NHTA 10

Happy 10th Anniversary NH Theatre Awards

For the complete winner list go to the NH Theatre Awards Website or here: http://http//caughtintheactnh.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-nh-theatre-awards-winners.html

I love the NH Theatre Awards because it really exposes me to shows I may have not seen throughout the year as well as new theatres to add to my ever growing list of places to go see shows at. Last night was fabulous. Prior toe show Matt and I went out to dinner at Ignite Bar and Grille which is a few doors up the street from The Palace Theatre. The food was delicous. As previously noted Music Man was nominated for 9 awards so it was a very exciting night for me and the rest of the cast. There was pretty tough compettion all around but I was so excited that Ashely Hughes got Best Actress in A Musical for playing Marian Paroo. It was certainly well deseved. Paula Troie also got in the top 3 for best costume design but was beat by Allison Szklarz for her costume design for The Dionsaur Musical at Peacock Players (one of the many shows I wished I had seen.) Milford Area Players also won several awards for their Production of August Osage County which I am quite excited about. I was impressed by the performances my favorites were definitley Guys and Dolls- Actorsinger (Love Sit Down You're Rockin The Boat) The Dinosaur Musical Peacock Players, Oliver Manchester Community Theatre Players amd The Drowsy Chaperone New London Barn Playhouse. I was so happy for my co-worker on Princess K.I.M The Musical Toby Tarnow for her award for Children And Yoiuth Theatre. I have worked with her twice before now (once as a theatre camp counselor and once backstage for Man Who Came To Dinner last year.) It was certainly a well deserved award as I am costantly impressed with everything the Rivebend School of Theatre Arts puts on.

Shows with Multiple Wins
The Dinosaur Musical Peacock Players Best Youth Production, Best Youth Actor (Taylor Morrow) ,Best Director (Keith Weirch) , Best Musical Directo (Judy Hayward, Best Costume Designer., Best Sound Design (Rich Loomer) Best Lighting Design ( Keith Weirch,Norm St Germain Jeremey Robarge)
The Drowsy Chaperone New London Barn Playhouse Best Production (Professional Musical) ,Best Actress (Anne Torsigerler Bri ( Best Actress) Best Musical Director (Joel Mercier) , Best Director (B.T. Mcnichol) Best Chroregraphy (Sarah Case&Keith Coughlin )
Tom Ford also took home an award for Best Actor in A Musical for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Measure For Measure Peterborough Player Best Production Drama Comedy (Professional) , Best Sound Designer (Kevin Frazier), Best Scenic Designer ( Charles Morgan) Best Costume Designer ( Lara de Bujin), Best Actress Karen Peakes)
The Drowsy Chaperone Community Players of Concord
Best Production Musical (Community) , Best Supporing Actress Candace Azerola
August Osage County Milford Area Players
\Best Director Vick Bennison Best Supporting Actress Deb Shaw Best Productin Drama Comedy (Community)
Suessical The Musical Peacock Players
Best Supporting Actress Youth Megan Dwinell Best Supporting Actor Youth Nathan Schwartzberg



Congrats to all winners and nominees for the 10th Annual NH Theatre Awards.


I hope Okalhoma will get nominated for a few things next year. I look incredibly foward to the prospect of that. :)

NH Theatre Awards Finalists

NH Theatre Awards Finalists are in. Congrats to all who were nominated. The complete list can be found at the theatre awards website. I am only listing some of the winners here.
Link to complete list of winners :http://www.nhtheatreawards.com/index.php?categoryid=83




North County Center For The Arts PaperMill Playhouse


25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

• Best Production Musical



• Best Actress Brady Lynch



• Best Suppoting Actress Sarah Miles



• Best Choreographer Lisa Travis

Joel Mercier is nominated for several awards between shows done at the Barn Playhouse and the show he recently directed at Concord Commuity Players A Christmas Carol The Musical Ghost Story. Congrats Joel!

Peacock Players

The Wedding Singer

• Best Lead Actor Mike Morriesssy



• Best Lead Actress Danielle Lussier



• Best Supporting Actress Alyssa Dumas



• Best Supporting Actor Andrew Barrett Cox



• Best Production


• Best Lighting Designer Norm St Germain


• Best Sound Designer Steve Devino


• Best Director Keith Weirch

Andy's Summer Playhouse

Dick Tracy

• Best Supporting Actor Matt Osborne and Erick Fong


• Best Director Jared Mezzocchi


• Best Costume Design Maragret Kasper

The Day The Earth Stood Still

• Best Actress Jordan Smith

Congrats to fellow NEC theatre Alum Jennie Leonard for her nomination for her performance in the Winni Players Production of The Laramie Project and to my former theatre professsors Sharon Lajoie and Wally Pineault. Sharon for her nomination for her role in Titus Andronicus with Ghostligt Theatre Company and Wally for his Lighthing Design nomination for A Christmas Carol A Musical Ghost Story with Community Players of Concord.

Congratulations to last year's cast of the PTA Play Children of Eden for their various nominations.

Congrats to fellow Music Man cast member and fellow SHS Theatre Alum Ashley Hughes for her nomination for her role of Jo March in Little Women The Musical with Stagecoach Productions

Forbidden Broadway= funniest show I've ever seen

For Valentines Day Matt and I went to Peacock Players to go see Forbidden Broadway. I never saw this show when it was in New York so I was INCREDIDBLY happy to find out that Peacock Players had as part of their mainstage season this year. For those not familar with Forbidden Broadway I suggest looking it up on you tube. When I worked at the Barn Playhouse Matt Forbes and I used to watch those videos on youtube when we were on our lunch breaks (i think Bobby was with us on a few occassions too) Pretty hilarious stuff! What Forbidden Broadway basically is a parody of different musicals or songs from musicals. For example CATS was one of the shows they parodied (figured I'd pick the show that's my least favorite to talk about first) In this scene they parodied the song I Hope I Get It from A Chorus Line only the CATS were auditoning for shows. They also parodied Memory and that was one of the most humourous numbers (performed by Alex Giggey) Chelsea Delacy did an exceptional job singing a parody of Part of Your World from Little Mermaid which brings up a valid point that musicals based on Disney movies have seemed to overtake Broadway a lot in recent years (to me Beauty and The Beast and Lion King have really been the ones that were good though I have yet to see Lion King, based on hearsay it's pretty amazing) (insert your own opinions of Little Mermaid,Tarzan or Mary Poppins here because I haven't seen those) The Lion King number (which featured Mike Morrissory,Alyssa Dumas and Zack Uliaz) also touched on that briefly. The Old Revivals! number which featured Bailie Delacy, Dan Quinion, Tony Clements, Cameron Van Dyke, Katy Piszcek,Joe Messina, Alyssa Dumas, Laura Spence and Becca Tarr was the most enjoyable number of the whole show for me. Other people's opinions may vary. Overall the show was great and I highly reccommend it to anyone.

Congrats to the Cast and Crew on an amazing performance and to Alyssa Dumas, Becky Schneebaum and Tim L'Ecyuer for their top 3 Nomianations for Spring Awakening and Keith Weirich and Andrew Barret Cox for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at the NH Theatre Awards ..and also to Tony Clements for his amazing performance at the theatre awards for Close Every Door From Joseph. :)

In honor of Valentines Day I have decided to post the video of On My Phone which parodies On My Own from Les Miserables. One of my favorite broadway love songs

New Hampshire Theater Awards

Photos of Performances from The Theatre Awards From Top Left Peacock Players Joesph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat Close Every Door, Altar Boyz Stage Coach Productions Aida Selections of various songs Majestic Theatre

For complete list of winners go here: http://www.nhtheatreawards.com/index.php?categoryid=67&p2_articleid=117

I would classify the NH Theatre Awards as the equivalent to the Tony Awards only for New Hampshire Theatre. Last night was my first time attending and I had a blast. Despite the fact I had a nasty cough and couldn't cheer loud when people I knew were either performing or getting called up to receive their awards. I went out to dinner with the casts of The Foreigner and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff? at Picolla Italian Resturant. Delicious food. Thanks to Mari for organizing the dinner.

My facebook status kind of lies as I do not have the complete list of winners. I only have a partial list from what I could remember off the top of my head. The complete list, I assume will be up on the website on Monday or sometime early next week. Congrats to all winners and nominees. All the performances were great too. My favorites being Chicago from Best Foot Forward Production, Altar Boyz from Stagecoach Productions and Swing Fever from Palace Theatre. Kudos to the members of the band too led by fellow Barn Playhouse alumni Joel Mercier

Productions with multiple awards

Sweeney Todd WeatherVane Theatre

• Best Production Musical






• Best Actor Musical






• Best Actress Musical






• Best Director Musical






• Best Choreographer






• Best Costume Design
• Best Supporting Actress

Anything Goes Actorsingers

• Best Production






• Best Supporting Actress






• Best Actor






• Best Costume Design






• Best Choreographer

• Best Lighting Design

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff M&M Productions

• Best Actor






• Best Actress






• Best Production

Birthday shout outs to my fellow thespians (i am so behind on these but i'll just with December)

December Rachel Buck, Jimmy Hawkes, Lara Hayhurst Compton, Tony Clements, Jennie Leonard, Nicole Bryant Ramona Mallory

January :Steph Bock, Christy Emmond Georgia Freed

February Laura Millar

NH Theatre Awards Top 10 Nominations Announced

NH Theatre Awards Nominations for Community Theatre and Professional Theatre
Here is the link to the community theatre listing. You can view the Professional Theatre Listing on the same website. Can't wait for the Awards on Feb 5th!!
http://www.nhtheatreawards.com/index.php?categoryid=67&p2_articleid=111

Congrats to the cast and crew of Judy's Scary Little Christmas for multiple nominations. Also congrats to fellow SHS theatre colleague Ashley Hughes for her performance as Roxie Hart in Best Foward's Production's performance of Chicago. Annie Rieley for her best actress performances for The Boyfriend and My Fair Lady with Riverbend Youth Company and to Tim L'Eucryer for best director for Stage Coach Production's performance of Altar Boyz.

:)

Thought for the day

Out of all the shows I have seen this year I hope at least 3 or four are nominated for NH Theatre Awards. The nominations come out the first week in January.



Month by Month Breakdown of shows I've seen this year





February

Godspell Peacock Players

March

No Sex Please We're Brittish Milford Area Players

April

Peter Pan Amherst PTA

May

The Boyfriend Riverbend Youth Company

* Nomination for best actress- Annie Rieley

July

Grease Summer Theatre In Meredith Village

August

Oaklahoma Summer Theatre In Meredith Village

Anything Goes New London Barn Playhouse

October

The Foreinger Milford Area Players
*Nomiation for Best Supporting Actor- Weston Kulvette

November
My Fair Lady Riverbend School of Theatre
Nomination for Best Actress- Annie Riely
Nomination for Best Costume Design Michelle Withers

December
Judy's Scary Little Christmas Music and Drama Company
This show pretty much made a clean sweep for nomination in both the acting and technical catergories! WOO HOO!

Something I've known about for awhile but forgot to mention til now

I am going to the NH Theatre Awards at the Palace Theatre in Mancheter on February 5th. I am so excited because this is my first time attending. I am looking so foward to this and counting the days down. I hope a lot of the shows I have seen through out this year get nominated for awards. I have no idea when the list of shows that are nominated comes out.