[NEohioPAL] Times Theatre Tributes--2013

[Roy Berko]

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TIMES THEATER TRIBUTES--2013

Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)

Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theatre scene. It is the purpose
of the TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES to recognize theatrical experiences that, in
the view of this reviewer, were excellent and deserve recognition.

Only shows performed in 2013 which I reviewed were considered.  With the
exception of Best National Touring Production, selections were limited to
locally produced stagings though actors, directors and technicians who were
imported by local theatres for their productions were considered.  No
community or educational theatre recognitions are included.  Actors are
separated by gender, but not equity or lack of union affiliation, or
leading or supporting roles.  Names are listed in alphabetical order, not
in rank order.

*2013 BEST NON-MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS*
COCK, Dobama
FREUD’S LAST SESSION, Actors’ Summit
GOOD PEOPLE, CPH
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, GLT
ON THE LINE, none too fragile
RICHARD III, GLT
THE ICEMAN COMETH, Ensemble Theatre
THERE IS HAPINESS THAT MORNING IS, CPT
TIME STANDS STILL, Dobama
TWELVE ANGRY MEN, Blank Canvas
VENUS IN FUR, CPH
WHITE PEOPLE, none too fragile

*2013 BEST MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS*
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse
NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre
SPAMALOT, Beck Center
SWEENEY TODD, Great Lakes Theatre

*2013 BEST DIRECTOR OF A NON-MUSICAL*
Beth Wood, THERE IS HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, CPT
Corey Atkins, COCK, Dobama
Joel Hammer, THE BIG MEAL, Dobama
Laura Keply. GOOD PEOPLE, CPH
Laura Keply, VENUS IN FUR
Nathan Motta, TIME STANDS STILL, Dobama
Patrick Ciamacco, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, Blank Canvas
Sean Derry, ON THE LINE, none too fragile
Sean Derry, WHITE PEOPLE, none too fragile
Sharon Ott, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, GLT

*2013 BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL *
Eric van Baars, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse
Martin Friedman, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Scott Spence, SPAMALOT, Beck Center
Victoria Bussert, SWEENEY TODD, GLT

*2013 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A THEATER PRODUCTION*
John Crawford, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse
MaryAnn Black, SOUTH PACIFIC, Porthouse
Martin Céspedes, ANNIE, Beck Center
Martin Céspedes, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, GLT
Martin Céspedes, SPAMALOT, Beck Center

*2013 BEST PERFORMANCES BY A MALE IN A NON-MUSICAL*
Andrew Gombas, COCK, Dobama
Brian Zoldessy, FREUD’S LAST SESSION, Actors’ Summit
Chris Richards, SONS OF THE PROPHET, Dobama
Jonathan Wilhelm, SORDID LIVES, convergence continuum
Lynn Robert Berg, RICHARD III, GLT
Matthew Wright, THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, CPT
Robert, Branch, ON THE LINE, none too fragile

*2013 BEST PERFORMANCES BY A FEMALE IN A NON-MUSICAL*
Christine Howey, LIKE A DOBERMAN ON A QUARTER POUNDER, CPT
Derdriu Ring, THERE IS HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, CPT
Dee Hoyt, RICH GIRL, CPH
Heather Anderson Boll, TIME STANDS STILL, Dobama
Kate Hodge, GOOD PEOPLE, CPH
Liz Conway, SORDID LIVES, convergence continuum
Tracee Patterson, MEDEA, Mamaí
Vanessa Wasche, VENUS IN FUR, CPH

*2013 BEST PERFORMANCES BY A MALE IN A MUSICAL*
Chris Cowan, SWEENEY TODD, Great Lakes
Chris McCarrell, NEXT TO NORMAL, Beck Center/BW
Dougfred Miller, SPAMALOT, Beck Center
George Roth, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse
Gilgamesh Taggert, ANNIE, Beck Center
Hershey Felder,  MAESTRO:  LEONARD BERNSTEIN, CPH

*2013 BEST PERFORMANCES BY A FEMALE IN A MUSICAL*
Aimee Collier, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Aimee Collier, SHE LOVES ME, Beck Center
Anna  Barrett, ANNIE, Beck Center
Miche Braden, THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, CPH
Rebecca Pitcher, SHE LOVES ME, Beck Center
Sara Brunner, SWEENEY TODD, GLT

*2013 BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL*
Linda Buchanan, RICHARD III, GLT
Patrick Ciamacco, Andy Dudik and Noah Hibek, WORKING, Blank Canvas
Russ Borski, HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, Beck Center
Todd Krispinski, THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNINGS IS, CPT
Trad Burns, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Wilson Chin, RICH GIRL, Cleveland Play House

*2013 BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION*
Jennifer Korecki, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse
Joe Korecki, THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, CPH
Larry Goodpaster, SHE LOVES ME, Beck
Nancy Maier, NEXT TO NORMAL, Beck/BW

*2013 BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL*
Dana Duke, Big Twig Studio, Brian Caiazza, Brett Keyser,
video/sound/photography, STRUCK, CPT
Shane Cutlip, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse

*2013 BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL*
Charlotte Yetman, SWEENEY TODD, GLT
David Kay Mickelson, BELL, BOOK and CANDLE, CPH
Esther Haberlen, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, GLT

*2013 BEST LIGHTING DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL*
Marcus Dana, COCK, Dobama
Trad Burns, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre

*2013 BEST NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION*
Michael Bourne’s SLEEPING BEAUTY

*SPECIAL RECOGNITION*
Trad Burns for continued excellence in scenic and lighting design

Cleveland Critics Circle for creation and support for
Clevelandtheaterreviews.com

Roe Green for continued financial and participatory contributions to the
Cleveland area theatrical scene (Cleveland Play House, Kent State
University, Cleveland Critics Circle)

Sean Derry/none too fragile, continued excellence in selection of small
format, thought provoking, well staged scripts

Miles Sternfeld and Sean Szaller for THE WHO’S TOMMY, Broadway Fights AIDS
fundraiser

If any names are spelled incorrectly or there are errors in identifications
please let me know so I can change the permanent record on www.royberko.info
.

If you would like to read any of my reviews for the year, please go to
www.royberko.info, enter the blog and click on “2013 Reviews” or click on
the name of the producing theatre and scroll through their performances.
Reviews from previous years may also be accessed.

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