The best of our theater in 99-seats (or less) in the calendar year of 2009 gets recognized for the 31st year at the L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, March 29, 2010 at the El Rey, 5515 Wilshire Boulevard. This year's party (with open-bar and post-show reception) features the doo-wop stylings of Life Could Be A Dream heartthrobs, The Crooning Crabcakes. Tickets are $20 with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the spcaLA. Dress for 1960 (that would be, like, Jackie Kennedy or The Mad Men), or you'll feel like a dork. But in heels, blue velvet and thin tie, you'll be like a "Teenager in Love" all over again, no matter when you were born. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets to the public go on sale February 25. Check here from mid-February for the link to the box office. Each nominee gets one complimentary ticket. designer. For a list of nominees, press the More tab directly below.
PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR Battle Hymn, Circle X Theatre Company at [Inside] the Ford
Block Nine Elephant Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre Hamlet, Shut Up, Sacred Fools Theatre Company The Illusion, Open Fist Theatre Company Land of the Tigers, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theatre Company Munched, Buzzworks Theatre Company at the El Centro Theatre
COMEDY ENSEMBLE Block Nine, Elephant Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre The Devil With Boobs, Open Fist Theatre Company Hamlet Shut Up, Sacred Fools Theatre Company Land of the Tigers, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theatre Company Light up the Sky, Open Fist Theatre Company Monkey Madness, Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble at the Powerhouse Theatre Stranger, Bootleg Theatre
MALE COMEDY PERFORMANCE Hugo Armstrong, Land of the Tigers, Buglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Benjamin Burdick, Light up the Sky, Open Fist Theatre Company Michael Dunn, Stranger, Bootleg Theatre Jeremy Glazer, Block Nine, Elephant Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre Stephen Simon, Hamlet Shut Up, Sacred Fools Theatre Company Max Williams, Block Nine, Elephant Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre
