NYMF Announces 2007 Awards in Excellence Winners

(Adding onto what I previously posted about Unlock'd winning the best of fest awards)

BEST IN FEST AUDIENCE PRIZE
Unlock'd

Honorable Mentions: Bernice Bobs Her Mullet, Back Home

MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL
The Boy in the Bathroom

Honorable Mentions: Unlock'd, Love Sucks

EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC
Danny Larsen, The Yellow Wood

Honorable Mentions: Marcus Hummon, The Piper; Stephanie Johnstone, Tully (In No Particular Order)

EXCELLENCE IN LYRICS
Noel Katz, Such Good Friends

Honorable Mentions: Sam Carner, Unlock'd; Frank Evans, Back Home

EXCELLENCE IN BOOK
Michael Lluberes, The Boy in the Bathroom

Honorable Mentions: Joan Cushing, Petite Rouge (A Cajun Red Riding Hood); Kate Ferguson & Robert Hudson, Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years)

EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION
Marc Bruni, Such Good Friends

Honorable Mentions: Michael Lluberes, The Boy in the Bathroom; BD Wong, The Yellow Wood

EXCELLENCE IN CHOREOGRAPHY
Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Jeff Shade, Nick Kenkel and Matt Williams, Platforms

Honorable Mentions: Kevin Remington, The Beastly Bombing; Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Mud Donahue and Son

EXCELLENCE IN OVERALL DESIGN
The Boy in the Bathroom (Seth Easter, set; Carrie Wood, lighting; Lisa Renee Jordan, costumes; Elizabeth Rhodes, sound)

Honorable Mentions: The Good Fight (Alison Fraser, Bronwyn Mace & Lorraine Koh, costumes; Glen Hunter, lighting; Daniel Jongen, sound and additional production);Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years) (Meghan Williams, props; Jason Lyons, lighting; Christie Carroll, costumes; Ken Travis, sound)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Going Down Swingin' (Stacie Bono, Tom Deckman, Leo Ash Evens, George McDaniel, Meredith Patterson, Hardy Rawls, Marla Schaffel, Christopher Shyer, James Stovall)

Honorable Mentions: The Boy in the Bathroom (Ana Noguiera, Mary Stout, Michael Zahler); Unlock'd (Jackie Burns, Alison Cimmet, Maria Couch, William Thomas Evans, Sarah Jane Everman, Chris Gunn, Mary Catherine McDonald, Christopher Totten, Jim Weitzer, Darryl Winslow)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Stephen Bel Davies, Austentatious
Linda Hart, Gemini the Musical
Liz Larsen, Such Good Friends
Kate Shindle, Sympathy Jones
Laura Shoop, Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years)
Mary Stout, The Boy in the Bathroom
Yuka Takara, The Yellow Wood
Shonn Wiley, Mud Donahue and Son

So the big player here I didn't see was Boy In The Bathroom. Also didn't see Sherlock Holmes, but...as I said before, congratulations to Unlock'd! Very well deserved. I think it was definitely the best of the 16 NYMF shows I've seen.

I look forward to future productions!

Congrats to them and Love Sucks for Honorable mentions, agree with the Yellow Wood's music, though Tully's was great, Such Good Friend's lyrics and direction, Platforms of course for choreography, and Going Down Swingin for ensemble! One I didn't think of, but am very pleased with, also well deserved!

Individual-wise, certainly agree with Kate Shindle, Liz Larsen, Yuka Takara, and Shonn Wiley. Not so sure about Linda Hart...she was funny, but didn't have the hugest part and wasn't the biggest part of the story...I guess Stephen Bel Davies was good in Austentatious, maybe I was just overall disappointed in the show, but he was *awesome* in the show's final 20 minutes.

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Updated On: 10/17/07 at 12:02 AM

A friend worked on that show...and I adored it.

The song about going East is one of the best theatre songs I've heard in a VERY long time. Terrific cast, delightful score. Just wonderful. A well-deserved win!

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Good for Kate Shindle...she definitely deserved it!

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Anybody going to the opening performance tonight at the Duke?
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