Lia Chang: Manu Narayan, Mark Bennett, Lea Salonga, Michael K. Lee and Stafford Arima Among 2012 Craig Noel Award Nominees

Congrats to Bombay Dream vet Manu Narayan, who has been nominated for a 2012 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for his electrifying turn as Ricky Roma in La Jolla Playhouse’s revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, in the category of outstanding male featured performance in a play.
Multimedia: Manu Narayan Dazzles as Richard Roma in La Jolla Playhouse’s Revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross

Manu Narayan (Photo by Lia Chang)

Upon hearing the news, Narayan said, “Wow! I am humbled to be nominated by the San Diego Critics Circle. It’s an honor to be recognized for my work, and I share it with my fellow castmate and nominee James Sutorious, as well as my other brilliant castmates Peter Maloney, Jeff Marlow, Matt MacNelly, Ray Anthony Thomas, and Johnny Wu. Working with Christopher Ashley and the rest of my castmates on Glengarry Glen Ross is one of the highlights of my career. La Jolla Playhouse and San Diego are filled with amazing people, and I look forward to working there again soon.”

Narayan can be seen next in a guest starring role as a doctor on the pilot episode of NBC’s “Deception” on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10pm EST.

On Monday, February 4, 2013, more than 110 local and national theater artists representing more than 45 San Diego theatrical productions will compete for the 2012 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 700 Prospect Drive, La Jolla, CA. The award ceremony, which will take place from 6 to 10 p.m., is produced by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Admission to the ceremony is free. Reservations and details can be found at www.sdcriticscircle.org.

Michael K. Lee as Frankie Suzuki and Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura in the World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical, with music and lyrics by Jay Kuo and book by Marc Acito, Kuo and Lorenzo Thione, directed by Stafford Arima, at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Allegiance, The Old Globe’s world premiere musical starring George Takei, Telly Leung and Lea Salonga, is in the lead with six nominations including Outstanding New Musical; an outstanding female featured performance nomination for Salonga’s portrayal of Kei Kimura and an outstanding male featured performance in a musical nod for Michael K. Lee as Frankie Suzuki. Helmer Stafford Arima was nominated for outstanding direction of a musical, Howard Binkley for outstanding lighting design and Darrel Maloney for outstanding projection design. The Old Globe’s Production Photos of George Takei, Lea Salonga, Telly Leung and Paolo Montalban in World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical

Moxie Theatre’s revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s, A Raisin in the Sun also received six nominations. Cygnet Theatre’s production of the musical, Parade and The Old Globe’s production of the musical The Scottsboro Boys received five.

Productions with four nominations included The Old Globe’s world premiere musical Nobody Loves You, Moonlight Stage Productions’ Sweeney Todd, The Old Globe’s Summer Shakespeare Festival revival of Inherit the Wind, and two productions from ion theatre: Top Dog/Underdog, and The Little Flower of East Orange.

(center, from left) Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura, Telly Leung as Sammy Kimura, George Takei as Ojii-san and Paul Nakauchi as Tatsuo Kimura with the cast of the World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Competing for the outstanding resident musical award will be The Scottsboro Boys, Parade, and Moonlight’s Fiddler on the Roof. Allegiance is up against the Broadway-bound La Jolla Playhouse production of Hands on a Hardbody, Nobody Loves You, Diversionary Theatre’s world premiere production of Harmony, Kansas, and La Jolla Playhouse’s adaptation of the Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in the category of outstanding new musical. Competing for the outstanding dramatic production award will be A Raisin in the Sun, Inherit the Wind, Top Dog/Underdog, and two La Jolla Playhouse offerings, Blood and Gifts, and An Iliad.

In the musical acting categories, the nominees for outstanding female leading performance in a musical are Sandy Campbell (Parade), Bets Malone (Sweeney Todd), along with Natalie Storrs for the Welk Resorts Theatre’s production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hilary Maiberger for Moonlight’s Little Women: The Musical. The nominees for outstanding male lead in a musical are Hunter Foster (Hands on a Hardbody), and Robert Townsend (Sweeney Todd), along with Sean Murray (Man of La Mancha, produced by Cygnet Theatre), Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper (Words By…, produced by North Coast Repertory Theatre), and Shaun Tuazon (Deconstruction of a Drag Queen, produced by Circle Circle dot dot Theatre).

In the dramatic acting categories, the outstanding female leading performance nominees are Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson (A Raisin in the Sun), Dana Green (As You Like It, produced by The Old Globe’s Summer Shakespeare Festival), Yolanda Franklin (The Sugar Witch, produced by OnStage Playhouse) Eva Kaminsky (Good People, produced by The Old Globe), and Catalina Maynard (Julia, produced by ion theatre). The outstanding male lead performance in a play nominees are co-stars Robert Foxworth and Adrian Sparks (Inherit the Wind), Laurence Brown (Top Dog/Underdog), Jeffrey Jones (The Little Flower of East Orange), and Mark Christopher Lawrence for performances in both Top Dog/Underdog and A Raisin in the Sun.

Mark Bennett (Photo by Lia Chang)

The outstanding sound design nominees are Mark Bennett (An Iliad at La Jolla Playhouse), Kevin Anthenill, (The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Moxie Theatre), Melanie Chen (Blasted, ion theatre), Lindsay Jones (The Recommendation, The Old Globe), Shahrokh Yadegari (Blood and Gifts, La Jolla Playhouse)Mark Bennett Receives Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for An Iliad

The outstanding ensemble award will be presented to the cast of one of the following productions: A Raisin in the Sun, Parade, The Scottsboro Boys, The Little Flower of East Orange, Kita y Fernanda (produced by Mo’olelo Performing Arts), or In the Red and Brown Water (produced by the University of California, San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance).

Founded in 1983 and re-established in 2002, the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is an independent, nonprofit organization of print and online theater critics dedicated to open and honest dialogue about theatre in San Diego County and to honoring artistic excellence. The members of the organization are professional critics writing for daily newspapers, magazines, alternative weeklies, entertainment trade publications, broadcast media, and web sites in San Diego County. The Circle’s annual awards for outstanding San Diego theatre are named for the late Craig Noel, founder and longtime artistic director of The Old Globe and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts for his contributions to American regional theater in the 20th century.

Nominees for the 2011 Craig Noel Awards:
Outstanding Resident Musical
Fiddler on the Roof, Moonlight Stage Productions
Parade, Cygnet Theatre
The Scottsboro Boys, The Old Globe

Outstanding New Musical
Allegiance, The Old Globe
Hands on a Hardbody, La Jolla Playhouse
Harmony, Kansas, Diversionary Theatre
Nobody Loves You, The Old Globe
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, La Jolla Playhouse

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Sandy Campbell, Parade, Cygnet Theatre
Hilary Maiberger, Little Women, The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Bets Malone, Sweeney Todd, Moonlight Stage Productions
Natalie Storrs, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Welk Resorts Theatre

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male
Sean Murray, Man of La Mancha, Cygnet Theatre
Hunter Foster, Hands on a Hardbody, La Jolla Playhouse
Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, Words By … North Coast Repertory Theatre
Robert Townsend, Sweeney Todd, Moonlight Stage Productions
Shaun Tuazon, Deconstruction of a Drag Queen, Circle Circle dot dot

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Male
Anthony Carrillo, Sweeney Todd, Moonlight Stage Productions
David Kirk Grant, Man of La Mancha, Cygnet Theatre
Michael K. Lee, Allegiance, The Old Globe
Kurt Norby, Man of La Mancha, Cygnet Theatre
Taylor Peckham, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Musical, Intrepid Shakespeare Company

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Female
Eileen Bowman, Guys and Dolls, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Eileen Bowman, Joe vs. the Volcano, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Lauren Molina, Nobody Loves You, The Old Globe
Lea Salonga, Allegiance, The Old Globe
Karen Ziemba, A Room with a View, The Old Globe

Stafford Arima (Photo by Lia Chang)

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Stafford Arima, Allegiance, The Old Globe
Sean Murray, Parade, Cygnet Theatre
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys, The Old Globe
Michelle Tattenbaum, Nobody Loves You, The Old Globe
James Vasquez, Harmony, Kansas, Diversionary Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction
Eric Ebbenga, The Scottsboro Boys, The Old Globe
Elan McMahan, As You Like It, The Old Globe
Elan McMahan, Fiddler on the Roof, Moonlight Stage Productions
Elan McMahan, Sweeney Todd, Moonlight Stage Productions
Billy Thompson, Parade, Cygnet Theatre

Outstanding Choreography
Michael Mizerany, Altar Boyz, Noah Longton Presents at Diversionary Theatre
Bradley Rapier, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, La Jolla Playhouse
Colleen Kollar Smith, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Musical Intrepid Shakespeare Company
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys, The Old Globe
Javier Velasco, Zoot Suit, The San Diego Repertory Theatre

Outstanding New Score
A Room with a View, music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock with additional lyrics by Marc Acito, The Old Globe
Hands on a Hardbody, music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green; lyrics by Amanda Green, La Jolla Playhouse
Harmony, Kansas, music by Anna K. Jacobs; lyrics by Bill Nelson, Diversionary Theatre
Nobody Loves You, music by Gaby Alter; lyrics by Itamar Moses and Gaby Alter, The Old Globe

Outstanding Dramatic Production
A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre
An Iliad, La Jolla Playhouse
Blood and Gifts, La Jolla Playhouse
Inherit the Wind, The Old Globe
Topdog/Underdog, ion theatre

Outstanding Ensemble
A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre
In the Red and Brown Water, University of California, San Diego, Department of Theatre & Dance
Kita y Fernanda, Mo’olelo Performing Arts
Parade, Cygnet Theatre
The Little Flower of East Orange, ion theatre
The Scottsboro Boys, The Old Globe

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Male
Laurence Brown, Topdog/Underdog, ion theatre
Robert Foxworth, Inherit the Wind, The Old Globe
Jeffrey Jones, The Little Flower of East Orange, ion theatre
Mark Christopher Lawrence, A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre
Mark Christopher Lawrence, Topdog/Underdog, ion theatre
Adrian Sparks, Inherit the Wind, The Old Globe

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female
Yolanda Franklin, The Sugar Witch, OnStage Playhouse
Dana Green, As You Like It, The Old Globe
Eva Kaminsky, Good People, The Old Globe
Catalina Maynard, Julia, Ion Theatre
Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson, A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Female
Kaja Amado Dunn, Around the World in 80 Days, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Yolanda Franklin, A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre
Samantha Ginn, Hickorydickory, Moxie Theatre
Dana Green, Richard III, The Old Globe
Trina Kaplan, The Little Flower of East Orange, Ion Theatre

Manu Narayan (left) as “Richard Roma” and James Sutorius as “Dave Moss” in La Jolla Playhouse’s production of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, by David Mamet, directed by Christopher Ashley. Photo by Craig Schwartz

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Male
Phil Johnson, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Coronado Playhouse
Stu James, Hoodoo Love, Mo’olelo Performing Arts
Manu Narayan, Glengarry Glen Ross, La Jolla Playhouse
Claudio Raygoza, The Little Flower of East Orange, ion theatre
Mike Sears, A Behanding in Spokane, Cygnet Theatre
James Sutorius, Glengarry Glen Ross, La Jolla Playhouse

Outstanding New Play
Julia, Claudio Raygoza, ion Theatre
The Recommendation, Jonathan Caren, The Old Globe
Tortilla Curtain, T. C. Boyle, as adapted by Matthew Spangler, San Diego Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Adrian Noble, Inherit the Wind, The Old Globe
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, A Raisin in the Sun, Moxie Theatre
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Topdog/Underdog, ion Theatre
Lucie Tiberghian, Blood and Gifts, La Jolla Playhouse
Gregory Wallace, In the Red and Brown Water, UC San Diego, Department of Theatre & Dance

Outstanding Sound Design
Kevin Anthenill, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Moxie Theatre
Mark Bennett, An Iliad, La Jolla Playhouse
Melanie Chen, Blasted, ion theatre
Lindsay Jones, The Recommendation, The Old Globe
Shahrokh Yadegari, Blood and Gifts, La Jolla Playhouse

Outstanding Costume Design
Deirdre Clancy, Inherit the Wind, The Old Globe
Mary Larson, Zoot Suit, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Shirley Pierson, Pippin, Diversionary Theatre
Jeanne Reith, Joe vs. the Volcano, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Deborah Roberts, White Christmas, San Diego Musical Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design
Howell Binkley, Allegiance, The Old Globe
Alan Burrett, As You Like It, The Old Globe
David Lander, A Room With a View, The Old Globe
Jean-Yves Tessier, Fiddler on the Roof, Moonlight Stage Productions
Scott Zielinski, An Iliad, La Jolla Playhouse

Outstanding Scenic Design
Robert Brill, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, La Jolla Playhouse
Wilson Chin, Anna Christie, The Old Globe
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Hickorydickory, Moxie Theatre
Todd Rosenthal, Glengarry Glen Ross, La Jolla Playhouse
Bruce Wilde, The Sugar Witch, OnStage Playhouse

Outstanding Projection Design
Darrel Maloney, Allegiance, The Old Globe
Michael McKeon, Joe vs. the Volcano, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Shawn Sagady, American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose, La Jolla Playhouse
Ian Wallace, Tortilla Curtain, San Diego Repertory Theatre

Other awards to be announced on February 4 include Outstanding Young Artist/Sandra Ellis Troy Scholarship, Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Orchestrations, Outstanding Featured Musical Performance in Play, Outstanding Special Event, Outstanding Solo Performance, Actor of the Year, and Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theater Company.

Founded in 1983 and re-established in 2002, the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is an independent, nonprofit organization of print and online theater critics dedicated to open and honest dialogue about theater in San Diego County and to honoring artistic excellence.

The members of the organization are professional critics writing for daily newspapers, magazines, entertainment trade publications and Web sites in San Diego, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.

The organization’s major event is an awards program held each January, honoring the previous year’s finest in theater production, direction, acting, playwriting, scoring and technical achievements. The event is presented free of charge to the theatrical community thanks to the gracious support of private underwriters.

In 2002, the awards were renamed in honor of Craig Noel, longtime artistic director at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre and the founding father of San Diego’s theater community, who passed away in 2010.

The Craig Noel Awards program is underwritten by San Diego arts philanthropists, including Donald & Darlene Shiley, Danah H. Fayman, Audrey Geisel, The Harvey & Sheryl White Foundation, Osborn & Dea Hurston, Jay & Julie Sarno, Yolanda Braunagel and Ted & Trina Kaplan.

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Lia Chang: Mark Bennett Receives Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for An Iliad

Congrats to Mark Bennett on his Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for the New York Theatre Workshop’s critically-acclaimed production of AN ILIAD, by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare.http://www.playbill.com/news/article/161274-Lucille-Lortel-Award-Nominations-Announced-Once-and-Tribes-Lead-the-Pack

Lia Chang and Mark Bennett

Bennett also wrote the original music for AN ILIAD, which spins the familiar tale of gods and goddesses, undying love and endless battles told through an original and immediate voice.

Making its New York premier, Tony Award-winning actors Denis O’Hare (Assassins, Take Me Out) and Stephen Spinella (Angels in America) have alternated as performers in this sweeping account of humanity’s unshakeable attraction to violence, destruction and chaos, which has been extended through April 1, 2012.

Charles Isherwood of The New York Times writes, “The subtle, dramatic music of Mark Bennett is primarily played live by the bassist Brian Ellingsen, coaxing an amazing variety of sounds from his instrument.”

Andy Propst of Theatermania.com writes, “Mark Bennett provides the stirring soundscape and haunting original music played by bassist Brian Ellingsen.”

Joe Dziemianowicz of The New York Daily News writes,”The music composed by Mark Bennett is as urgent and haunting as the story itself.”

David Sheward of Backstage writes, “Bassist Brian Ellingsen soulfully plays Mark Bennett’s symphonic original music.”

NYTW is at 79 E. 4th Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue, in the East Village. Tickets to AN ILIAD are $70 Remaining performances are Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 3 PM and 8 PM; Sunday at 2 PM and 7 PM.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.ticketcentral.com or by phone at Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or at the NYTW box office. www.nytw.org.

Mark Bennett has composed scores and designed sound for the American premieres of new plays by Edward Albee, Arthur Miller, Tom Stoppard, Athol Fugard, Tony Kushner and Caryl Churchill, among many others. Recent Broadway projects include Lincoln Center’s THE COAST OF UTOPIA (dir. by Jack O’Brien, Drama Desk Award; Oustanding Music for a Play/Henry Hewes Award; Outstanding Sound Design), HENRY IV (directed by Jack O’Brien), GOLDA’S BALCONY, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE GOAT, TARTUFFE, Lily Tomlin’s SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, THE LION IN WINTER, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, LONDON ASSURANCE, and A STEADY RAIN (dir. by John Crowley).

Recent Off-Broadway scores include THE BRIDGE PROJECT (“Cherry Orchard”/”Winter’s Tale” dir. by Sam Mendes) for BAM. THE SEAGULL (dir. by Mike Nichols), HAMLET, YHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, A WINTER’S TALE, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (dir. by, and starring, Vanessa Redgrave), PERICLES, TIMON OF ATHENS, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, A COMEDY OF ERRORS, DOGEATERS, and KIT MARLOWE for the Public Theater; Music and Sound Design for: SATURN RETURNS, THE NEW CENTURY, CHAUCER IN ROME, THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO, PRIDE’S CROSSING, and THE LIGHTS for Lincoln Center Theater; WONDER OF THE WORLD and COLLECTED STORIES for the Manhattan Theater Club; SONGS FOR AN UNMADE BED (contributing composer), Paul Rudnick’s VALHALLA, LYPSINKA (A DAY IN THE LIFE), MAD FOREST (also at MTC and Berkeley Rep), LOVE AND ANGER and Athol Fugard’s MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! For New York Theatre Workshop, THE SCARLETT LETTER and THE ENTERTAINER for Classic Stage Company. Mark was the resident composer and sound designer for the Ridiculous Theatrical Company for five years.

As a musical theater composer Mark was recently commissioned by The La Jolla Playhouse to score and co-write lyrics for MOST WANTED (co-lyrics and book by Jessica Hagedorn, dir. by Michael Greif). The musical was presented by The La Jolla Playhouse in 2007.

Mark is the recipient of multiple grants from the NEA, NYFA, NYSCA, and The Mary Cary Flagler Charitable Trust. He received a 1998 OBIE for Sustained Excellence, A New York Dance and Performance (BESSIE) Award for composition, Ovation, Robbie, and Garland Awards. He has also received ten Drama Desk and two Lucille Lortel Award nominations. Mark has been a Yamaha Artist since 2002.

The 27th annual Lortel Awards, celebrating Off-Broadway work, will be presented May 6 at the 7 PM at the Skirball Center.

Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists and academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Lortel Voting Committee. The Lucille Lortel Awards ceremony is produced by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Click here for a full list of the nominees.

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