[NEohioPAL] Berko: Cleveland Critics Cirlce announces "Best" Theater Awards--2017

[Roy Berko]

*The Cleveland Critics Circle each year honors local theaters,
performances, performers and technicians of plays staged by Cleveland area
professional theaters during the January 1-December 31 year.*



*Awards Committee: Bob Abelman, Roy Berko, Kerry Clawson, Howard Gollop,
Mark Horning, Christine Howey, and Andrea Simakis.  *



*Following is a list of “Best” in each category.  To see the whole list go
to http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com/
<http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com/>*



*Best Musical Production: * *Newsies**, Porthouse Theatre*



*Best Non-Musical Production**: **The Flick**, Dobama Theatre*



*Best Actor **– **Musical**:  Alex Sylerk, The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Great Lakes*

*            Theater*



*Best Actor **– **Non-Musical**: Christopher M. Bohan, The Flick, Dobama
Theatre*



*Best Actress **–** Musical:**  Keri Rene Fuller, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame, Great Lakes Theater*



*Best Actress **– **Non-Musical**:  Lara Mielcarek, Well, Ensemble Theatre*



*Rising Star Award *

*            Male--Jabri Little, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama
Theatre,*



*            Female:  Logan Dior Williams, brownsville song (b-side for
tray), *


*Dobama Theatre*



*Best Director **– **Musical**: Terri Kent, Newsies, Porthouse Theatre*



*Best Director **– **Non-Musical**: Nathan Motta, The Flick, Dobama Theatre*




*Best Choreographer: Mary Ann Black, Newsies, Porthouse Theatre*



*Best Musical Direction:**  Jonathan Swoboda, Newsies, Porthouse Theatre*



*Best Scenic Design:   Walter Boswell, The Hairy Ape, Ensemble Theatre*



*Best Lighting Design: Russell H. Champa, Shakespeare in Love, Cleveland
Play *

*            House*



*Best Projection Design:  **T. Paul Lowry, Things as They Are, Playwrights*

* Local*



*Best Costume Design:   **Lex Liang, Shakespeare in Love, Cleveland*

* Play House*



*Best Sound Design: ** Cyrus O. Taylor, brownsville song (b-side for tray),
Dobama Theatre*



*Best Full-Production Premiere of a Script by a Local Writer:  How to Be a *

*            Respectable Junkie** by Greg Vovos, Dobama*



*Best Touring Production:  Waitress, Playhouse Square         *



*Special Mention: *



*Bill Rudman, for his outstanding advocacy of the American musical.
Through his Musical Theatre Project**’**s concerts, in-school residency
programs and radio broadcasts, he and his staff c**reate personal
connections with the art form, document the lives of musical theater
artists, and reinforce the relevancy of musical theater in contemporary
society.*



*Gina Vernaci, for enhancing the national profile of Cleveland and
Playhouse Square through the launching of Broadway tours and expanding the
runs of touring productions from two to three weeks. *



*Christine McBurney and Bernadette Clemens, for their five-year run
offering productions at Mamai Theatre, dedicated to producing women**’**s
plays from a classical canon.*



*Cleveland Shakespeare Festival and director Lisa Ortenzi for innovative
cross-gender casting in **The Taming of the Shrew.*



*Cleveland Public Theatre, for their continuing commitment to Teatro
Publico de Cleveland, the Cleveland-based Latin American theatre ensemble.*
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