The January 2007 Ovation Awards, Celebrating the Musicals of 2006
The following is a list of the awards, the top nominations for each award, and the winner of the award in bold:
Outstanding Production: Cabaret – Arts Club Theatre Company Fiddler On The Roof – Footlight Theatre Rocky Horror Picture Show – Wicked Awesome Theatre Seussical, the musical – Centre Stage Productions & Random Entertainment Urinetown – Firehall Arts Centre You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – Blockhead Productions Outstanding Revue or Musical In Concert: A Kitsmas Carol – Broadway Chorus Cookin’ At The Cookery – Arts Club Theatre Company Flower Drum Song – APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert Louisiana Purchase – APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert Waking Up A Generation – Ignite Productions Outstanding New Work: A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens, adapted by James Fagan Tait, music composed by Joelysa Pankanea, presented by the Vancouver Playhouse How I Became Queen – Book, music and lyrics by AK Coope, presented by Evergreen Cultural Centre Ink, the musical – Book, music and lyrics by John Paul Byrne, presented by Tryptych Theatricals Into the Heart of the Sangoma – Book, music and lyrics by Ann Mortifee, presented by the Arts Club Theatre Company Outstanding High School Musical Production: 42nd Street – Earl Marriott (White Rock) Brutalis – Langley Fine Arts School (Langley) Footloose – St. Thomas Moore Collegiate (Burnaby) Fiddler On The Roof – Archbishop Carney School (Port Coquitlam) Oklahoma – Eric Hamber Secondary School (Vancouver) The Pajama Game – Magee Secondary School (Vancouver) Outstanding Music Director: Mike Broder - Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre Barbara Brolly – Lock Up Your Daughters, North Vancouver Community Players Jim Bryson – Peter Pan, Royal City Musical Theatre Kevin Michael Cripps – Children of Eden, Exit Twenty Two (Capilano College Musical Theatre Program) Christopher King – Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Ya-Wen Vivienne Wang – Urinetown, Firehall Arts Centre Outstanding Director: Peter Jorgensen – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Blockhead Productions Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau – Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Ryan Mooney – Flower Drum Song, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert Lloyd Nicholson – Peter Pan, Royal City Musical Theatre Emilio Salituro – The Diary of Adam and Eve, Little Apple Co-Op Donna Spencer – Urinetown, Firehall Arts Centre Outstanding Choreographer: Kaye Andrushak – Lock Up Your Daughters, North Vancouver Players Courteny Bannon & Jhoely Triana – Anything Goes, Pipedream Theatre Project Valerie Easton – Cabaret, Arts Club Theatre Company Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg – Urinetown, Firehall Arts Centre Keri Horton – Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre Shelley Stewart Hunt – Emily, Gateway Theatre Outstanding Design: Naomi Lazarus, Costume Design, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre Jean Claude Oliver, Set Design – Peter Pan, Royal City Musical Theatre Ted Roberts, Set Design – Cabaret, Arts Club Theatre Company Philip Tidd, Set Design – Emily, Gateway Theatre Simon Webb, Set Design - The Diary of Adam and Eve, Little Apple Co-Op Outstanding Lead Performance (Male): Geoff Campbell – Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre Damon Calderwood – Diary of Adam & Eve, Little Apple Co-op Tim Johnston – Seusical, the musical - Centre Stage Productions & Random Entertainment Chad Matchette – Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Matt Palmer – Urinetown, Firehall Arts Centre Iain Stewart – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Blockhead Productions |
Outstanding Lead Performance (Female):
Kayla Dunbar - You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – Blockhead Productions Sarah Gay – Anything Goes, Pipedream Theatre Project Kimberley Hargreaves – Seusical, Centre Stage Productions & Random Entertainment Sara-Jeanne Hosie - Cabaret, Arts Club Theatre Company Robyn Katrenicz - Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Tracy Neff -Urinetown, Firehall Arts Centre Amy Wallis -Peter Pan, Royal City Musical Theatre Outstanding Supporting Performance (Male): Joel Ballard – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Blockhead Productions Stephan Boheimer - Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre Jeff Deglow - Anything Goes, Pipedream Theatre Project Daniel Pitout – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Blockhead Productions James Fagan Tait – Peter Pan, Royal City Musical Theatre Jimmy Yi – Flower Drum Song, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert Outstanding Supporting Performance (Female): Laura Cowan – Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Nancy Ebert – Lock Up Your Daughters, North Shore Community Players Kaylee Harwood – Seusical, Centre Stage Productions & Random Entertainment Kelly Metzger – Emily, Gateway Theatre Jennifer Suratos – Fiddler On The Roof, Footlight Theatre Outstanding Gypsy (Male): Andy Cohen – Louisiana Purchase Leo Chiu – Flower Drum Song/Anything Goes Michel Guimond – Louisiana Purchase/Seusical, the musical Richard Lam – Flower Drum Song/Babes In Arms Ryan Reid – Urinetown/Cabaret Outstanding Gypsy (Female): Sylvie Charlotte Gosse – Cabaret/Beauty and the Beast Kaylee Harwood – Seusical/Louisiana Purchase/Mikado Katie Murphy – Peter Pan Nicol Spinola – Emily/Peter Pan Lori Watt – Rocky Horror Picture Show Outstanding Newcomer (Male): Neil Aspinal – Anything Goes/Babes In Arms Daniel Pitout – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown/Peter Pan Richard Lam – Babes In Arms/Anything Goes Mat Baker – Seusical/Children Of Eden Robert Markus – Anything Goes Shane Snow – Beauty and the Beast Outstanding Newcomer (Female): Amanda Assalone – Fiddler On The Roof/You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown Kayla Dunbar – You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown Jennifer Newman – Children of Eden/Seusical Danielle Leger – Babes In Arms Nicol Spinola – Emily/Peter Pan Behind the scenes Award: Rachel Bland, Cabaret – Arts Club Theatre Company Pearl Hargreaves, Seussical - Centre Stage Productions & Random Entertainment Scott McGrath, Fiddler On The Roof – Footlight Theatre Reta Koropatnick, Rocky Horror Picture Show – Wicked Awesome Theatre Tirsh van Kuyk, The Mikado – Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society Outstanding Achievement In 2006 Award: Former Langley resident Mel Atkey for writing his book Broadway North, The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre along with Natural Heritage Books for publishing the book. Outstanding Longtime Achievement Award: Johnny Duncan, Metro Theatre Society |