BWW Announces Winners of 2010 Southern California Awards!

Best Choreography (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: Heather Castillo, SEUSSICAL
- 1st Runner up: Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, MARY POPPINS at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 2nd Runner up: Lee Martino, CAROUSEL
- 3rd Runner up: Rob Ashford, PARADE

Best Community/Youth Theatre:
*** Winner (tie): Children's Theatre Group of Southern California
  Winner (tie): LA Theatre Ensemble
- 1st Runner up: Theatre West
- 2nd Runner up: ACT-San Diego
- 3rd Runner up (tie): California Youth Conservatory
- 3rd Runner up (tie): Carlsbad Community Theatre

Best Costume Design (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: William Ivey Long, DREAMGIRLS at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 1st Runner up: Bob Crowley, MARY POPPINS at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 2nd Runner up: Christa Armendariz, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

Best Costume Design (Resident Non-Equity):
*** Winner: David Carnevale, ZANNA, DON'T
- 1st Runner up: Rachel Stivers, IT'S TOP SECRET, THE MUSICAL

Best Direction (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: Stephanie A. Coltrin, SEUSSICAL
- 1st Runner up (tie): Anna D. Shapiro, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at the Ahmanson Theatre
  1st Runner up (tie): Richard Jay-Alexander, I DO, I DO
  1st Runner up (tie): Rob Ashford, PARADE
- 2nd Runner up: Jeff Calhoun, BONNIE & CLYDE
- 3rd Runner up (tie): Wilson Milam: THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE at the Mark Taper Forum
  3rd Runner up (tie): Moises Kaufman: BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO at the Mark Taper Forum
  3rd Runner up (tie): Robert Longbottom: DREAMGIRLS at the Ahmanson Theatre

Best Ensemble (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 1st Runner up: CHESS
- 2nd Runner up: MARY POPPINS at the Ahmanson Theatre

Best Ensemble (Resident Non-Equity):   
*** Winner: THE GOLDEN GAYS
- 1st Runner up (tie): THE WHO'S TOMMY
  1st Runner up (tie): ZANNA DON'T
- 2nd Runner up: GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FIRST SQUAD
- 3rd Runner up (tie): A CHRISTMAS CAROL
  3rd Runner up (tie): HAMLET SHUT UP
   
Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: YELLOW
- 1st Runner up: GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FIRST SQUAD
    
Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident Non-Equity):   
*** Winner: THE GOLDEN GAYS
- 1st Runner up: GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FIRST SQUAD
- 2nd Runner up: FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST
- 3rd Runner up: Edward II
   
Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: Parade
- 1st Runner up: CHESS at the Met Theatre
- 2nd Runner up: 1776 - Musical Theatre West
- 3rd Runner up: SWEENEY TODD
   
Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity):
*** Winner: THE WHO'S TOMMY
- 1st Runner up: CINDERELLA
- 2nd Runner up: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
- 3rd Runner up: BYE, BYE BIRDIE
   
Best Revival of a Play (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
- 1st Runner up: THE GLASS MENAGERIE
- 2nd Runner up: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- 3rd Runner up: THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE at the Mark Taper Forum
   
Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity):
*** Winner: SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES
- 1st Runner up: WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf
- 2nd Runner up: WOUNDED
- 3rd Runner up: THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
   
Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity):
*** Winner: Bob Crowley, MARY POPPINS at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 1st Runner up: Todd Rosenthal, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at the Ahmanson Theatre
  1st Runner up: Christopher Beyries, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- 3rd Runner up: Robin Wagner, DREAMGIRLS at the Ahmanson Theatre
  3rd Runner up: Laura Fine Hawkes, THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE at the Mark Taper Forum
  3rd Runner up: Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC at the Ahmanson Theatre
   
Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity):
*** Winner: Christopher Scott Murillo, THE WHO'S TOMMY
- 1st Runner up: David Goldstein, ELEVATOR
- 2nd Runner up: David Carnevale, SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES
- 3rd Runner up: Trefoni Rizzi, CHRISTMAS CAROL
   
Best Touring Production:
*** Winner: WICKED
- 1st Runner up: IN THE HEIGHTS
- 2nd Runner up: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at the Ahmanson Theatre
- 2nd Runner up: AVENUE Q
- 3rd Runner up: MARY POPPINS at the Ahmanson Theatre
   
Theatrical Venue of the Year:
*** Winner: Ahmanson Theatre
- 1st Runner up: Pantages Theatre
- 2nd Runner up: Powerhouse Theatre
- 3rd Runner up: The Old Globe Theatre