Joe Keller, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Gregg Weiner as Mark Rothko, Red, (GableStage)
–Scott Douglas Wilson as Katurian, The Pillowman (Infinite Abyss)
Actress in a Play
–Kati Brazda as Maureen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Dramaworks)
–Elizabeth Dimon as Kate Keller, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Annette Miller as Violet, August: Osage County (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Deborah Sherman as Lindy, Side Effects (Mosaic)
–Laura Turnbull as Barbara, August: Osage County (Actors’ Playhouse)
Supporting Actor in a Play
–Antonio Amadeo as Ahmad Ahmadazai, The Cha Cha of a Camel Spider (Florida Stage)
–Marckenson Charles as Franco Wicks, Superior Donuts (GableStage)
–Mark Della Ventura as Doug, Brothers Beckett (Alliance)
–Ryan Didato as Ken, Red (GableStage)
–Todd Allen Durkin as Matthew, Captiva (Zoetic)
Supporting Actress in a Play
–Barbara Bradshaw as Mags, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Dramaworks)
–Renata Eastlick as Number Two, Eclipsed (Women’s Theatre Project)
–Elvire Emmanuelle as Number Four, Eclipsed (Women’s Theatre Project)
–Angie Radosh as Susie Gage Frost Collyer, Stuff (Zoetic at Caldwell)
–Laura Turnbull as Marie, Lombardi (Mosaic)
Production of a Musical
–Crazy For You (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)
–Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–The Light in the Piazza (Broward Stage Door Theatre)
–Song of the Living Dead (Promethean Theatre Company)
–The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Director of a Musical
–Margaret M. Ledford, Song of the Living Dead (Promethean)
–Michael Leeds, The Light in the Piazza (Broward Stage Door)
–Mark Martino, Crazy For You (Maltz)
–Mark Martino, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Marc Robin, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Actor in a Musical
–Matt Loehr as Bobby, Crazy For You (Maltz)
–John Pinto Jr. as Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Michael Sharon as Captain von Trapp, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
–Dylan Thompson as Fabrizio, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
Actress in a Musical
–Colleen Amaya as Marian Paroo, The Music Man (Stage Door)
–Joline Mujica as Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Vanessa Sonon as Polly, Crazy For You (Maltz)
–Gabrielle Visser as Margaret Johnson, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Catherine Walker as Maria, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Supporting Actor in a Musical
–Clay Cartland as Larry Hardman, Song of the Living Dead
–Michael Brian Dunn as Zangler, Crazy For You (Maltz)
–Avi Hoffman as Wilbur Turnblad, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Bruce Rebold as Signor Naccarelli, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Ryan Williams as the Pharaoh, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
Supporting Actress in a Musical
–Lara Hayhurst, as Clara, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Julie Kleiner as Penny Pingleton, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Natalie Ramirez as Franca, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Avery Sommers as Motormouth Maybelle, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–April Woodall as the Mother Superior, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Musical Direction
–Helen Gregory, Crazy For You (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)
–David Nagy, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Kim Douglas Steiner, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Garret Taylor, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Aaron McAllister, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Choreography
–Chrissy Ardito, The Music Man (Stage Door)
–Chrissy Ardito, Song of the Living Dead (Promethean)
–Barbara Flaten, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Mark Martino, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Shea Sullivan, Crazy For You (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)
Scenic Design
–Michael Amico, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Tim Bennett, Stuff (Caldwell)
–Douglas Grinn, Lombardi (Mosaic)
–Sean McClelland, August: Osage County (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Michael Schweikardt, The Sound of Music (Maltz)
Lighting Design
–Paul Black, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–John D. Hall, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Andrew Meyers, The Light in the Piazza (Stage Door)
–Jeff Quinn, Red (GableStage)
–Patrick Tennent, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Actors’ Playhouse)
Costume Design
–Brian O’Keefe, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
–Jose M. Rivera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Ellis Tillman, Hairspray (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Ellis Tillman, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play (GableStage)
–Ellis Tillman, Song of the Living Dead (Promethean)
Sound Design
–Victoria Deiorio, The 39 Steps (Maltz)
–Alexander Herrin, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, (Actors’ Playhouse)
–Keith Kohrs, Crazy For You (Maltz)
–Marty Mets, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Maltz)
–Rich Szczublewski, All My Sons (Dramaworks)
Ensemble
–Brothers Beckett (Alliance)
–The Brothers Size (GableStage)
–Clybourne Park (Caldwell)
–The Irish Curse (Mosaic)
–Masked (GableStage)
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